AGREEMENT OF VERB AND SUBJECT. COLLECTIVE NOUNS.

Exercise 2.

1. Forty wolves ______ a very fair pack indeed.
(A) make
(B) makes

2. At the edge of the thicket ______ a straggling colony of low blueberry bushes.
(A) was
(B) were

3. Here, in course of days, there ______ a shining cluster of six large white eggs.
(A) accumulated
(B) accumulateds

4. At last cousin Eben came with a double sleigh and the team of prancing grays, and then the whole family ______ off for Christmas dinner at Aunt Mary's.
(A) was
(B) were

5. Has either of the critics ever ______ the new organ?
(A) heard
(B) hear

6. No man in his senses ______ such a risk.
(A) take
(B) takes

7. A school of porpoises ______ ducking and tearing through the water.
(A) was
(B) were

8. Through the ancient forest, which ______ a mixed growth of cedar, water ash, black poplar, and maple, with here and there a group of hemlocks on a knoll, the light drained down confusedly.
(A) was
(B) were

9. The opinions of this junto ______ completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder.
(A) was
(B) were

10. Is either of you ______ up the river in the houseboat?
(A) going
(B) go

11. This band of crows ______ about two hundred.
(A) numbered
(B) number

12. Each year the old crow came with his troop, and for about six weeks ______ up his abode on the hill.
(A) took
(B) take

13. Here and there a band of chimney sweeps ______ staring in stupid wonder at the miracle of a showman's box.
(A) was
(B) were

14. Butler tells of an Indian tribe in the Far North that ______ all but exterminated by a feud over a dog.
(A) was
(B) were

15. On a level spot ______ a company of odd-looking personages playing at ninepins.
(A) was
(B) were

16. Every word on his papers ______ correctly spelled.
(A) was
(B) were

17. The rest of the horses swept dutifully into line, and the herd ______ off.
(A) was
(B) were