Standard English Primary 4 Grammar

Neither the students nor their teacher ________ aware of the change in the school schedule.

A were
B is
C was
D are
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Worked Solution

Step 1: Apply the 'Proximity Rule' for 'Neither/Nor'. The verb must agree with the subject closest to it, which is 'teacher'. Step 2: 'Teacher' is singular. Assuming a past context for a discovered fact, the singular past tense verb is 'was'.

Correct answer: was

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