Subject Verb

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❖ Abanish Kumar
❖ B.Tech in ECE ( IP University , Delhi)

❖ Cleared CDS and AFCAT 2017.

❖ Selected Under Government of India
❖ Qualified SSC CGL 2016,2017.

❖ Teaching Experience of 3 years in offline and online classes for

NDA , CDS AFCAT and Various other defence examinations.

❖ Passion and Patience will get you to your dream only when
you are dedicated and disciplined .
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About UPSC NDA Exam

❖ Type of Questions – MCQ

❖ Subjects – General Ability Test (GAT) & Mathematics .
❖ GAT comprises English, Science, Polity, Geography ,History,
Economics and Current Events.
❖ GAT contains 150 Questions (600 Marks) for each wrong answer
one-third marks will be deducted.
❖ Mathematics contains 120 questions (300 Marks) each wrong
answer one-third marks will be deducted.

❖ Previous year trend

❖ NDA 2 2018 cut-off - 338
❖ NDA 1 2018 cut-off – 324
❖ NDA 1 2019 expected cut-off - 330
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Subject Verb Agreement

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Subject –Noun/Pronoun Verb
Verb––Auxiliary
Auxiliary Verb/
Verb/
Main
MainVerb
Verb

Agreement
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Primary Auxiliary and their uses

Primary Auxiliary are of three types :-
× Be ( is, am, are, was, were, be, been, being)
× Do ( does, do, did)
× Have ( has, have, had)

! Also called Anomalous verb

Verb+s – Singular Verb

Verb-s – Plural Verb
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Subject – Noun/Pronoun

❖ Noun+s – Plural Noun.

❖ Noun-s – Singular Noun.

Pronoun – I,we,he,she,it,they,you.

If noun/pronoun is singular , Verb is singular.

If noun/Pronoun is plural , Verb is Plural
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Rule 1

❖ Two subjects joined by “and” generally take a plural verb.

× Kohli and Pujara are the mainstay of the Indian team right now.
× Chennai and Kochi are the two most important cities of South
India.

Exception
❖ But if only one person, one idea and one thing is discussed then
we use a singular verb.
× Bread and Butter is his only food.
× Slow and steady wins the race.
× My friend ,philosopher and guide has come.
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Rule 2

There are certain nouns which exists in same form whether

singular or plural . In these nouns the additional information
determines whether singular or plural verb is to be used.

× Sheep , deer , fish etc.

× Many sheeps are/is grazing in the field.
× The deer/deers park at Sarnath is his favourite place to visit.
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Practice Sheet
The Principal and Chairman ………. Come.
The Secretary and the Principal …..come.
Time and tide …. For none.
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Rule 3

❖ If “No” precedes each subject or an individual subject we use

singular verb.
× No man and no woman was/were doing the work.
× No man and woman was/were doing the work.
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Rule 4

❖ Noun of Noun Concept.

❖ It states that in case the orientation of the sentence is NOUN(1)

of NOUN(2).The Verb agrees with the first noun.

• The newer generation of players is more focused on their strike

rate than their average.
• The whole block of flats were destroyed by fire.
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Practice Sheet

There are certain nouns which exists in same form whether

singular or plural . In these nouns the additional information
determines whether singular or plural verb is to be used.

× Sheep , deer , fish etc.

× Many sheeps are/is grazing in the field.
× The deer/deers park at Sarnath is his favourite place to visit.
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Rule 5

❖ If two subjects are joined by Conjunction like as well as, with ,

along with, together with , In addition to, besides, like ,
unlike , with , accompanied by, led by when used then the verb
agrees with the the noun or pronoun given in the first case in the
sentence.

She together with her friends is visiting her uncle.

The Captain along with the sailors was drowned..
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Rule 6

× If two noun joined by correlative conjunctions like neither..nor,

either…or, not only….but also, none..but then use the verb
according to the nearest subject.

× Example:

× Neither Ram nor his friends have arrived.

× It was not only she but also his brothers who have done that.
× Not she but her friends are responsible.
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Practice Sheet

There are certain nouns which exists in same form whether

singular or plural . In these nouns the additional information
determines whether singular or plural verb is to be used.

× Sheep , deer , fish etc.

× Many sheeps are/is grazing in the field.
× The deer/deers park at Sarnath is his favourite place to visit.
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Rule 7

❖ Each of/Either of/ One of/ Neither of/None of is always followed by a

plural noun and singular verb.

Number Noun/Pronoun Verb

Either of 1 out of 2 Plural Singular

One of 1 out of more than two Plural Singular

Neither of 0 out of 2 Plural Singular

None of* 0 out of more than 2 Plural Singular

Each of To specify one in all Noun-Plural Singular

Pronoun-Singular
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Rule 8
❖ Examples

1. Either of his two brothers is dumb.

2. One of my friend always stays in hotel.
3. Each of these boys was given the prize.
4. Neither of the two brothers has helped him.

Practice sheet

1. Each of the students is/are requested to bring his/their old clothes for
charity.
2. One of the major problems India is facing right now is/are the emission of
green house gases.
3. Neither of the sisters is/are intelligent.
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Rule 9

❖ Usage in distribution.

× Each of/Either of/Neither of/Everyone of/One of Everybody/

somebody /anybody/ no one/Everyone/anyone/Everything/
something/anything/Nothing then the noun or pronoun is always plural
but the verb remains singular.

× Each of the men is intelligent.

× One of them has been appointed as the chairman of the company.
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Rule 10
Usage of Many, Both, Few.
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Rule 11
Usage in terms of Countable or uncountable subject.
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Rule 12

❖ A number of/ A large number of/ A number of /Large number of always

take a plural verb.
× A number of books are available in the library.
× A number of reasons were responsible for his failures.

❖ The number means a definite number and they act as collective noun
hence we use singular verb.
× The number of accidents has increased due to negligence of people.
× The number of books available in the library is less.
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Rule 13

× If Relative Pronoun –Who,that,which,whose,whom is used then in

these types of sentences verb is according to the antecedent of the
pronoun.

× It is I who am to blame.
× PV Sindhu is one of the best players that India has ever produced.
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Practice Sheet

1) She is the lady who are magnanimous.

2) George is one of those students who is ready to do whatever he is asked
to do.
3) George is the only one of those students who are ready to take a
challenge.
4) Two-third of the poles has rotted away.
5) It will be us who bring the change.
6) Every man and woman of the village have come out to see this strange
child who claims to know everything about his pre-natal existence.
7) In our college, it was obligatory for each of the students to buy his own
instruments.
8) One of the developing or underdeveloped countries are not in favour of
launching chemical warfare because it trembles to imagine its
repercussions.
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