Here are some of English
Grammar subject verb agreement which help you to understand the complete
agrees of verb and subject.
A) A
verb agrees with its subject in number. If the subject is singular, the verb
takes the singular form. If the subject is in plural form, in that case verb
takes the plural appearance.
For Instance:-
i)
The girl is clever.
ii)
The Girls are Clever.
You can see in the first sentence
(girl) is singular, and in the second sentence subject (girls) is plural and
also successive amend in the verbs also.
B) It
may be noted that a verb agrees with its subject in person also. The person also.
The person of the verb is same as the person of subject.
For Instance:-
i)
I write a letter.
ii)
He writes a letter.
It may be noted in the above two
sentences that ‘I’ and ‘He’ are singular in number but ‘I’ is first person
pronoun and ‘He’ is a third person pronoun and therefore the changes in the
verb.
C) A
verb agrees in the number and person with the subject and not with a noun
nearest to it.
Such as:-
The quality of these apples is
good. (Not, are good’)
D) When
two or more singular subjects are joined by ‘and’, they take plural verb.
For Example-
i)
John and Micheal are class fellows.
ii)
Cow and horse are domestic animals.
E) When
nouns refer to the same person, or a thing, the verb is in a singular number.
i)
The principal and my teacher is coming.
ii)
The headclerk and cashier is busy.
Please note that the article
‘The’ is not written with the second noun.
F) Two
subjects joined by ‘and’ state a on its own idea, the verb is in singular form,
as:-
i)
Food and shelter is our urgent demand.
G)
Subjects joined with “as well as” with verb agrees in number and person with the
first subject as
i)
The principal as well as the numbers of staff
has arrived.
English Grammar Subject Verb Agreement
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