Grammatically correct & Subject-Verb agreement.

1. I really need to lay down.

2. I thought it would be best if I were to rise the curtain.

3.The men came today to lay the carpet in the living room.

While also need help in Subject-Verb agreement sentences. Correct me on these sentences as well!

1. Neither my team nor Sandra's team are in the playoffs.

2. One pair of shoes cost four dollars now.

3. How many times has she told you that same old story?

4. The sound of the people were really loud.

But why my in my first goupe 3rd is correct? i mean , is there any problem with the 1st option?

Whats wrong with my 1st sentence in 2nd group? Please help me with this .

Thanks !

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Here's my answer for your first question just to get your warm up.

1. I really need to lay lie down.

Want to discuss 2nd groupe though.

1. Neither goes with singular meaning i would place Verb "is" in place of "are" to balance the sentence right !

2. Yes in this sentence i find stuck badly

i have read that if a sentence begin with infinite pronoun (in this case ONE), verb should follow with its object of preposition which is in this case is plural ( Of shoes ) and verb "cost" is plural as well. This makes sentence correct.

I don't know if we take pair as our subject then its wrong sentence as you have pointed out.

 Please help me out with this confusing problem.  

 And also in 3rd sentence Story is the subject as its singular and verb is singular as well.