Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement:
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Every student and teacher was invited to the cultural ceremony.
- Step 1: Apply the grammatical rule governing the determiners "every" and "each": when compound singular subjects connected by "and" are modified by "every" ("Every student and teacher..."), the subject is grammatically singular and requires a singular verb.
- Step 2: Evaluate the verb forms: the singular past passive form is "was invited". The phrase "Every student and teacher was invited to the cultural ceremony" adheres strictly to standard subject-verb agreement rules.
Answer
Every student and teacher was invited to the cultural ceremony.
Why not the others: The sentences with "were invited" and "have been invited" mistakenly treat compound subjects preceded by "every" as plural; the sentence with "Every students and teachers are invited" incorrectly uses plural nouns immediately following the singular determiner "Every".
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