THE VERB:

AGREEMENT WITH
THE
SUBJECT
 VERBS HAVE THREE PERSONS-----
§THE FIRST PERSON
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§THE SECOND PERSON

§THE THIRD PERSON

THE VERB SHOULD BE OF THE

SAME PERSON AS THE SUBJECT.
● Fourth level

● Fifth level

SINGULAR SUBJECT
q
● Third level

TAKES A SINGULAR VERB.

Second level

PLURAL SUBJECT
q

TAKES A PLURAL VERB.

I go. We go. They go. You go.

She/ he/it goes.
I eat. We eat. They eat. You
eat.
 SINGULAR SUBJECT—SINGULAR
VERB
1. The child is crying.
2. That lady is very poor.

Second level
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3. The train has reached on

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● Fourth level
time.

● Fifth level
4. The brave soldier has
died in the war.
PLURAL
5. The SUBJECT-----PLURAL
boy is singing well.
VERB
1. The children are crying.
2. Those ladies are very poor.
3. The trains have reached on
time today.
4. The brave soldiers have died.
5. The boys are singing well.
 A VERB MUST AGREE
WITH ITS SUBJECT IN
MORE SINGULARAND
NUMBER SUBJECTS JOINED B
PERSON.
TAKE A PLURAL VERB.
1. Ruby and Rohan are getting married next
month.
2. The old lady and her daughter have lost all
their money.
3. Rakesh and his brother drive rashly.
Renu and her friends have fared well in their
EXCEPTION:
4.

exams.
If two subjects joined by “AND” refer to the
5. Professor Bakshi
same person, idea and his, son
or thing teach well.
Use SINGULAR
VERB:
My friend and
philosopher has died. Click to edit Master
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TWO OR MORE Second
SINGULARlevel NOUNS OR
● Third level
PRONOUNS
● Fourth level
CONNECTED BY: OR, NOR, EITHER----OR,
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NEITHER---NOR
TAKE A SINGULAR VERB.
1. Neither my brother nor my sister is going to
Agra.
2. Either Rani or Renu has cooked this delicious
Whendish. a compound subject contains both a
singular and a plural noun or pronoun
joined by or or nor,
the verb should agree with the part of the
subject that is nearer the verb.The plural
verb must be placed near the verb
1. Either she or I am mistaken.
2.Neither Rohan nor his friends have come.
3. Neither my mother nor his sister knows
driving.
 TWO OR MORE NOUNS
CONNECTED WITH
AS WELL AS,
TOGETHER WITH OR
IN ADDITION TO , THE VERB
must agree with the first
noun
ess, with her cubs, was sleeping in the c
cher, as well as her husband, has gone t
A PLURAL VERB THAT
COMES
BETWEEN A SINGULAR
SUBJECT
AND
1. Each
ITS VERB,
of the girls has
TAKES THE SINGULAR
performed very well.
VERB.
 COLLECTIVE NOUN MAY TAKE A
INGULAR OR A PLURAL VERB.
THE GROUP IS THOUGHT OF AS WHOL
TAKES A SINGULAR VERB.
THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE GROUP
RE THOUGHT OF ,
TAKES A PLURAL VERB.

class was punished for misbehaving with a teache

mob has dispersed.
police have arrested the four convicts.
e Committee are divided on one minor point.
NOUN THAT IS PLURAL IN FORM
BUT SINGULAR IN MEANING
AKES SINGULAR VERB.

is true.
ics is an interesting subject.
a complex job for an honest person.
s a branch of study in every school.
s given to the employees in this company
 For the formal introductory THERE,
the verb agrees with the real subject
that comes after the verb.
1. There is a blind boy in this class.
2. There are beautiful flowers in my garden
 OT OF
D PLENTY

KE A PLURAL VERB
HEN THEY DENOTE NUMBER,AND
SINGULAR VERB
EN THEY DENOTE QUANTITY OR AMOU

ot of people were present. (number)

ot of water has been stored.(quantity)
re is plenty of time.(quantity)
re are plenty of fruits in the basket.(numb
 A NUMBER OF TAKES A PLURAL
VERB.

have been a number of thefts in

mber of books are also missing.
One-third, two-third, one-fifth, three-fifths--------are
fractions

FRACTIONS REPRESENTING
ANY QUANTITY,
AMOUNT,
AREA, TIME ETC
TAKE A SINGULAR VERB

FRACTIONS REPRESENTING NUMBER

(WHICH CAN BE COUNTED),
TAKE A PLURAL VERB.
1. Two-thirds of the city was in
darkness.(area)
2. One-fifth of the people are
illiterate.(number)
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