📝 Subject-Verb Agreement Examples
🔷 Examples of
Agreement of verbs with subject :
📝 Example 1.
Inc: The colour of his eyes are blue.
Cor: The colour of his eyes is blue
Inc: The players in the field is taking rest
Cor: The players in the tield are taking rest.
📝 Example 2.
Inc: Jamal and Kamai has gone to his native village.
Cor: Jamal and Kamal have gone to their native village.
But -
Inc: The Headmastet and Secretary are present.
Cor. The Headmaster and Secretary is present.
And -
Inc: The Headmaster and the Secretary is present.
Cor: The Headmaster and the Secrelary are present.
📝 Example 2.1 :
Inc: Bread and butter are my favourite breakfast.
Cor: Bread and butter is my favourite breaktast.
Inc: Slow and steady win the race.
Cor: Slow and steady wins the race.
Inc: Time and tide waits for none.
Cor: Time and tide wait for none.
📝 Example 2.2 :
Inc: Each boy and each girl have a pen.
Cor: Each boy and each giri has a pen.
Inc: Every boy, every girl and every child were welcomed.
Cor. Every boy, every girl and every child was welcomed.
📝 Example 2.3 :
Inc: No teacher and no student help the poor boy.
Cor: No teacher and no student helps the poor boy.
Inc: Rahman and not his sons have helped me.
Cor: Rahman and not his sons has helped me.
📝 Example 3.
With, together with, as well as, along with, in addition to, accompanied by
Inc: Lily as well as her sisters have done well in the examination.
Cor: Lily as well as her sisters has done well in the examination.
Inc: The Headmaster along with the students have planted saplings.
Cor: The Headmaster along with the students has planted sapings.
Inc: Mr. Azad accompanred by his children have attented the party.
Cor. Azad accompanied by his children has attended the party.
📝 Example 4.
Inc: Either he or his brother are guity.
Cor: Either he or his brother is guity.
Inc: Neither the chairman nor the members is present.
Cor: Neither the chairman nor the members are present
Inc: Neither he nor his friends has attended the functioin.
Cor: Neither he nor his friends have attended the function.
📝 Example 5.
Inc: I, you and Habib are present.
Cor: You, Habib and I are present
But -
Inc: You, Habib and I are guilty.
Cor: I, you and Habib are guity.
Inc: My father and I did his best.
Cor: My father and I did our best.
📝 Example 6.
Inc: You and your students did their best.
Cor: You and your students did your best.
📝 Example 7.
Inc: The jury were unanimous in their opinion.
Cor: The jury was unanimous in its opinion.
Inc: The family have been living here tor four years.
Cor: The family has been living here for four years.
📜 Noun of Multitude
Inc: The jury was unanimous in its opinion.
Cor: The jury were unanimous in their opinion.
📝 Example 8.
Inc: Fortly miles are a long way.
Cor: Fory mes is a long way.
Inc: Ten maunds are a heavy weight.
Co: Ten maunds is a heavy weight.
Inc: Two thirds of the students is present today.
Cor: Two thirds of the students are present today.
📝 Example 9.
aristocracy, nobility, clergy, catte, poultry, people, folk, gentry, vemin
Inc: Catle is grazing in the field.
Cor: Catfe are grazing in the field.
Inc: The clergy is happy.
Cor The clergy are happy.
📝 Example 10.
Singular Verb Mathematics, news, physics, gallows, Rolitics, small pox, whereabouts
Inc: The news are false.
Cor: The news is false.
📝 Example 11.
Plural Noun, Plural Verb
scissors, tidings, wages, thanks, ashes, assets, alms, aborigines, amends, auspicesliards, bowels, eves entrails, measles, nuptials, odds, trousers, shortspants, jaws, glasses, pliers, shears, vitals, proceeds, annals, bellows, environs.
Inc: The scissors is blunt.
Cor: The scissors are blunt.
Inc: His spectacles is broken.
Cor: His spectacles are broken.
☑️ gross, dozen, pair, hundred, thousand, score, fathom, head ....
Inc: One dozen of bananas are sufficient.
Cor: One dozen of bananas is sutficient.
Ine: A pair of shoes are on the table.
Cor: A pair of shoes is on the table.
📝 Example 12.
Ine: Gulliver's Travels are a famous book.
Cor: Gulliver's Travels is a famous book.
Inc: The United States of America are a rich country.
Cor: The United States of America is a rich country.
📝 Example 13.
Inc: The pious is happy.
Cor: The pious are happy
📝 Example 14.
Infinitive, Gerund, Verbal Noun, Clause, Phrase as Subject of the sentence :
Inc: To walk are a good exercise.
Cor: To walk is a good exercise.
Inc: Walking are a good exercise.
Cor: Walking Is a good exercise.
📝 Example 15.
Inc: The Muslims is a brave nation.
Cor: The Muslims are a brave nation.
Inc: It is I who is responsibe for this.
Cor: It is I who am responsible for this.
📝 Example 16.
Inc: There are a big tree in front of our school.
Cor: There is a big tree in front of our school.
Inc: There is many schools in our areas.
Cor: There are many schools in our areas.
📝 Example 17.
One of the boys is absent.
☑️ Exercise for Practice :
1. Ninety percent of the people is/are ignorant.
2. She as well as her
sisters sing/sings well.
3. Slow and steady win/wins the race.
4. Five hundred taka is/are a good amount. 5. The horse and camiage has/have
cost him three thousand taka.
6. Each boy and each girl has/have the
same book.
7. Either you or he is/are correct.
8. Rahim or his sister has/have gone there.
9. The captain with his followers hashave reached there in time.
10. His choice of words are/is praiseworthy. 11. The beauties of Cox's Bazar is/are worth mentioning.
12. Il news runs fast.
13. Great Expectations of Chares Dickens is/are a great novel.
14. There is/are many good colleges in the town.
15. There is/are good college in my area.
16. Our guide was/were the stars.
17. Early to bed and early to rise makel/makes a man healthy.
18. Each house and each tree was/were
burnt down,
19. The Chairman and the Secretary of the school was/were present in the meeting yesterday.
20. Zaman and not his brothers is/are
my friend.
21. The colour of the mangoes look/looks beautiful.
22. A number of journalists arrive/arrives at the airport.
23. One thousand taka is/are not enough for him.
24. Neither the Headmaster nor the teachers is/are going to attend the meeting. 25. Ether he or I is/am not to blame.
26. He as well as his friends have/has helped the poor man.
27. Trousers are/is sold readymade.
28. The use of pesticides have/has done more harm than good.
29. Rubel, along with his brothers is/are going to open a night school .
30. One of the boys was/were present.
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