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Subject Verb Agreement relates to number agreement (singular or
Vote Showresults plural)betweenthesubjectandtheverbthatfollowsit Course
e.g.Thegirlplaysallday.(singularsubject)
Votessofar:34832 Thegirlsplayallday.(pluralsubject)
Dayslefttovote:363 IBPSPOMAINS2015

There are two important exceptions to subject verb agreement.

Firstly, agreement only applies when the verb is in the present
tense.Inthepasttense,thereisnoovertagreementbetweenthe
IBPSPOV(PRE):HOW
MANYQUESTIONSDID subjectandtheverb.
YOUATTEMPT?

Lessthan40 e.g.Thegirlplayedallday.
Between4045 Thegirlsplayedallday.
Between4650
Between5155 And secondly, agreement applies only to third person subjects.
Between5660 Thereisnodistinctionbetweenafirstpersonsingularsubjectand
afirstpersonpluralsubject. JoinIBPSPO2015(TierI&II)
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Between6670 Jaunpur,Bhiwani,Moulali
Morethan70 e.g.Iplayallday. Kolkata,Hooghly,Jhunjhunu
Weplayallday. (Rajsthan),Chandausi(UP),
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Mathura,Hyderabad,Sikar
The main principle is : Singular subjects need singular verbs : plural (Rajsthan),Allahabad,
Votessofar:48997
Dayslefttovote:363 subjectsneedpluralsubjectsneedpluralverbs.Somebasicrules: Durgapur,Faizabad,
Gorakhpur,Ludhiana,Roorkee,
Moradabad,Ajmer,Bhilai,Ara
1.When subject of a sentence is composed of two or more nouns or
(Bihar),SriGangaNagar,
pronounsconnectedbyand,weuseapluralverb. HanumanGarh,Guwahati,
Heandhisfriendsareatthefair. Ambala,Ahmedabad,Gandhi
HOWMANYQUESTIONS
DIDYOUATTEMPTIN Thisruleisnotfollowwhentwonounsrefertothesameobject. Nagar,Bhopal,Indore,
RRBASSISTANT? ThewicketkeeperandCaptainwasgiventhemanofthematchaward. Chhatarpur(M.P.),Muzaffarpur,
Rohtak,Bikaner,Sonipat,
Lessthan130
2.Whentwoormoresingularnounsorpronounsareconnectedbyorornor, Jaipur,Alwar,Udaipur,Ranchi,
Between130 Rewa,Jodhpur,Varanasi,
140 weuseasingularverb.
Patna,Meerut,Bhatinda,
Between141 e.g.Thepaperorthepencilisinthedesk.
Brahampur,Guna,Agra,
150
Jhansi,Bareilly,Aligarh,
Between151 3.When a compound subject contains both a singular and a plural noun or Gwalior,Delhi,Noida12
160 pronounjoinedbyorornor,theverbshouldagreewiththepartofthesubject 22,NoidaAtta,Ghaziabad,
Between160 thatisnearertotheverb. Lucknow,Kanpur
170
e.g.Shivinorhisfriendsruneveryday.
Morethan170
HisfriendsorShivinrunseveryday.
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4.Doesntiscontractionofdoesnotandshouldbeusedonlywithasingular
Votessofar:47669
subject.Dontisacontractionofdonotandshouldbeusedonlywithaplural
subject.Theexceptiontothisruleappearsinthecaseofthefirstpersonand
HOWMUCHYOU secondpersonpronounsIandyou.Withthesepronounsthecontractiondont
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e.g.Shedoesntlikeit.
Below100 3409(7%) Theydontlikeit. IBPSCLERKPRELIMS2015
100115 7307(15%)
116125 8404(18%) 5.A phrase between the subject and the verb should not be misleading, the
126135 10001(21%)
verbagreeswiththesubject,notwithanounorpronouninthephrase.
e.g.Thecaptain,aswellashisplayers,isanxious.
136145 8246(17%)
Thebook,inparts,isboring.
Above145 8972(19%)
Thebuilding,withallitscontents,isinsured.

