Question

every boy and girl ____ready(was,were

Answer 1

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Every boy and girl _was_ready.


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Answer 2

Answer :

$\textbf{was}$

Every boy and girl
$\textbf{was}$ ready.

Explaination :

According to the rule of Subject Verb Agreement,

★ ' everyone ', 'every' , ' someone ' , 'no one ', 'nobody
' , 'everybody' and 'each' take a singular verb.

Lets fill the blanks with both options,

1. Every boy and girl $\textbf{was}$ ready.

2. Every boy and girl $\textbf{were}$ ready.

★ Remember the basic rule :

Singular Subject → Plural noun.

Plular Subject → Singular noun.

Example :

1. She $\textbf{likes}$ to dance.
2. They $\textbf{like}$to dance .

So, the sentences Given in the question , only one of them have the subject and Verb agreed.

1. Every boy and girl $\textbf{was}$ ready.

2. Every boy and girl $\textbf{were}$ ready.

In Sentence 1. Subject 'Every girl and boy ' is Singular which agrees with verb 'was' ( according to the basic rule)

Therefore sentence 2. is wrong.

'were ' is not the answer.

Therefore the answer is -

Every boy and girl
$\textbf{was}$ ready