Question

【题目】Not only the students but also the teacher football.

A.is playingB.are playingC.are played

Answer 1

【答案】A

【解析】

句意：不仅学生们而且那个老师正在踢足球。

A. is playing正在玩，现在进行时；单数；B. are playing正在玩，现在进行时，复数；C. are played一般现在时态的被动语态。Not only… but also …表示不仅……而且……，连接两个主语时谓语动词采用就近原则。最近的主语是the teacher，这里用现在进行时，其结构是is playing。根据题意，故选A。