Exercise And All The Rules Of Subject Verb Agreement

July 8, 2021 hindiseenglish

Overview

All of us know the importance of the rules of subject verb agreement without knowing its rule lots of difficulties have to be faced. Therefore, I’ve tried to draw your attention to it. Mainly, in this blog, we’ll focus on all The Rules Of Subject Verb Agreement and I’ll give you its exercise to practise the concept of it and I guarantee you right after mastering them, you’ll never make any mistakes onwards.

Note: There are some abbreviated forms of some English terms that will be used right below therefore, let’s be aware of:

S.S. – Singular Subject; P.S. – Plural Subject; S.V. – Singular Verb; P.V. – Plural Verb; P.D. – Positive Degree

Finite Verbs:

V₁, V₅, V₂, be, am, is, are, was, were, has, have, had.
Note: Subject के Person और Number के अनुसार Finite Verb का Person और Number निश्चित होता है।

Smart Rules:

1. यदि वाक्य में Singular Subject हो, तो Singular Verb प्रयोग किया जाता है।
2. यदि वाक्य में Plural Subject हो, तो Plural Verb का प्रयोग किया जाता है।
3. Singular Verbs: V₅, does, is, has, was [इन पाँचों Verbs का प्रयोग (3rd Person + Singular Subjects) के साथ किया जाता है।]
4. Plural Verbs: V₁, do, are, have, were [इन पाँचों Verbs का प्रयोग (3rd Person + Plural Subjects) के साथ किया जाता है। इसके अतिरिक्त, इन पाँचों Verbs का प्रयोग We और You के साथ किया जाता है।
5. 3rd Person + Singular Subjects: He, She, It, Ram, The boy, The cow, The machine, etc.
6. 3rd Person + Plural Subjects: They, Ram and Shyam, Boys, Cows, Machines, etc.

7. I के साथ V₁, am, is, are, was, were, do, have, etc. का प्रयोग किया जाता है।
Ex-

(I) I am going to market.
(ii) I was trying to solve this problem.
(iii) ‘I’ is 1st Person.
(iv) If I were the Prime Minister, I would remove …..
(v) I am intelligent, aren’t I?

A. कुछ Singular Subjects और Plural Subjects निम्नलिखित हैं।

8. Fish
Fish/ Fishes
9 Foot
Feet
10. Goose
Geese
11. Summons (बुलावा) Summonses
12. Force (बल)
Forces (सैन्य दलों)
13. This
These
14. That
Those
15. Life
Lives
16. Radius
Radii
17. Nucleus
Nuclei
18. Alumnus
Alumni
19. Hippopotamus Hippopotami/ Hippopotames
20. Podium
Podia/ Podiums
21. Ovum
Ova
22. Bacterium
Bacteria
23. Corrigendum – Corrigenda
24. Memorandum – Memoranda
25. Pseudopodium Pseudopodia
26. Datum/Data Data
27. Stratum Strata
28. Brother
Brothers/ Brethren
29. Formula
Formulae
30..Mouse
Mice
31. Louse Lice
32. Criterion
Criteria
33. Cupful
Cupfuls
34. Phenomenon
Phenomena
35. Oasis
Oases
36. Axis
Axes
37. Basis
Bases
38. Life
Lives
39. Elf
Elves
40. Belief
Beliefs
41. Delay
Delays
42. Luxury
Luxuries
43. Decision
Decisions
44. Development Developments
45. Statement
Statements
46. Response
Responses
47. Man eater
Man eaters
48. Woman doctor
Women doctors
49. Girl student
Girl students
50. Man teacher
Men teachers
51. Son-in-law Sons-in-law
52. Brother-in-law Brothers-in-law
53. The policeman The police/ The policemen
54. Step-son
Step-sons
55. Maid-servant
Maid-servants
56. Spoonful
Spoonfuls
57. The rich man
The rich/ Riches/ Rich men/
Rich people/ The haves
58. The poor man
The poor / Poors/ Poor men/
Poor people/ The have-nots

B. कुछ ऐसे Subjects होते हैं, जो Singular Subject और Plural Subject दोनों रुप में हो सकते हैं।

59. Deer, 60. Sheep, 61. Swine, 62. The whereabouts, 63.
India, 64. The Ganges, 65. The jury, 66. The association of
lawyers, 67. Two and two, etc.

