Standard English Primary 5 Grammar

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

A was
B is
C were
D are
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Step 1: Identify the tense marker 'yesterday', which requires past tense. Step 2: Apply the rule for 'neither... nor', where the verb must agree with the subject closest to it ('teacher'). Step 3: Since 'teacher' is singular, use 'was'.

Correct answer: was

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