Choose the correct answer:
1. There (is/are) different ways to do that work.
2. Whatever (happen/happens), remember to be calm.
3. Both Mary and Peter (work/works) for that company.
4. Either he or his friends (is/are) mistaken.
5. The quality of these recordings (is/are) very good.
6. The pair of scissors (is/are) on the table.
7. There (has/have) been a number of telephone calls today.
8. John or George (bring/brings) the car now.
9. Neither Carmen nor the boys (have/has) seen the film before.
10. Not studying (cause/causes) him many problems.
11. (Don't/ Doesn't) Portuguese speak in Brazil?
12. Baseball and swimming (is/are) popular summer sports.
13. The fear of rape and robbery (cause/causes) many people to flee the cities.
14. Why (is/are) there a shortage of certified teachers at the present time?
15. John, along with twenty friends, (is/are) planning a party.
16. Money as well as workers (is/are) needed.
17. The boy with his dog (is/are) here.
18. We've got 2 cars but neither of them (is/are) new.
19. A large crowd (was/were) gathering around him.
20. The mayor as well as his brothers (is/are) going to prison.
21. Two-fifths of the vineyard (was/were) destroyed by fire.
22. Each and every student and instructor in this building (hope/hopes) for a new facility by next year.
23. Rice and beans, my favorite dish, (reminds/remind) me of my native Puerto Rico.
24. To an outsider, the economics of this country (seems/seem) to be in disarray.