Question

【题目】Not only the teacher but also the students (are/is) going to Beijing.

Answer 1

【答案】are
【解析】句意：不仅是老师，而且学生也要去北京。not only……but also连词两个名词作主语是谓语与最近的那个名词保持数的一致，本句的主语是students，所以谓语用复数形式，所以答案是are。