1. The team ________ won nine of the last ten games.

have
has
The team, as a whole, wins games, not the individuals in the team.
2. After long debates and negotiations, the faculty still __________ on
whether a strike would serve all the members' interests.
disagree
disagrees
Individual members of the faculty disagree with one another.
3. The couple that correctly __________ the most questions about each
other, wins the trip to Hawaii.
answer
answers
The two members of the couple 'answer' about each other. 'Answers'
means that couples answer about other couples
4. All staff that ______ not assisting in the evacuation _______ asked to
leave, to make room for emergency workers to maneuver.
is
are
individual staff members, not the entire staff. Some staff are assisting,
some are not.
5. The team ______ lost faith in the coach, which is why he was fired.
have
has
The members of the team. Even if they have all lost faith, it is the
individual people who have faith, not a collective, blind faith.
6. The police ______ not responsible for the security issues related to
the President's visit. That is left to the Secret Service.
is
are
The police as a force for security.
7. Many of the police involved at the crime scene were later
suspended for lack of professionalism after the fight had broke out.
In order to make it more clear that this sentence is about individual
police, we can add the word ________ after 'police'.
player
men
officers
members
'Men' is not ok, because there may have been female officers as well.
'Members' is not usually associated with uniformed individuals
(firefighters, soldiers, nurses, etc.)
8. Elections are often difficult to predict because the majority
__________ like to reveal ________ true opinions until the candidate
has proven him/herself worthy of support.
doesn't, its
don't, their
the individuals that make up the majority
9. I love Christmas. Every year my family _________ together and have
a great dinner and tell stories till late into the night.
gets
get
All the members get together. A singular is already together.