SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

2. subject-Verb Agreement

(Right Form of Verb)

Rule – 1:

Subject Gi head word Abymv‡i verb e‡m| Subject Gi head word singular n‡j verb singular nq Ges head word plural n‡j verb plural nq|

For example:

Ø    The quality of the mangos (are) good. ( is )

Ø    His choice of words (are) excellent. ( is )

Rule – 2:

mvaviYZ And Øviv hy³ `yB ev Z‡ZvwaK noun/pronoun Gi subject I verb DfqB plural nq| For example:

Ø    Palash and Najmul (is) friends. ( are )

Ø    Sumaya and Eva (is) playing cheese. ( are )

But, And Øviv hy³ `yB ev Z‡ZvwaK noun hw` GKB e¯‘ ev fve wb‡`©k K‡i Z‡e  subject I verb DfqB singular n‡e|

For example:

Ø    Bread and butter (are) my favourite breakfast. ( is )

Ø    Slow and steady (win) the race. (wins)

But, And Øviv hy³ `yBwU noun Gi c~‡e© `yBwU article _vK‡j verb plural nq Ges GKwU article _vK‡j verb singular nq|

For example:

Ø    The headmaster and the secretary of our school (was) present. (were)

Ø    The magistrate and judge (come) here regularly. (comes)

Rule – 3:

Every, each, no, more than, none, no one BZ¨vw` subject ev subject Gi Ask n‡j G‡`i c‡i mvaviYZ verb singular nq|

For example:

Ø    Each boy and each girl (have) got a prize. ( has )

Ø    No bus and no train (were) seen. (was)

But, each of (the), one of (the), either of (the), neither of (the), none of (the), BZ¨vw`i c‡i noun plural Ges verb singular nq|

For example:

Ø    One of them (are) going. ( is )

Ø    Neither of the girls (were) beautiful. (was)

But, many of (the), some of (the), most of (the), all of (the) BZ¨vw`i c‡i noun I verb DfqB plural nq| For example:

Ø    Most of the students (has) passed. (have passed)

Ø    Some of them (is) illiterate. (are)

Rule – 4:

Infinitive (to+v), Gerund (v+ing) , Claus BZ¨vw` ev‡K¨i  subject n‡j  verb singular n‡e| For example:

Ø    To tell a lie( are) a great sin. (is)

Ø    Reading (make) a man perfect. (makes)

Ø    That you finished the novels( were) known to me. (was)

Rule – 5:

GKK `yi“Z¡, cwigvb, mgq, IRb, eqm, A_© BZ¨vw` plural n‡jI  verb wU mvaviYZ singular n‡e| For example:

Ø    Fifty miles( are) a long distance. (is )

Ø    TK 5000( were) spent. (was)

Ø    Eight years( were) Babu’s age. (was) 

Rule – 6:

Many a/an Gi c‡i noun I verb DfqB singular nq| wKš‘ many Gi c‡i noun I  verb DfqB plural nq| For example:

Ø    Many a rich (men live) here. (man lives)

Ø    Many a (boys were) present. (boy was)

Ø    Many people (lives) on agriculture. (live) 

Rule – 7:

Relative pronoun (that, what, where, when, which, whose, who) Gi c‡ii verb wU maviYZ relative pronoun Gi c~‡e©i noun/ pronoun Abymv‡i verb e‡m|

            For example:

Ø    It is I who (is) responsible. (am)

Ø    I bought 5kg fruits which (were) enough. (was)

Rule – 8:

As well as, with, along with, together with, accompanied by, and not, BZ¨vw` Øviv hy³ `yBwU noun ev pronoun Gi ‡¶‡Î cÖ_g noun ev pronoun Abymv‡i verb e‡m| For example:

Ø    Alim along with his friends (have) come. (has come)

Ø    Eva as well as her sisters (are) beautiful. (is)

Rule – 9:

Adjective Gi c~‡e© the em‡j Zv mvaviYZ plural noun eySvq| ZLb c‡ii verb wU I plural nq| For example:

Ø    The virtuous are always happy.

Ø    The poor are born to suffer.

Ø    The cows are useful animal.

Rule – 10:

Both, some, all, a few, many, BZ¨vw`i c‡i countable noun/ pronoun e‡m|

For example:

Ø    Both the boys are guilty.

Ø    All are present.

But, much, a little BZ¨vw`i c‡i GgbwK some, all BZ¨vw`i c‡iI uncountable noun/pronoun Ges verb singular n‡e|

For example:

Ø    A little water is left in the glass.

Ø    All’s well that ends well.