Subject Verb Concord Class IX 1 Number Singular

Subject – Verb Concord Class - IX

1. Number Singular - The girl is playing. Plural - The girls are playing.

Person : First Person (singular) – I watch movies. First Person (plural) – We watch movies. Second Person (singular) – You design websites. Second Person (plural) – You design websites. Third Person (singular)- He sets questions in google forms. Third Person (plural) – They set questions in google forms.

Usually Uncountable Noun as subject agrees with singular form of the verb Honesty is the best policy. Advice of the elders works well.

Singular noun as subject of the verb takes singular form of verb. Plural noun as subject of the verb – plural form of verb. The moon was shining in the sky. The teachers were busy in the evaluation.

Two or more nouns function as a subject – plural form of verb is used. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were very famous batting openers of the Indian cricket team. .

Distances, amount of rupees, height, feet etc. , take singular verb even when the subject is plural. Ten thousand rupees is not a small amount. Serving the country at 5000 feet above sea level is a matter of pride. Walking for 20 kilometres on the part of the devotees matters a lot.

one of the + Plural noun – verb is singular. Shyam is one of the technocrates in this town. Microsoft is one of the reliable software companies.

Plural names but singular in form take s singular verb. The Arabian Nights has interesting stories.

Nouns plural in form but singular in meaning takes a singular verb. Optics is an important part of physics. The Wages of sin is death.

Some nouns which appear to be singular in form take a Plural verb. The police have arrested the terrorists.

Collective nouns – generally followed by a singular verb. A regiment of soldiers was marching towards the town.

“Class’ nouns take a singular verb. This furniture is an imported one. Some nouns appear to be plural in form and preceded by ‘a pair of’ take a singular verb : A pair of my scissors has been lost. A pair of shoes is of Woodland.

Singular subject joined by ( in addition to, as well as, except etc. , with another noun/pronoun takes singular verb : Ramu as well as Madhu has completed the assignment. My brother in addition to his friend was present in the meeting. Everyone except Santosh is happy with the answer.

Agreement in the Use of Either or / Neither Nor : Neither the clerk nor the villagers have written the application. Either the students or the teacher has organized the programme.

A collective noun takes a singular verb when it is considered to be one unit. The jury is about to give its decision. When they are regarded as individuals, they take a plural verb. The jury are divided in their opinion.

Some nouns regarded as one unit – take a singular verb : The dramatist and singer was honoured on the last independence day. The President and Secretary of the club has resigned. Bread and butter is easily available here.