Question

Neither food nor water ................... to be found there.

1. were

2. was

3. have

4. none of the above

• A. 1
• B. 3
• C. 2
• D. 4

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 2

• When a sentence uses "neither/nor" to connect two subjects, the verb should agree with the second subject, which is the subject closer to the verb.