Subject-Verb Agreement

(Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?

Are

(Is, Are) the news on at five or six?

Is

Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.

are

Deposited into each nest (is/are) anywhere from fifty to two hundred spherical eggs, also known as a clutch.

are

For example, a crowd of curious humans or lights from beachfront residencies (is/are) enough to make the female abandon her nesting plans and return to the ocean.

are

The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.

are

Your pants (is, are) at the cleaners.

are

After a two-month incubation period, all eggs in the clutch (begin/begins) to hatch, and within a few days, the young turtles attempt to make their way into the ocean.

begin

Female turtles that have reached sexual maturity (crawl/crawls) ashore at night to lay their eggs.

crawl

The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.

debates

Tim and Tango (does not, do not) want to see that movie.

do not

Marie (does not, do not) know the answer.

does not

A major cause of the loggerhead's decreasing numbers (is/are) natural predators, such as raccoons, birds, and crabs.

is

Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.

is

Either answer (is, are) acceptable.

is

Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.

is

Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.

is

Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.

is

One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.

is

The cavity that serves as a nest for the eggs (is/are) dug out with the female's strong flippers.

is

Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject.

is, is

Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I have seen.

knows

The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.

lives

Loggerhead sea turtles (migrate/migrates) thousands of miles before returning to their nesting location every two to three years.

migrate

Although the habitat of Atlantic loggerheads (range/ranges) from Newfoundland to Argentina, nesting for these turtles (take/takes) place primarily along the southeastern coast of the United States

ranges/takes

The nesting season for loggerhead turtles (span/spans) the hottest months of the summer.

spans

The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.

takes

Beach erosion and coastal development also (threaten/threatens) the turtles' survival.

threaten

The players and the captain (want, wants) to win.

want

There (was, were) fifteen candles in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left.

were, is