DO NOT BE STUNNED AT THE SIGHT OF THE TITLE.SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT IS THE BASIC THING YOU HAVE TO LEARN to talk in flawless rather in grammatic mistakes free English.This basic knowledge would help you to write letters,paragraphs,essays or answer in your own words kinds easily.Interestingly it would help you to even identify the errors in anybody's writings,magazines,advertisements or messages typed by anyone,speeches delivered by others and so on.
So first let's understand what is a Subject???????
Subject is something we talk about most importantly in a sentence.If we describe or explain or discuss about any person or thing in a sentence that is called a SUBJECT.
Sometimes "PRONOUNS" say he,she,you,it,they,we,I could also serve as subjects.
VERBS
VERBS are doing words basically called action words,for example say play,dance,eat,walk,kick,laugh,throw,sits,eats,bites,flips,runs and so on,they describe an action.
VERBS have various other categories but for now what we need to also know is "be" verbs.
is,was,are,were,am,be are called as "be" verbs.They play key roles in framing grammatically correct sentences.
So now knowing both "SUBJECT" and "VERB",now let's move on to knowing SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
The number of the subject and verb has to be the same.In short both have to be singular or plural.
This could be well explained by an example.
The cat drinks milk.Here cat is the subject,drinks is the verb.
For subject-for singular(here cat)-no "s"-cat
For verb-for singular(here drink)-should carry "s"-drinks
The cats drink milk.
For subject-for plural(here cat)-should carry "s"-cats
For verb-for plural(here drink)-no "s"
Let me quote a few more examples
The horses ran fast.
The schools are closed for Diwali.
The hall is full.
The doctors are in a conference.
Ooty is a beautiful place.
The books are scattered on the floor.
We were chatting yesterday.
You are very kind.
The baby was playing.
She is sitting.
The bird sang well.
The dog moves its tail rapidly.
Sheyz is a good boy.
Mary climbs the steps.
The ball rolls on the playground.
The leaves shake in the breeze.
The bell rings at 12 noon.
The driver sleeps in the bus.
She cooks well.
So here in these good examples above the subject agrees with the verb in number.Hope I have made the topic easier and simplified for you...
Catch you all in another blog.......
So first let's understand what is a Subject???????
Subject is something we talk about most importantly in a sentence.If we describe or explain or discuss about any person or thing in a sentence that is called a SUBJECT.
Sometimes "PRONOUNS" say he,she,you,it,they,we,I could also serve as subjects.
VERBS
VERBS are doing words basically called action words,for example say play,dance,eat,walk,kick,laugh,throw,sits,eats,bites,flips,runs and so on,they describe an action.
VERBS have various other categories but for now what we need to also know is "be" verbs.
is,was,are,were,am,be are called as "be" verbs.They play key roles in framing grammatically correct sentences.
So now knowing both "SUBJECT" and "VERB",now let's move on to knowing SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
The number of the subject and verb has to be the same.In short both have to be singular or plural.
This could be well explained by an example.
The cat drinks milk.Here cat is the subject,drinks is the verb.
For subject-for singular(here cat)-no "s"-cat
For verb-for singular(here drink)-should carry "s"-drinks
The cats drink milk.
For subject-for plural(here cat)-should carry "s"-cats
For verb-for plural(here drink)-no "s"
Let me quote a few more examples
The horses ran fast.
The schools are closed for Diwali.
The hall is full.
The doctors are in a conference.
Ooty is a beautiful place.
The books are scattered on the floor.
We were chatting yesterday.
You are very kind.
The baby was playing.
She is sitting.
The bird sang well.
The dog moves its tail rapidly.
Sheyz is a good boy.
Mary climbs the steps.
The ball rolls on the playground.
The leaves shake in the breeze.
The bell rings at 12 noon.
The driver sleeps in the bus.
She cooks well.
So here in these good examples above the subject agrees with the verb in number.Hope I have made the topic easier and simplified for you...
Catch you all in another blog.......
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