<p>Please help me fill in:
*None of them ...........[was/were]?
*Everyone of them .......[was/were]?
*Each of them .........[was/were]?
anyother similar points to note?</p>
<p>None of them were.
Everyone of them was.
Each of them was.
No one was.
Everybody was.
Somebody was.
Not one of them was.</p>
<p>Any more to list here?</p>
<p>The first one … "None of them … " is controversial. There are situations where “singular” is the “better” choice and other situations where “plural” is the “better” choice. Because of the ambiguity I doubt that the need to “choose” between singular or plural will appear on the SAT.</p>
<p>Consider:</p>
<p>(1) None of them was a star athlete.</p>
<p>and</p>
<p>(2) None of them were soccer fans.</p>
<p>My sense it that most native speakers would think that both (1) and (2) are correct.</p>
<p>Please help me fill in:
*None of them …[was/were]? <–not tested on the SAT (controversial grammar issue)
*Everyone of them …[was/were]? ← was. “Every” is always singular
*Each of them …[was/were]? ← was. “Each” is always singular
anyother similar points to note? ← You need to brush up on indefinite pronouns. They’re tested with some frequency and are easy to nail down if you dedicate an hour or so to studying them.</p>