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UI Post-UTME Use of English 2025 (Model questions) Question 22

Question 22

Concord

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: Neither the teachers nor the principal ________ present at the meeting yesterday.

  1. A.was
  2. B.were
  3. C.is
  4. D.are
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Answer: A (was)

Explanation

With 'neither…nor' the verb agrees with the nearer subject, 'the principal' (singular), and 'yesterday' needs the past: was.