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Subject–Verb Agreementerb Agreement

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Practise What You Know!actise What You Know!

Tick () the correct sentences.
• Apples is my favourite fruit.

• My sister is a good badminton player.
• Are it going to rain soon?

• I is going to the party.
• The birds are building a nest.

• I am excited for tomorrow.

Let’s Learn Subject—Verb Agreement

When you write a sentence, its subject and verb must agree with each other in number
and person.

You know that nouns and pronouns are either 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

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Singular subjects take singular verbs and plural subjects take plural verbs.

Observe the use of diff erent verbs with diff erent subjects.
Am/is/are

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.
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