1. which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its subject?

a.
past those statues are a large stone fountain.

b.
have lizzie chopped the onions for the stew?

c.
from the stove in the kitchen wafts aromas.

d.
on the windowsill above the kitchen sink were several framed pictures.

2. which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its compound subject?

a.
subways and buses carry passengers in many cities.

b.
basketball and handball is played on hard courts.

c.
baseball or soccer are my sister's favorite sport.

d.
maples and oaks drops their leaves in the fall.

3. which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its compound subject?

a.
neither the stars nor the moon provides us enough light to see this map.

b.
zachary and gabriella is coming for them.

c.
eric or sally have looked twice for angela.

d.
either darlene or her nephews has washed our windows.

4. which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its compound subject?

a.
neither the babysitter nor the children were ready for bedtime.

b.
either purifiers or a charcoal filter make our tap water safer.

c.
the circus animals and the trainer has entered the arena.

d.
both clarinets and saxophones requires reeds for sound.

Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.