alleryStart learning →Find the error: 'The teacher as well as the students were late.'
Athe students
BThe teacher
Cwere late
Das well as
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. were late
As well as does not make the subject plural, so the verb should agree with the teacher: was late.
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