Underline the word that correctly completes each sentence below.

There (was, were) open-top cars, boxcars, and flatcars on the freight train.

1. In the basement of the White House (is, are) bombproof rooms containing an emergency command post.
2. Where (is, are) the baggage compartment on this bus?
3. Among the space junk orbiting the earth (is, are) discarded bolts, springs, and cables.
4. Here (is, are) the washers and slugs that people tried to use in Rock Valley’s parking meters.
5. At the top of the list of the most commonly used words in the English language (is, are) the word the.
6. Outside Terry’s back door (is, are) a narrow slab of concrete she calls her patio.
7. Among the most commonly treated phobias (is, are) agoraphobia, the fear of open or public places.
8. On the ocean liner (is, are) a theater and lecture hall, a jogging track, a miniature golf course, and a shopping arcade.
9. There (is, are) no proof that vitamins help prevent colds.
10. In Christine’s wallet (is, are) pictures of her two children and her sister’s dog.

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