1James, as well as his friends, ............... guilty.
Wrong!
With "as well as", the verb agrees with the first subject, so "is" is correct.
2Neither Martha nor Jennifer ............... there.
Wrong!
With "neither... nor", the verb agrees with the nearer subject, so "was" is correct.
3One of the students ............... missing.
Wrong!
After "one of the students", the head subject is singular, so "was" is correct.
4Neither of them ............... hard.
Wrong!
"Neither" as a pronoun takes a singular verb, so "works" is correct.
5Either you or he ............... telling a lie.
Wrong!
With "either... or", the verb agrees with the nearer subject, so "is" is correct.
6These cattle ............... to my grandmother.
Wrong!
"Cattle" is treated as a plural noun, so "belong" is correct.
7He always ............... fault with others.
Wrong!
For a regular habit with "always", the simple present form "finds" is correct.
8He knows ...............
Wrong!
After "knows" for an ability, use the phrase "how to swim".
9He ............... smoke.
Wrong!
For a past habit, use "used to" before the base verb.
10I ............... him to go.
Wrong!
Before an object plus infinitive, "told" is the correct reporting verb.
11He ............... to come.
Wrong!
The verb pattern is "refused" plus infinitive.
12The council ............... of 12 members.
Wrong!
The singular collective noun "council" takes "consists" here.
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- James, as well as his friends, is guilty.
- Neither Martha nor Jennifer was there.
- One of the students was missing.
- Neither of them works hard.
- Either you or he is telling a lie.
- These cattle belong to my grandmother.
- He always finds fault with others.
- He knows how to swim.
- He used to smoke.
- I told him to go.
- He refused to come.
- The council consists of 12 members.