Read the passage given below. Identify the three errors related to subject-verb concord and rewrite the passage correctly: 'Each of the participants in the singing competition have prepared thoroughly. Neither of the judges are ready to declare the results yet. Every boy and girl were rewarded for their hard work.'

Step-by-step solution

1. Examine sentence 1: 'Each' is a singular indefinite pronoun, so 'Each of the participants' requires the singular auxiliary verb 'has' instead of 'have'.
2. Examine sentence 2: 'Neither' used as a pronoun takes a singular verb, so 'Neither of the judges' requires 'is' instead of 'are'.
3. Examine sentence 3: When two singular nouns joined by 'and' are preceded by 'every', the subject is treated as singular and requires 'was' instead of 'were'.
4. Rewrite the complete passage incorporating all three corrected singular verbs: 'has', 'is', and 'was'.

Concept tested: Indefinite pronouns and 'every' with singular verbs

Published 27 August 2026 · How this solution was prepared and checked

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