Owning my dream car at 17 has got to be a memory that I will forever cherish. As a kid, my favorite type of video game was racing-type games. Whenever I played them, I would always choose a Mustang because I always loved how they look. Additionally, they are very fast cards too. Whenever I would be outside with my parents and saw a mustang, I would always point it out to them. This became a tradition as I would always do it back then and still do it to this day. I have been driving since I was 16 and there were always jokes about me owning a car one day between my family and me. However, one day, after working for a good while, I decided to talk with my family about owning a car and they ended being very supportive. As a result of this, in the August of last year, we went out and purchased my first ever car. However, this wasn’t any ordinary car, this was the car of my dreams. The car I have always loved since I was a child. At 17, I had become a proud owner of a Ford Mustang.

 

Directions: Circle the correct verb in the following sentences. If you have a doubt about the correct verb, refer to the clues on the following page.

  1. The rhythm of the pounding waves is calming.
  2. All of the dogs in the neighborhood were barking.
  3. A high tax, not to mention unemployment, influences votes.
  4. My friends and my mother like each other.
  5. The team and the band were on the field.
  6. Building a good marriage and building a good log fire are similar in many ways.
  7. John or Doris write to us regularly.
  8. Neither Carol nor Ted are excluded from the meeting.
  9. Either Patty or Tom was asked to lead the meeting.
  10. Neither the basket nor the apples were expensive.
  11. Neither the apples nor the basket was expensive
  12. Either Maria or you were late for class.
  13. Either you or Maria was late for class.
  14. Hardest hit by the high temperatures and the drought were the farmers.
  15. Neither of them likes going to the show.
  16. Each of them has a good seat.
  17. Everybody in the class has tickets.
  18. Every silver knife, fork, and spoon have to be counted.
  19. Each cat and each dog has its own toy.
  20. The committee is meeting today.
  21. Ten million gallons of oil is a lot of oil.
  22. The jury votes today.
  23. The number is very small.
  24. A number of students were absent.
  25. Ten million gallons of oil were spilled.
  26. The majority of us are in favor.
  27. Statistics is an interesting subject. Statistics are often misleading.
  28. The sheep strays when the gate is left open. Sheep stray when the gate is left open.