The box of markers ___ on the top shelf.

The players on the losing team ___ shaking hands with the winners.

A crate of oranges ___ sitting beside the loading door.

The keys to the storage room ___ missing again.

The coach, along with her assistants, ___ the field before every practice.

The photographs in the old album ___ starting to fade.

The flavor of these cookies ___ me of autumn.

The nests under the bridge ___ empty every winter.

Each of the students ___ a locker in the main hallway.

Neither of the boys ___ late for practice on Tuesday.

Everyone in the two art classes ___ a partner for the mural.

Both of the tunnels ___ blocked by drifting snow.

Somebody in the back rows ___ humming along with the song.

Few of the seedlings ___ survived the late frost.

Each of the trails ___ at the same quiet lake.

Many of the runners ___ water bottles in their hands.

Rain and wind ___ the spring parade almost every year.

Neither the coaches nor the captain ___ the new practice schedule.

Either the usher or the ticket takers ___ the doors at six o'clock.

Both the drummer and the singer ___ arriving late to the rehearsal.

Neither the lamps nor the heater ___ working after the storm.

The team ___ practicing at dawn all last week.

The committee ___ its report to the school board on Friday.

The audience ___ quietly during the long flute solo.

The flock of geese ___ over the marsh each October.

There ___ three reasons for the delay.

There ___ a stack of clean towels in the hall closet.

Here ___ the tickets you ordered last month.

Behind the fence ___ two curious goats.

The bundle of newspapers ___ by the curb.

Neither of the answers ___ right to the whole group.

The volunteers packed ___ own lunches for the cleanup day.

The painting had a long crack running down ___ frame.

My cousins mailed ___ camp applications last week.

The museum closed ___ east wing for repairs.

Mrs. Ortega and her sister sold ___ bakery after twenty years.

In "The bouquet of roses sits on the counter," the verb "sits" agrees with "bouquet."

In "The keys to the cabinet is missing," the verb form matches the subject.

In the rafters of the old barn ___ two sleeping owls.

In "Nobody in the choirs know the words," the verb "know" agrees with the subject "Nobody."