Complete the sentence with correct verb
Neither the boys nor their mother is/are here
Neither the boys nor their mother is here.
Neither the boys nor their mother is here.
To determine the correct verb for the sentence, we need to look at the subject of the sentence, which is "Neither the boys nor their mother." In this case, the subject is a compound subject, made up of two parts connected by the conjunction "nor." When we have a compound subject connected by "nor", we use the verb that agrees with the closer part of the subject.
In this sentence, the part of the subject that is closest to the verb is "their mother," which is singular. Therefore, the correct verb to use is "is."
Correct sentence: Neither the boys nor their mother is here.