Neither the girls nor the boy___ to sleep.A. wantB. wantsC. pretendD. has pretend

The correct answer is B. "wants".

Here's why:

The subject-verb agreement rule in English states that a singular subject takes a singular verb, and a plural subject takes a plural verb.

In the sentence "Neither the girls nor the boy___ to sleep", the subjects are 'the girls' and 'the boy'. The conjunction 'nor' is used, which means we should match the verb with the subject that is closest to the verb. In this case, 'the boy' is closer to the blank, and 'the boy' is singular. Therefore, we should use the singular form of the verb 'want', which is 'wants'.

So, the correct sentence is: "Neither the girls nor the boy wants to sleep."