Subject verb agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement : āĻāĻāĻি sentence āĻ verb āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ subject āĻে āĻ āύুāϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰে। āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§ subject āĻāϰ number āĻāĻŦং person āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻিāϤ্āϤি āĻāϰে verb āĻŦāϏে। singular subject āĻāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ singular verb āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦং plural subject āĻāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ plural verb āĻšā§। āύিāĻেāϰ āĻāĻĻাāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻĻুāĻি āϞāĻ্āώ āĻāϰুāĻŖ-
- She is reading a book in the room.
- They are reading the books in the room.
āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ sentence āĻāϰ subject āĻি third person, singular number āϤাāĻ verb “is” agree āĻāϰেāĻে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীā§ sentence āĻāϰ subject āĻি third person, plural number āϤাāĻ verb “are” agree āĻāϰেāĻে। āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§ sentence āĻĻুāĻিāϤে subject āĻāϰ number āĻāĻŦং person āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻিāϤ্āϤি āĻāϰে verb āĻŦāϏেāĻে।
Subject-Verb Agreement āĻāϰ āĻুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āύিā§āĻŽāϏāĻŽূāĻšঃ
Rule-1: āĻāĻāĻি sentence āĻ verb āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽā§ subject āĻে āĻ āύুāϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰে। āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§ singular subject āĻāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ singular verb āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦং plural subject āĻāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ plural verb āĻšā§।
- He is reading a book in the room.
- They are reading the books in the room.
Rule-2: News, wages, physics, mathematics, polices, gallows āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻুāϞো āĻĻেāĻāϤে plural āĻŽāύে āĻšāϞেāĻ āĻāĻুāϞো āϝāĻāύ subject āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে āĻŦāϏে āϤāĻāύ subject singular āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšিāϤ āĻšā§।
- 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 āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻুāϞো āϝāĻāύ subject āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে āĻŦāϏে āϤāĻāύ subject singular āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšিāϤ āĻšā§।
- Her hair is gray.
- Honesty is the best policy.
Rule-4: āĻিāĻু words āĻāĻে āϝাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏাāϧাāϰāĻŖāϤ singular pronoun āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦং verb āĻ singular āĻšā§।
any+Singular Noun | no+Singular Noun | some+Singular Noun | every+Singular Noun |
anybody | nobody | somebody | everybody |
anyone | no one | someone | everyone |
anything | nothing | something | everything |
- Everybody was present.
- Nothing is impossible to men.
Rule-5: āĻাāĻাāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻŖ, āϏāĻŽā§, āĻĻুāϰুāϤ āĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻুāϞো āϝāĻĻি subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦāϏে āϤāĻŦে verb singular āĻšā§।
- Three hours is a long time.
- Five hundred dollars is a lot of money.
Rule-6: āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āύাāĻŽ, āĻŦāĻā§েāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻĻেāĻāϤে plural āĻšāϞেāĻ verb singular āĻšā§।
- Gulliver’sTravels is an interesting book.
- The United States of America is a rich country.
Rule-7: One of āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰে noun āĻি plural āĻšāϞেāĻ verb singular āĻšā§।
- One of the boys is absent.
Rule-8: āĻŦাāĻ্āϝে phrase, gerund, infinitive āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšিāϤ āĻšāϞে verb singular āĻšā§।
- Walking is a good exercise.
- To play is a good exercise.
Rule-9: Cattle, people, public, peasantry, police, dozen, poultry, gentry, mankind āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻুāϞো āĻĻেāĻāϤে singular āĻŽāύে āĻšāϞেāĻ āϝāĻāύ subject āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦāϏে āϤāĻāύ verb plural āĻšā§।
- Cattle are grazing in the field.
Rule-10: āĻĻুāĻ āĻŦা āĻĻুāĻā§েāϰ āĻ āϧিāĻ subject “and” āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻšāϞে plural verb āĻšā§।
- Kafi and Rahi are playing football.
Rule-11: And āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āϝুāĻ্āϤ subject āĻুāϞোāϰ āĻĒুāϰ্āĻŦে each, every, no āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি āĻĨাāĻāϞে verb āϏāϰ্āĻŦāĻĻা singular āĻšā§।
- Each boy and each girl was/is active.
Rule-12: All, both, few, many, several, some āĻāϤ্āϝāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻুāϞোāϰ āĻĒāϰ plural noun āĻŦা pronoun āĻšā§, āϤাāĻ plural verb āĻšā§।
- Many people are not hard workers.
Rule-13: āĻŦাāĻ্āϝে “A number of” āĻāĻŦং “The number of” āĻāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ। āύিāĻেāϰ āϏ্āĻ্āϰাāĻāĻাāϰ āĻ āύুāϝাā§ী āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšিāϤ āĻšā§।
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 āĻāϤ্āϝাāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻুāϞো āĻŦাāĻ্āϝে āĻĻুāĻি subject āĻে āϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻāϰāϞে āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ subject āĻ āύুāϏাāϰে verb āĻšā§।
- 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 āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝে āĻĻুāĻি subject āĻে āϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻāϰāϞে or āĻāĻŦং nor āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰেāϰ subject āĻ āύুāϏাāϰে verb āĻšā§। āĻ āϰ্āĻĨাā§ āύিāĻেāϰ āϏ্āĻ্āϰাāĻāĻাāϰ āĻ āύুāϝাā§ী āĻšā§-
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 āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻŦাāĻ্āϝে āĻĻুāĻি subject āĻে āϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻāϰāϞে but also āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰেāϰ subject āĻ āύুāϏাāϰে verb āĻšā§।
- Not only Sneha but also her friends were present the meeting.
Rule-17 : āĻŦাāĻ্āϝে none āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ singular verb āĻāĻŦং plural verb āĻĻুāĻিāĻ āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে। āύিāĻেāϰ āϏ্āĻ্āϰাāĻāĻাāϰ āĻ āύুāϝাā§ী āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšিāϤ āĻšā§।
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: āĻŦাāĻ্āϝে no āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ singular verb āĻāĻŦং plural verb āĻĻুāĻিāĻ āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে। āύিāĻেāϰ āϏ্āĻ্āϰাāĻāĻাāϰ āĻ āύুāϝাā§ী āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšিāϤ āĻšā§।
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: āĻŦাāĻ্āϝে there is / there are āĻāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āύিāĻেāϰ āϏ্āĻ্āϰাāĻāĻাāϰ āĻ āύুāϝাā§ী āĻšā§।
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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