Subject verb agreement



 Subject-Verb Agreement : āĻāĻ•āĻŸি sentence āĻ verb āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ subject āĻ•ে āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ে। āĻ…āĻ°্āĻĨাā§Ž subject āĻāĻ° number āĻāĻŦং person āĻāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻ­িāĻ¤্āĻ¤ি āĻ•āĻ°ে verb āĻŦāĻ¸ে। singular subject āĻāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯ singular verb āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦং plural subject āĻāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯ plural verb āĻšā§Ÿ। āĻ¨িāĻšেāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻাāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻুāĻŸি āĻ˛āĻ•্āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°ুāĻŖ-

  • She is reading a book in the room.
  • They are reading the books in the room.

āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ sentence āĻāĻ° subject āĻŸি third person, singular number  āĻ¤াāĻ‡ verb “is” agree āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›ে। āĻ•িāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻ¤ীā§Ÿ sentence āĻāĻ° subject āĻŸি third person, plural number āĻ¤াāĻ‡ verb “are” agree āĻ•āĻ°েāĻ›ে। āĻ…āĻ°্āĻĨাā§Ž sentence āĻĻুāĻŸিāĻ¤ে subject āĻāĻ° number āĻāĻŦং person āĻāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻ­িāĻ¤্āĻ¤ি āĻ•āĻ°ে verb āĻŦāĻ¸েāĻ›ে।

 

Subject-Verb Agreement āĻāĻ° āĻ—ুāĻ°ুāĻ¤্āĻŦāĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŖ āĻ¨িā§ŸāĻŽāĻ¸āĻŽূāĻšঃ

Rule-1: āĻāĻ•āĻŸি sentence āĻ verb āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ subject āĻ•ে āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ে। āĻ…āĻ°্āĻĨাā§Ž singular subject āĻāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯ singular verb āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦং plural subject āĻāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨্āĻ¯ plural verb āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • He is reading a book in the room.
  • They are reading the books in the room.

 

Rule-2: News, wages, physics, mathematics, polices, gallows āĻ‡āĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ—ুāĻ˛ো āĻĻেāĻ–āĻ¤ে plural āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻšāĻ˛েāĻ“ āĻāĻ—ুāĻ˛ো āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨  subject āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ subject singular āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšিāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • The news is bad.
  • Mathematics is an interesting subject.

 

Rule-3: Uncountable noun and Abstract noun such as: Air, hair, smoke, oxygen, water, milk, ink, soup, dust, rice, grass, salt, honesty, courage, peace, sympathy, football, cotton, furniture, cooking, parking, training, love, advice, information, knowledge āĻ‡āĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ—ুāĻ˛ো  āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ subject āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ subject singular āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšিāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • Her hair is gray.
  • Honesty is the best policy.

 

Rule-4āĻ•িāĻ›ু  words āĻ†āĻ›ে āĻ¯াāĻĻেāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ singular pronoun āĻšā§Ÿ āĻāĻŦং verb āĻ“ singular āĻšā§Ÿ।

any+Singular Nounno+Singular Noun some+Singular Noun every+Singular Noun 
anybodynobodysomebodyeverybody
anyoneno onesomeoneeveryone
anythingnothingsomethingeverything
  • Everybody was present.
  • Nothing is impossible to men.

Rule-5: āĻŸাāĻ•াāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŽাāĻŖ, āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ, āĻĻুāĻ°ুāĻ¤ āĻŦাāĻšāĻ• āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ—ুāĻ˛ো āĻ¯āĻĻি subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻ¤āĻŦে verb singular āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • Three hours is a long time.
  • Five hundred dollars is a lot of money.

 

Rule-6: āĻĻেāĻļেāĻ° āĻ¨াāĻŽ, āĻŦāĻ‡ā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ¨াāĻŽ āĻĻেāĻ–āĻ¤ে plural āĻšāĻ˛েāĻ“ verb singular āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • Gulliver’sTravels is an interesting book.
  • The United States of America is a rich country.

 

Rule-7: One of āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ে noun āĻŸি plural āĻšāĻ˛েāĻ“ verb singular āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • One of the boys is absent.

 

Rule-8: āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ে phrase, gerund, infinitive āĻ‡āĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšিāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ে verb singular āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • Walking is a good exercise.
  • To play is a good exercise.

