Standard English Primary 5 Grammar

Neither the students nor the teacher ________ aware of the change in the examination schedule yesterday.

A is
B are
C was
D were
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Step 1: Identify the tense marker 'yesterday', which requires past tense. Step 2: In a 'neither...nor' structure, the verb agrees with the subject closest to it ('the teacher'). Step 3: Since 'the teacher' is singular, use 'was'.

Correct answer: was

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