23. None of the children (was/were) awake. 24. No smoking or drinking (is / are) allowed. 25. Indians (eats / eat) a lot of junk food. 26. More than one student (was/ were) late for class this morning. 27. The United Nations (was/ were) founded in 1945. 28. Some of the water (is/are) gone. 29. One and a half day (is/ are) what I need. 30. There (is/are) still the possibility of heavy rain and high winds. 31. Politics (is/are) a constant source of interest to me. 32. The pilot as well as all the passengers (was/were) rescued from the crash 33. Half of the cookies (have/has) been eaten. 34. The hiker and the cyclist (enjoy/enjoys) the great outdoors. 35. The senior writer and editor (was/ were) promoted to the position of editor-in-chief. 36. Most of the fish I caught (was/were) too small to keep for dinner. 37. No information (was/were) given about how the study (was/were) conducted. 38. Not one of the hundreds of families affected by the noise (want/wants) to move 39. If anybody (calls/call), tell them I’m not at home. 40. If either of you (take/takes) a vacation now, we’ll not be able to finish the work. 41. No problem (is/are) harder to solve than this one. 42. I would say that 50% of the houses (need/needs) major repair 43. A great deal of the exhibition (was/were) devoted to his recent work. 44. All the old equipment in this factory (is/are) being replaced. 45. A number of students (has/have) participated in intensive language programs abroad. 46. An inflation rate of only 2% (make/makes) a big difference to exports