1. Huckleberry's hard pantings …. his only reply, (was, were) (Twain) 2. There …..many a true word spoken in jest, Mr. Cokane. (is, are) (Shaw) 3. Each of us … . afraid of the sound of his name, (was, were) (Bennett)'i, On such meetings five minutes …. the time allotted to each speaker, (was, were) (London) 5. Neither his father nor his mother …. like other people... (was, were) (Dreiser) 6. It was dark and quiet. Neither moon nor stars ….visible, (was, were) (Collins) 7. Plenty of girls …. taken to me like daughters and cried at leaving me... (has, have) (Shaw) 8. He and I …. nothing in common, (has, have). 9. To be the busy wife of a busy man, to be the mother of many children ...., to his thinking, the highest lot of woman, (was, were) (Trollope) 10. Her family… of a delicate constitution, (was, were) (E.Bronte) 11._________ Hers…. a large family, (was, were) 12. "Well," says my lady",the police…. coming?" (is, are) (Collins) 13. Nobody … I am here (know, knows). 14. Plain United States…. Good enough for me (is, are).15. There ….a great many ink in the bottle (are, is).