Question: #1: If something happened "BEFORE," then it happened in the past. So the correct answer would be "was." #12: Answer A is incorrect. There are absolutely no circumstances whatsoever under which "none" would justify a plural verb. Answer B is correct. #18: Answer A also, future simple. A rephrase to clarify the point would read: "The committee wil make its decision by the end of the year." #24: Yes, answer B is correct, but the explanation is in error. The use of "neither/nor" subjects DOES NOT always call for the use of a plural verb. The rule is that the verb agrees with the CLOSEST subject. For example: "Neither the manager nor the EMPLOYEES WERE responsible." Or "Neither the EMPLOYEES nor the MANAGER WAS responsible." #47: Yes, answer A is correct, but the determining subject is the singular subject "team," not "manager." See comments to #24. #63: Answer C also, simple past. Subjunctive mood not required.
Question:
#1: If something happened "BEFORE," then it happened in the past.
So the correct answer would be "was."
#12: Answer A is incorrect.
There are absolutely no circumstances whatsoever under which
"none" would justify a plural verb. Answer B is correct.
#18: Answer A also, future simple. A rephrase to clarify the point
would read: "The committee wil make its decision by the end
of the year."
#24: Yes, answer B is correct, but the explanation is in error.
The use of "neither/nor" subjects DOES NOT always call for
the use of a plural verb. The rule is that the verb agrees with
the CLOSEST subject. For example:
"Neither the manager nor the EMPLOYEES WERE responsible."
Or
"Neither the EMPLOYEES nor the MANAGER WAS responsible."
#47: Yes, answer A is correct, but the determining subject is the
singular subject "team," not "manager." See comments to #24.
#63: Answer C also, simple past. Subjunctive mood not required.