☑️ Subject-Verb Agreement
1. For third person singular in the present tense, verb+s/es is used.
Kamal goes to the office at 9 o’clock.
Monica wants some money.
Hasan has a sister named Mina.
2. Verb of the Plural subject doesn't
take s/es .
Karim and Rahim go to school by rickshaw.
They play in their garden in the afternoon.
3. For group of persons/animals/things ➡️ singular/plural verb
The government has/have introduced compulsory primary education.
The academic committee was/were annoyed with the chairman.
4. News, Physics, Optics etc. are singular nouns though they may look like plural.
News about the accident has not yet come through.
A series of articles on campus violence has recently come out in the press.
Physics is a difficult subject.
5. The name of any book takes singular verb.
Gulliver’s Travels is a famous book.
Great Expectations was written by Dickens.
6. Pair of + Noun + Singular Verb
There is a pair of trousers on the table.
Kamal’s trousers are baggy.
This pair of shoes is very nice.
These shoes are expensive.
📃 7.
A number of + Noun + Plural Verb
The number of + Noun + Singular Verb
A number of persons were killed in the accident.
The number of students in this class is 50.
8. Fractions and percentages
☑️ Uncountable :
One-half of the gas in this cylinder has escaped.
Fifty percent of his monthly income goes
on food.
☑️ Countable noun :
Two-thirds of the students in the English Department fail in their examination.
Twenty percent of the students in this
University are girls.
☑️ Collective noun :
One tenth of the population of Bangladesh is Budhist/are Budhists.
Eighty percent of the population of
Bangladesh is Muslim/are Muslims
9. None, all, each and every
Uncountable : None of the information is correct.
Plural countable: None of the members of the committee was/were present at the ceremony.
None of the pens writes/write well.
Uncountable: All the money has been spent.
Plural countable: All the students are present.
Collective Noun: All my family was/were present.
📝 Each and every
Each boy was given a prize.
Every boy was given a present.
10. Plural unit words of distance, money, time + Singular Verb
Distance : 100 miles is a fairly long distance.
Money : 2 million pounds is a lot of money.
Time : 5 years is a long time to spend on an honours degree.
11. Arithmetical operations
Addition : Two plus two is four.
Subtraction : Ten minus five is five. .
Multiplication: Two times two is four.
Division : Ten divided by five is two.
12. Either ... or and neither ... nor
Either my brothers or my sister is going to do the washing- up.
Exercise ♨️
✍️ Correct the following sentences:
a) All the furniture have been sold.
b) Each and every body were given gifts.
c) Four plus four are eight.
d) Ten years are a long time.
e) Either my brothers or my sister are expected to meet me at the station.
f) Twenty percent of the population of Bangladesh are Hindu.
g) A number of passengers was killed in the bus accident that took place yesterday.
h) Karim, together with his friend Rahim, are going to school.
i) One third of the students of this class is absent today.
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