Question

Neither he nor his sister -----------present in the party (was/were) ​

Answer 1

The answer is was.

Neither he nor his sister was present at the party.

• This exercise belongs to the chapter on Subject-verb agreement.

• The chapter on Subject-verb Agreement teaches us the correct rules for the placement of subject and verb. It focuses on singular and plural subjects and verbs.

• The rules state that any sentence containing 'neither, nor' should take a singular verb. 'Was' is a singular verb. Thus, it is the correct answer.

Answer 2

Answer:

was

Explanation:

singular verb will be used here since neither he or she is in the question . similar case would be if it was either he or she - singular verb will be filled