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16 16 Subject–Verb Agreement
Warm-up
Read the paragraph and tick () the correct form of the verbs in each sentence.
1. A mother have /has great importance in one’s life.
2. Every morning, my mother wakes /wake me up.
3. Her lovely voice give /gives me happiness and joy.
4. She talks /talk to me with a smiling face.
5. She spends /spend lots of time towards building up our character.
6. She make /makes us good human beings.
7. We all am /are well mannered because of our mothers.
8. She are /is a good helping hand for every member of the family.
Subject–Verb Agreement
When you write or speak a sentence, the subject and the verb must agree in number and person.
You know that nouns and pronouns are singular or plural in number.
boy—boys girl—girls he/she—they
Similarly, verbs are also singular or plural in number.
is—are has—have was—were
Singular subjects take singular verbs, and plural subjects take plural verbs.
Read the table carefully and observe the use of different verbs with different subjects.
is/are/am
Singular Subject + Singular Verb Plural Subject + Plural Verb
I am a teacher. Mrs Khan and Mrs Khanna are our teachers.
She is my neighbour. They are my neighbours.
The boy is playing cricket. The boys are playing cricket.
He is a lawyer We are lawyers.
The girl is intelligent. The girls are intelligent.
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