The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.explain why the answer is GREETS
The committee members (leads, lead) very different lives in private.why the answer is LEAD
There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left! explain why the answer is WERE
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Explanation:
For the first sentence, the Prime Minister, together with his wife greets the press cordially, the word 'together' means that the Prime Minister and his wife are considered as one object. Hence, we get 'greets'.
In the second sentence, the committee members lead very different lives in private, the word 'the committee members' is a plural word, hence we get 'lead' and not 'leads'.
In the last sentence, there were fifteen candies in that bag. Now there is only one left, 'fifteen candies' is a plural word, hence we get 'were', and in the second part, the word 'one' means that it is single, therefore, we use 'was'.
The Prime Minister , together with his wife greets the press cordially.
The reason being simple . here the subject is The Prime Minister (Singular) and the phrase such as together , as well as , along with etc are used only to give extra information about the subject.