Subject verb agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement : āĻāĻāĻি sentence āĻ verb āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽā§ subject āĻে āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ে। āĻ āĻ°্āĻĨাā§ subject āĻāĻ° number āĻāĻŦং person āĻāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻিāĻ¤্āĻ¤ি āĻāĻ°ে verb āĻŦāĻ¸ে। singular subject āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¨্āĻ¯ singular verb āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦং plural subject āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¨্āĻ¯ plural verb āĻšā§। āĻ¨িāĻেāĻ° āĻāĻĻাāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻুāĻি āĻ˛āĻ্āĻˇ āĻāĻ°ুāĻŖ-
- She is reading a book in the room.
- They are reading the books in the room.
āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ sentence āĻāĻ° subject āĻি third person, singular number āĻ¤াāĻ verb “is” agree āĻāĻ°েāĻে। āĻিāĻ¨্āĻ¤ু āĻĻ্āĻŦিāĻ¤ীā§ sentence āĻāĻ° subject āĻি third person, plural number āĻ¤াāĻ verb “are” agree āĻāĻ°েāĻে। āĻ āĻ°্āĻĨাā§ sentence āĻĻুāĻিāĻ¤ে subject āĻāĻ° number āĻāĻŦং person āĻāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻিāĻ¤্āĻ¤ি āĻāĻ°ে verb āĻŦāĻ¸েāĻে।
Subject-Verb Agreement āĻāĻ° āĻুāĻ°ুāĻ¤্āĻŦāĻĒূāĻ°্āĻŖ āĻ¨িā§āĻŽāĻ¸āĻŽূāĻšঃ
Rule-1: āĻāĻāĻি sentence āĻ verb āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽā§ subject āĻে āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ে। āĻ āĻ°্āĻĨাā§ singular subject āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¨্āĻ¯ singular verb āĻšā§ āĻāĻŦং plural subject āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¨্āĻ¯ 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 āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻুāĻ˛ো āĻĻেāĻāĻ¤ে plural āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻšāĻ˛েāĻ āĻāĻুāĻ˛ো āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ subject āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ subject singular āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšিāĻ¤ 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 āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻুāĻ˛ো āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ subject āĻšিāĻ¸াāĻŦে āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ subject singular āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšিāĻ¤ āĻšā§।
- Her hair is gray.
- Honesty is the best policy.
Rule-4: āĻিāĻু words āĻāĻে āĻ¯াāĻĻেāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¸াāĻ§াāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ 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: āĻাāĻাāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°িāĻŽাāĻŖ, āĻ¸āĻŽā§, āĻĻুāĻ°ুāĻ¤ āĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻুāĻ˛ো āĻ¯āĻĻি subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻ¤āĻŦে verb singular āĻšā§।
- Three hours is a long time.
- Five hundred dollars is a lot of money.
Rule-6: āĻĻেāĻļেāĻ° āĻ¨াāĻŽ, āĻŦāĻā§েāĻ° āĻ¨াāĻŽ āĻĻেāĻāĻ¤ে plural āĻšāĻ˛েāĻ verb singular āĻšā§।
- Gulliver’sTravels is an interesting book.
- The United States of America is a rich country.
Rule-7: One of āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ে noun āĻি plural āĻšāĻ˛েāĻ verb singular āĻšā§।
- One of the boys is absent.
Rule-8: āĻŦাāĻ্āĻ¯ে phrase, gerund, infinitive āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšিāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ে 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 āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻুāĻ˛ো āĻĻেāĻāĻ¤ে singular āĻŽāĻ¨ে āĻšāĻ˛েāĻ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ subject āĻšিāĻ¸েāĻŦে āĻŦāĻ¸ে āĻ¤āĻāĻ¨ verb plural āĻšā§।
- Cattle are grazing in the field.
Rule-10: āĻĻুāĻ āĻŦা āĻĻুāĻā§েāĻ° āĻ āĻ§িāĻ subject “and” āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ¯ুāĻ্āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ে plural verb āĻšā§।
- Kafi and Rahi are playing football.
Rule-11: And āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻ¯ুāĻ্āĻ¤ subject āĻুāĻ˛োāĻ° āĻĒুāĻ°্āĻŦে each, every, no āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি āĻĨাāĻāĻ˛ে verb āĻ¸āĻ°্āĻŦāĻĻা singular āĻšā§।
- Each boy and each girl was/is active.
Rule-12: All, both, few, many, several, some āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯āĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻুāĻ˛োāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° plural noun āĻŦা pronoun āĻšā§, āĻ¤াāĻ plural verb āĻšā§।
- Many people are not hard workers.
Rule-13: āĻŦাāĻ্āĻ¯ে “A number of” āĻāĻŦং “The number of” āĻāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ°। āĻ¨িāĻেāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻ্āĻ°াāĻāĻাāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšিāĻ¤ 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 āĻāĻ¤্āĻ¯াāĻĻি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻুāĻ˛ো āĻŦাāĻ্āĻ¯ে āĻĻুāĻি subject āĻে āĻ¯ুāĻ্āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ে āĻĒ্āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ subject āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¸াāĻ°ে 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 āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻŦাāĻ্āĻ¯ে āĻĻুāĻি subject āĻে āĻ¯ুāĻ্āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ে or āĻāĻŦং nor āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°েāĻ° subject āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¸াāĻ°ে verb āĻšā§। āĻ āĻ°্āĻĨাā§ āĻ¨িāĻেāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻ্āĻ°াāĻāĻাāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী 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 āĻĻ্āĻŦাāĻ°া āĻŦাāĻ্āĻ¯ে āĻĻুāĻি subject āĻে āĻ¯ুāĻ্āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ে but also āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°েāĻ° subject āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¸াāĻ°ে verb āĻšā§।
- Not only Sneha but also her friends were present the meeting.
Rule-17 : āĻŦাāĻ্āĻ¯ে none āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° singular verb āĻāĻŦং plural verb āĻĻুāĻিāĻ āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ে। āĻ¨িāĻেāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻ্āĻ°াāĻāĻাāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšিāĻ¤ 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: āĻŦাāĻ্āĻ¯ে no āĻāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° singular verb āĻāĻŦং plural verb āĻĻুāĻিāĻ āĻšāĻ¤ে āĻĒাāĻ°ে। āĻ¨িāĻেāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻ্āĻ°াāĻāĻাāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšিāĻ¤ 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: āĻŦাāĻ্āĻ¯ে there is / there are āĻāĻ° āĻŦ্āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšাāĻ° āĻ¨িāĻেāĻ° āĻ¸্āĻ্āĻ°াāĻāĻাāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ুāĻ¯াā§ী 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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