Question

a. The president or the vice president are speaking today.
b. The president or the vice president is speaking today.
a. Every one of the shirts has a green collar.
b. Every one of the shirts have a green collar,
iv.
a. Sandals and towels are essential gear for a trip to the beach.
b. Sandals and towels is essential gear for a trip to the beach.
v.
a. Each of the dancers twirls brilliantly.
b. Each of the dancers twirl brilliantly,
vi.
a. Mustard greens are my favorite vegetable.
b. Mustard greens is my favorite vegetable.
vii.
a. Everybody at the party was enjoying the food.
b. Everybody at the party were enjoying the food.
vili.
a. The coat or the hats are in that closet.
b. The coat or the hats is in that closet.​

Answer 1

The correct sentences are given below.

b. The president or the vice president is speaking today.

a. Every one of the shirts has a green collar.

a. Sandals and towels are essential gear for a trip to the beach.

b. Sandals and towels is essential gear for a trip to the beach.

a. Each of the dancers twirls brilliantly.

b. Mustard greens is my favorite vegetable.

a. Everybody at the party was enjoying the food.

a. The coat or the hats are in that closet.

Explanation:

• A verb that comes before the main verb in a sentence is called a helping verb.

• Have is used for the pronouns and plural nouns

• Has is used for the third singular person

• In the present tense "is" and "are" are used to connect to the nouns in the sentence

• "is" is used for singular nouns and "are" is used for plural nouns

• Whereas, in the past tense, "was" and "were" are used instead of "is" and "are"

• "was" is used for singular nouns and "were" is used for plural nouns.