Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Not only the nurses, but also the doctor on roster are likely to absent themselves from duty in protest.

  1. Not only the nurses, but also the doctor on roster are likely to absent themselves from duty in protest.

  2. Not only the nurses, but also the doctors on roster are likely to absent themselves from duty in protest.

  3. Not only the nurses, but also the doctor on roster is likely to absent herself from duty in protest.

  4. Not only the doctor, but also the nurses on roster are likely to absent themselves from duty in protest.

  5. The nurses as well as the doctor on roster are likely to absent themselves from duty in protest.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Whenever a sentence has two or more nouns separated by "not only, but also" we decide the verb by the second noun. The doctor is singular but the verb "are" is plural. This option replaces this with the singular "is". Hence, option 3 is correct.