Choose the correct sentence: ‘Neither the teacher nor the students ___ present.’

Explanation

With the correlative conjunction ‘neither…nor,’ the verb agrees with the subject that is nearer to it, rather than the subject that appears first in the sentence. Since ‘students’ (plural) is the subject closest to the verb, the plural verb ‘are’ is correct here. If the order were reversed, as in ‘Neither the students nor the teacher,’ the singular verb ‘is’ would instead be required. Explore more English MCQs on mcqstutor to keep practicing.