Incorrect: Amisha, as well as Sony, were present at the Silver Jubilee party.

As well as is preposition (used to bring in Sony). The subject is Amisha and hence the verb has to be
singular.
Correct: Amisha, as well as Sony, was present at the Silver Jubilee party.
Correct: The boys, as well as the girls, were pleased by the teachers remark. (The subject is The
boys, which is plural.)
Study the construction of these sentences. Pay attention to the punctuation.
The boys, as well as the girls, were pleased by the teachers remark.
Amisha (as well as Sony) was present at the Silver Jubilee party.
The father along with his sons was going for fishing

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