Votessofar:46339
Pollclosed 6.Each, each one, either, neither, everyone, everybody, anybody, nobody,
somebody,someoneandnoonearesingularandrequireasingularverb.
e.g.Eachofthesebooksisgood.
Everybodyknowshim.

Eitheriscorrect. SUPER50BATCHESATCAREER
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e.g.Thenewsisonateight.
When talking about an amount of money, it requires a singular verb, but
whenreferringtotherupeesthemselves,apluralverbisrequired.
e.g.Fivehundredrupeesisalotofmoney.
RupeesareoftenusedinsteadorRupiahsinNepal.
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8.Nounssuchasscissors,trousers,shearsandshortsrequirepluralverbs. FranchiseeProgram
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9.In sentences beginning with there is, there are, the subject follows the
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verb.Sincethereisnotthesubject,theverbagreeswithwhatfollows.
HOWMUCHYOU e.g.Therearemanyquestions
ATTEMPTINRBI Thereisaquestion.
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110130 3722(15%) 10.Collective nouns are words that imply more than one person but are
131150 5299(22%) considered singular and take a singular verb, such as : group, team,
151165 6126(26%)
committee,classandfamily.
e.g.Thefamilyhasalonghistoryofwriters.
Over165 8273(35%)
Thecommitteehaspreparedtheagenda.
Votessofar:23420
Pollclosed 11.With, together with, including, accompanied by, in addition to, or as well
donotchangethenumberofthesubject.Ifthesubjectissingular,theverbis
too.
e.g.TheChairman,includinghisteam,istravellingtoChina. FelicitationFunctionforthe
Theboys,togetherwiththeirfriends,aregoingforapicnic. successfulCareerPower
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12.Therelativepronouns(who,whom,which,andthat)areeithersingularor
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e.g.The sales manager is good researcher who spends a great amount of MEGAWALKININTERVIEWSAT
80100 4923(22%) CAREERPOWER(9JUNE2015)
timesurfingtheWebforinformation.
101120 7943(36%) Subject:ThesalesmanagerVerbs:is,spends
121140 5043(23%)
141above 3834(17%) 13.A few nouns can be either plural or singular, depending on whether they
meanagrouporSeparateindividuals.Thesewordsarerarelyusedasplurals
Votessofar:21743 inmodernwriting.
Pollclosed e.g.1.Thejuryhasdecidedunanimously.
Subject:juryVerb:is
2.Thejuryarehavinganargument.
Subject:juryVerb:arehaving

HOWMUCHDIDYOU 14.Do not be misled by a phrase that comes between the subject and the
ATTEMPTINSBIPO2015 verb.Theagreeswiththe
(PRE)?
subject,notwithanounorpronouninthephrase.
Lessthan35 e.g.Oneoftheboxesisopen.
Between3640 Thepeoplewholistentomusicarefew.
Between4145
15.Two singular subjects connected by either/or or neither/nor require a
Between4650
singularverbasinRule1. Ifyouhaveanyfeedbackorwant
Between5155 toshareanythngwithus,plsmail
e.g.NeitherJohnnorAbrahamisavailable.
Between5660 EitherBipashaorneelamishelpingtodaywithstagedecoration. usatinfo@bankersadda.com
Between6165
Between6670 16.When/isoneofthetwosubjectsconnectedbyeither/ororneither/nor,put IBPS2015Calender:Changes
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e.g.NeithershenorIamgoingtothefestival
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Votessofar:70000 17.With words that indicate portionspercent, fraction, part, majority, some, CAREERPOWER
Dayslefttovote:258 all,none,remainder,andsoforthlookatthenouninyourofphrase(object
ofthepreposition)todeterminewhethertouseasingularofpluralverb.Ifthe
object of the preposition is singular, use a singular verb. If the object of the
prepositionisplural,useapluralverb.
IBPSCLERK2015 e.g.1.Fifty percent of the pie has disappeared. (Pie is the object of the
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Areyouthat1in No 11914(25%)
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beinganSBIPO Doesn'tMatter 2622(5%)
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