Question

12. Spot the error and write the correct statement.

Everyone were amazed at the boy’s bravery.

Answer 1

were is the error here
the correct statement is


Everyone was amazed at the boy’s bravery.

Answer 2

The correct statement would be, everyone was amazed at the boy’s bravery.

The sentence is written in the simple past tense.

The collective noun everyone should always be treated as a singular noun.  

Thus, instead of using were which is the plural form of the be verb, one should use was which is the singular form of the be verb.