C. कुछ ऐसे Subjects होते हैं, Singular Subject दिखते हैं, किन्तु वास्तव में वे Plural Subject होते हैं।

69. The electorate, 70. The peasantry, 71. The gentry, 72.The poultry, 74. The cattle, 75. The + Adjective (without Noun), People, etc.
77. Many a + Sin. Cou. N-S.S.
78. Many + Pl. Cou. N-P.S.
79. AII (Unc. N की ओर संकेत करने वाला) – S.S.
80. (All + Plural Common Noun) या (Cou. N की ओर संकेत करने वाला All) – P.S.

8I. More than one person – S.S.
82. More persons than one – P.S.
83. The president of the company and friend – S.S.
84. The president of the company and the friend – P.S.
85 Pond and fish (Two articles as a single unit) – S.S.
86. Ponds and fish – P.S.
87. Broad and butter (Livelihood /Two articles as a single unit)
Ex-(i) Bread and butter is the primary need of the poor,
(ii) Bread and butter is a nourishing food.
Note: Bread and butter – P.D.
Ex – Bread and butter are sold in this shop.
88. Tidings (खबरें /समाचार) – PS.
86. Singular Antecedent + who – S.V.
90. Plural Antecedent + who – P. V. (the boys – Antecedent )
91. Singular Antecedent + which S.V.
92. Plural Antecedent + which- .P.V.
93. Singular Antecedent + that – S.V
94. Plural Antecedent + that- P.V.
95. There + S.V. + Singular Complement
96. There + P.V. + Plural Complement
97. India (देश की ओर संकेत) – S.S.
EX- India is a vast country
98. India (देश के खिलाडियों की ओर संकेत) P.S. is
Ex – India are leading by 259 runs in the Test Cricket.
99. The rich man – S.S.
100. The rich/Riches – P.S.
101. The poor – S.S.
102. The poor/Poors P.S.
103. The policeman – S.S.
104. The police या Policemen — P.S.
105. Mathematics (Subject) -S.S.
The mathematics/ His mathematic – P.S.
106. The scissors – P.S.
107. A pair of scissors – S.S.
108. Electronics (Subject) – S.S.
109. The tongs (चिमटा) – P.S.
110. The news – S.S.
Note: Good news – S.S. या P.S.
111. The pincers (चिमटा/ संडासी) – P.S.
112. Rickets (Disease) (सुख का रोग) – S.S.
113. The trousers (Dress) – P.S.
114. Billiards (Game) – S.S.
115. The breeches (Dress) (पायजामा/पतलून) — P.S.
116.The three-fourths of the land – S.S
117. The pajamas (Dress) – P.S.
118. The tights (शरीर के निचले भाग के तंग कपड़े) – P.S.
119. A Cup and saucer (Two subjects as a single unit) – S.S.
120. A beautiful and intelligent girl – S.S.
121. A beautiful and an intelligent girl – P.S.
122. Soup and salad – S.S.
123. Politics – S.S.
124. Some ,many, most, few – P.S.
125. Brethren (Members of a society/ a community) – P.S.
126. The accounts officer and treasurer – S.S.
127. The accounts officer and the treasurer – P.S.

128. Every Tom,Dick and Harry – S.S (सामान्य व्यक्ति)
129. One of the boys – S.S.
130. Either of the two boys – S.S.
131. Neither of the two boys – S.S.
132. None of the three boys – S.S.
133. Any of the three boys – S.S.
134. Most of the wheat – S.S
135. Some of the wheat – S.S.
136. All of the wheat – S.S.
137. Everyone of them – S.S.
138. Each of the boys – S.S.
140. Each – S.N. – S.S.
141. Every + S.N. – S.S.
142. Each and every + S.N. – S.S.
143. Many – P.S
144. Few – P.S.
145. Most – P.S.
146. Most people — P.S.
147. Most of the people – P.S
148. Some of the people – P.S
149. A lot of books – P.S.
150 Lots of books – P.S.
Ex-(i) Two and two (a)/make (b)/ four. (c)/ No error (d)
(Equal -noun;verb)
(ii) Two and two is equal to four.
(a) equals (b) equal to (c) equals to (d) No Imp.
(iii) The criminal’s where-abouts are not known to us.
(iv) The minister’s where-abouts is well known to us
(v) The jury have not decided yet.(अनेक मत/ मतों में अंतर है)
(vi) The jury has taken the decision unanimously. (एक मत है)

D. Either …. or; Neither …. nor; Not only ….. but also के second Subject के अनुसार Verb आता है ।

Second Subject यदि Singular Subject हो तो Singular Verb आएगा।

e.x.- Neither Priya nor kajal has completed the task.

Second Subject यदि Plural Subject हो तो Plural Verb आएगा

e.x.- Neither I nor My brothers have attended his wedding ceremony.

Note: Plural subject can be placed only in the 2nd place.

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