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Card 1Basic rule

What is the main rule of subject-verb agreement?

Answer

A verb must agree with its subject in both number and person. Singular subjects take singular verbs, and plural subjects take plural verbs. Example: The painting is four hundred years old. The paintin…

Card 2Basic rule

Why does the verb change with singular and plural subjects?

Answer

The verb changes to match the subject so that the sentence is grammatically correct. If the subject is singular, the verb is singular. If the subject is plural, the verb is plural. Example: He has bee…

Card 3And rule

What happens when two or more singular nouns are joined by and?

Answer

A plural verb is used. Example: The baby and her mother were sleeping peacefully. The same rule applies in sentences like Chemistry and history are my favourite subjects.

Card 4Same idea rule

When do two nouns joined by and take a singular verb?

Answer

When two or more nouns refer to the same person or thing, or express the same idea, a singular verb is used. Example: Idli and sambar was served to us at lunch. Time and tide waits for none.

Card 5Collective nouns

What is a collective noun in subject-verb agreement?

Answer

A collective noun is a noun for a group treated as a single unit. It usually takes a singular verb. Example: The mob is getting more violent by the minute. A pride of lions lives in this scrubland.

Card 6Collective nouns

When does a collective noun take a plural verb?

Answer

A collective noun takes a plural verb when it refers to the individual members of the group rather than the group as a whole. Example: The family are busy preparing lunch. The police were questioning …

Card 7Connecting phrases

What is the rule for subjects joined by as well as, with, in addition to, along with, or together with?

Answer

The verb agrees only with the first subject. The second subject does not control the verb. Example: Rohan, as well as his cousins, is participating in the tournament.

Card 8Connecting phrases

Why is the verb singular in a sentence like Rohan, as well as his cousins, is participating in the tournament?

Answer

The phrase as well as his cousins does not change the main subject. The verb agrees with Rohan, which is singular, so is is used. The first subject controls the verb.

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Key topics in Agreement of the Verb with Its Subject include Core Rule, Compound Subjects and Shared Ideas, Collective Nouns, Special Linking Phrases and Correlative Conjunctions. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the ICSE Class 10 board exam.
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