Either Mark or his students _______ on the ferry boat.
13. If you want to use the present tense, which word would best fill the blank?
A. were
B. are
C. was
D. is
B is the only present tense?
2 answers
Right. B is the answer.
The word 'is' is in the present tense as well, but in this case, you are correct -- it is B/'are.'