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Class 11 New Compulsory English Unit-6 Grammar Concord/Subject-verb agreement   Chapter: Health and Exercise You May Scoff

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Grammar :

Concord/Subject-verb agreement

  • Subject-verb agreement is the correspondence of a verb with its subject in person (first, second, or third) and number (singular or plural).
  • Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.

 

Singular:  Each, either, neither, one, no one, nobody, nothing, anyone, anybody, nothing, someone, somebody, something, everyone, everybody, everything, the number of,  With every, only one of those, the number of, Pair of and many a

  • PLURAL:several, few, both, many, one of those, a number of 
  • Plural units of measurement, time and money take singular verbs.

A thousand kilometres is a long distance.
Six million dollars is what the business needs.

 

  • Some indefinite pronouns (some, any, none, all, most)  may be either singular or plural: with uncountable, use singular: with countable, use plural.

Example: with uncountable, use singular

Some of the sugar is on the ground.

Example: with countable, use plural.

Some of the stones are on the table.

 

  • subjects joined by and are always plural

Example: Ram and Hari are friends.

  • subjects joined by or/nor : the verb agrees with the subject nearer to or/nor

 

Complete the sentences by choosing the correct verbs from the brackets.

  1. Everyone …has… (has/have) problems in their life. Countries also …have… (has/have) problems, and so …does… (do/does) the world. One of the greatest problems …is… (is/are) the growing population. The population in some countries …are… ( is/are) huge.
  2. A number of my friends …love… (love/loves) riding bicycles, but neither my brother nor my sister …owns… (own/owns) a cycle. At 4 o’clock, either my mother or father …is… (is/are) coming to pick me up in a car.
  3. The pair of shoes on the floor …is… (is/are) mine. The shoes …were… (was/ were) made in China. The three thousand rupees I spent on them …was….. (was/were) worth it.

Are the following sentences correct? If not, correct them.

a) Every one of the workers receive the same benefits.

Ans: Every one of the workers receives the same benefits.

b) There is two gerbils in my bathroom.

Ans: There are two gerbils in my bathroom.

c) Both of my friends live in Kathmandu.

Ans: Both of my friends live in Kathmandu.

d) Scissors is used to have our hair cut.

Ans: Scissors is used to have our hair cut.

e) You and your friends are welcome to join us

Ans: You and your friends are welcome to join us        

f) Are the news on at five or six?

Ans: Is the news on at five or six?

g) The man with all his children live in the city.

Ans: The man with all his children lives in the city.

h) Mathematics are Prem’s favourite subject, while Economics is Alina’s favourite subject.

Ans: Mathematics is Prem’s favourite subject, while Economics is Alina’s favourite subject.

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