 

Rule-9Cattle, people, public, peasantry, police, dozen, poultry, gentry, mankind  āĻ‡āĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ—ুāĻ˛ো āĻĻেāĻ–āĻ¤ে singular āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻšāĻ˛েāĻ“ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ verb plural āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • Cattle are grazing in the field.

 

Rule-10: āĻĻুāĻ‡ āĻŦা āĻĻুāĻ‡ā§ŸেāĻ° āĻ…āĻ§িāĻ• subject “and” āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ¯ুāĻ•্āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ে plural verb āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • Kafi and Rahi are playing football.

 

Rule-11: And āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ¯ুāĻ•্āĻ¤ subject āĻ—ুāĻ˛োāĻ° āĻĒুāĻ°্āĻŦে each, every, no āĻ‡āĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি āĻĨাāĻ•āĻ˛ে verb āĻ¸āĻ°্āĻŦāĻĻা singular āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • Each boy and each girl was/is active.

 

Rule-12All, both, few, many, several, some āĻ‡āĻ¤্āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ—ুāĻ˛োāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° plural noun āĻŦা pronoun āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻ¤াāĻ‡ plural verb āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • Many people are not hard workers.

 

Rule-13: āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ে “A number of”  āĻāĻŦং “The number of” āĻāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ°। āĻ¨িāĻšেāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻŸ্āĻ°াāĻ•āĻšাāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§Ÿী āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšিāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ।

a number of + plural noun + plural verb …

the number of + plural noun + singular verb…

  • A number of students were killed in the accident.
  • The number of students in this class is forty.

 

Rule-14: As well as, with including, together with, except, in addition to, no less than, accompanied by, along with āĻ‡āĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻ—ুāĻ˛ো āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ে āĻĻুāĻŸি subject āĻ•ে āĻ¯ুāĻ•্āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ে āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ subject āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ¸াāĻ°ে verb āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • Rahi as well as his friends has gone to see his ailing mother.
  • I along with some of my friends was present.

Rule-15: Either……or, Neither…..nor āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ে āĻĻুāĻŸি subject āĻ•ে āĻ¯ুāĻ•্āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ে or āĻāĻŦং nor āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°েāĻ° subject āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ¸াāĻ°ে verb āĻšā§Ÿ। āĻ…āĻ°্āĻĨাā§Ž āĻ¨িāĻšেāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻŸ্āĻ°াāĻ•āĻšাāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§Ÿী āĻšā§Ÿ-

either/neither + noun + or/nor + plural noun + plural verb…

either/neither + noun + or/nor + singular noun + singular verb..

  • Either Rahi or his brothers were  present.
  • Either Rahim or Karim was present.
  • Neither Suchi nor her brothers were present. 
  • Neither Faisal nor his brother was present. 

 

Rule-16: Not only….but also āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ে āĻĻুāĻŸি subject āĻ•ে āĻ¯ুāĻ•্āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛ে but also āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°েāĻ° subject āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ¸াāĻ°ে verb āĻšā§Ÿ।

  • Not only Sneha but also her friends were present the meeting.

 

Rule-17 : āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ে none āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° singular verb āĻāĻŦং plural verb āĻĻুāĻŸিāĻ‡ āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ে। āĻ¨িāĻšেāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻŸ্āĻ°াāĻ•āĻšাāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§Ÿী āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšিāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ।

none + of the + non-count noun + singular verb

none + of the + plural count noun + plural verb

  • None of the counterfeit money has been found.
  • None of the students have finished the exam yet.

 

Rule-18: āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ে no āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° singular verb āĻāĻŦং plural verb āĻĻুāĻŸিāĻ‡ āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ে। āĻ¨িāĻšেāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻŸ্āĻ°াāĻ•āĻšাāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§Ÿী āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšিāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ।

no + singular noun / non-count noun + singular verb

no + plural noun + plural verb

  • No example is relevant to this case.
  • No examples are relevant to this case.

 

Rule-19: āĻŦাāĻ•্āĻ¯ে there is / there are āĻāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻšেāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻŸ্āĻ°াāĻ•āĻšাāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§Ÿী āĻšā§Ÿ।

there is / there was / there has been + singular subject / non-count noun….

  • There was water on the floor.
  • There were too many people at the party.

 



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