An urgent correction please

[Miss Ahdinos]

Is or Are. Please could you help me with a correction ?
1-The weather in the southern states (gets) very hot during the summer.
2-A woman and her child (are) waiting to see Dr Chang.
3-every man, womaand child (is) pretected under the law.
4-Washing the dishes is the children's job.
5-A lot of the students (are) already here.
6-Some of the furniture in our apartment (is) secondhand.
7-Some of the desks in the classroom (are) broken.
8-At least three-quarters of that book on famous American (are) about people who lived in the nineteenth century.
9-One of the countries I would like to visit (is) Italy.
10-Some of the cities I would like to visit (are) Rome and Venice.
11-Each student in the class (has) to have a book.
12-Each of the students (has) a notebook.
13-None of the students (was) late today.
14-The number of students in the room right now (is) twenty.
15-Some of the fruits in this bowl (is) rotten.

[Yankee]

Hi Miss Ahdinos

Everything is OK except number 8 and number 15:

1-The weather in the southern states (gets) very hot during the summer. OK
2-A woman and her child (are) waiting to see Dr Chang. OK
3-Every man, woman and child (is) protected under the law. OK
4-Washing the dishes is the children's job. OK
5-A lot of the students (are) already here. OK
6-Some of the furniture in our apartment (is) secondhand. OK
7-Some of the desks in the classroom (are) broken. OK
8-At least three-quarters of that book on famous American (is) about people who lived in the nineteenth century. Use "is".
9-One of the countries I would like to visit (is) Italy. OK
10-Some of the cities I would like to visit (are) Rome and Venice. OK
11-Each student in the class (has) to have a book. OK
12-Each of the students (has) a notebook. OK
13-None of the students (was) late today. This is OK with either "was" or "were".
Look at this: http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/039.html
14-The number of students in the room right now (is) twenty. OK
15-Some of the fruits in this bowl (are) rotten. You need "are" if you use the plural "fruits". If you use the singular (collective) form "fruit", then you should use "is".
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