Chapter-4 SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT. ech at Finite Vorb 1 Number 3% Person af (Subject) ' Number 3% Person ® aget St a They go. . Gi) Be goes. said go Us Fi art Plural & <4 Ht, FG singular 8 3 ‘ong 1 fir 9 SUBIECEVERB AGREEMENT & & emt oe amas G1 % fre {A) | Subject (Singulas) ———> Verb Singular) 80 SE a book: saite verb © T Ploral Subject “They” % Singular Subject "He’ 4 ¥ sub, Verb (Sing) (Sing) Gi Ram mango. v v Sub. ‘Verb (Sing) Sing.) anere : (UF VE am, was TTR wo fave Pru war iy You wre 2 frend Plural, p)[ Subject ural) -———_—> Ver (Plural) @ Tey a Playing in the Field sub. Verb ey PO Gi) We sre walking in the field. TOY ‘Sub, Verb ey PL NOTE : o7e Ta fH Subject Ver Problems FRR is, are, am, was, were, car Persit pa oat Hh eT H SUT is TSE are 7 am, do does, have % TS nas ane a arr ye weet ee aT 2 i) My friend f were / not pre A OB sent there. / No Extor D E was! aa aT friend” Third c eae, rer Part (BH “were F A ger afkg, wis AT AT Subject “My Person, Singular Number # 81] aa feqa 3o 4 28 — 1b Agreement re do, does, have. has BGA E 27 ex Present Indefinite Tense # (ay aR Aa AT Subject WH Singular Noun B_@_Vesb singular et &; 38— {@) Mohan is always late. Gi) Abbook has been bought. (2) af& @ Singular Nouns ‘and’ 3 YB et a Verb Plural ants — (i Ram and Shyam have come Gi) Abook anda pen have been bought (ay ate B Singular Nouns ‘and! 8B B, P TH TR each 8 every Hat BH Vo Singular 8%: a @ Bach boy and each gl is invited Each aps ead eh GN each Noun Sing) each Noun’ sing.) a 6) Bach tex ota cach Noun Noun (Sing) ine) owe A Singular Nouns ‘and! & SERGE A wats, eg re a eat a Verb Singular (j) Bread and butter is my favourite food. ‘8S FS Nouns FTF profaras Bread and butter, Rice and cury, Horse and cating, Hammer and sickle, Crown and glory et. NOTE: fry 8 St Nouns & ae 3 fatter att oe ae “Ba Verb Plural ter @; 3 — (i) Crown and glory exist together. ‘a (6) aK A Nouns 4 Pronouns as ‘well as, in addition to, Tesides, ike, unlike, with, along with, together with ve mrained by, led by, headed by, guided by, omtoled By feromed by, rater than, and not ane & FW H Veh SET Noun at Pronoon 3 siyar tat ts (@ You as well as yout sister were in the wrong, (i) He together wit his friends ts coming tos. NOTE ear ca fe BE awe H sister % STE yes he mendes were 5 AT AR Problems FE TE fi a (AAER Subjects Not only but also, Neither ee iter + 088 SB a Verda THE ara Subject ® agER att; F— (i) Neither you nor Lam willing to do it. (ji) Neither you nor ‘he is making 2 noise. isinvitedA Mitror of Common Errors, 25 "$8 PROT arent Problems aya ge ame Hi RA Ci) Nether Prakash nor his / brother Preshant ate / capable «a ) ‘of doing this / work within two days. No Error. © ©) ® [GRAMIN BANK 1991] [ee art & PART (B) 9 ‘Were’ Fe ‘was! TINT Ben Fah Verb were ST Subject ‘nor his brother Prashant’ & & Third Person, Singular Number # #) (7) A Subject not . but mF ‘not 2 3S et te aa Te %, seh agar ter ty (i) Not she burher friends are guilty. (i She and not hr friends is guilty (8) aR ara ar Subject Each, Hither, Neither B @ Verb Singular det &; 33— {i Finvited two boys but neither has come (0) Each of / Either of / Neither of / Every one of / One of, safe % aE Noun zt Pronoun Plural Bt , fey Verb Singular; 38— — (i) Bach of the mangoes. ts ripe Noun (PL) (ii) One of them has played well. “L Pronoun (PL) ge Fram arate Problem 22 — () The teacher asked the student / if every one of them / “ @) wore ready to attend the classes every day / No Error. © o ©) [em area ® PART (C) ® ‘were’ ® wee ‘was’ St Fart ‘ar ate every one of AE Noun 8 Pronoun Plural PFS ‘Verb Singular Bia 1] yf (10) 2H AEH A Subject everybody, somebody, pobods. anybody. someone, no ane, everyone, anyone, venting, someting, sothing, anything 8 # Verb Sings ant sa (i Everybody knows thatthe earth is round. {i Everybody among your friends likes playing. Se (12) we ave Subject Many, Both, Few, A fow & & Verb Plural tra; $8 — (i) Both are happy. (i) Many were invited but afew have come, (13) Both of, A few of, Few of, Many of & @ Noun Pronoun Plural 72 Verb st Plural Bra #; $8— (i) Many ofthe wees. are green J Noun PI.) (14) Many, A great many, A good many % 51% Noun Plural aft Verb st Plural tra &; $— GA great many boys are siting thee. farg Many a/an % @E Noun Singular At Verb Singular fat &; S8— _ @ Many a pen ised bobod 4 Many a Noun Verb Sing) Ging) (15) A number of, A large number of, Large numbers of ‘ar Noun Plural Tat Verb *ft Plural rat @; $8— (A number of irs have passed * ‘The number of ae Ne Singular ar 81 32— (@ The numberof the buss i increasing (46) Some, Some of, Al, All of, Bough, Most, Most of, Losts of, A lot of, Plenty of % #1 Noun #f& Countable & 7 ‘a Plural Gra & sfx Verb t Plural; t8— (@ All men are mortal. Gi) Lots of players were there. farg, we aR WE Noun Uncountable tt AE Singu @at & afk Verb “t Singular Bat 8; FS— {Some money is needed (i) Lots of its avaiable (17) Half of, One tid of, Two thirds of, Three fourths of ae Noun #E Countable & @ 3e Plural Hat & sie Verb ‘& Plural drat ¢; $3— (i Hatt the hots are closed rodey faeq, FR WE Noun 7% Uncountable # te Singular ‘rer & ait Vorb & Singular Bran 1 S3— (0 Tho thirds ofthe lard has been ploughed (18) More than one ® @1& Singular Noun 3A Singular jexb erat &; FB (More than one room is vacant fieq, More + Plural Noun + than one 3 AE Verb Plural aa ts (i) More teachers than one are late, (19) There war Tt st HFiET AE Introductory Subjects * eu 9M There B Me Verb HF WAM There WE TAHT Noun @ Pronoun 3% Number 38% Person oe fre seat an (i There was a king. (ji) There were two kings. fg, 1B a Verb GT Singular Ga Bs $8— (@ If is these boys that came late today. Plusa ———— 26 A Mirror of Common Errors (20) af Fit Numeral Adjective + Plural Noun & fafean of, Ga, aor, sere one ar ate aT Vero Singulas Brat #; 38— (i) Twothousand rupees is afandsome amount L tog Nomeral Noun Verb (adi) (PL (Sing) (ii) Ten tons of coat is enough for me. farg, fe Numeral Adjective + Plural Noun & faft=1 ‘oferat ot Shr 8 at Ver’ Phoral dat & $B — (@ TWworhousand rupees have been spent 4 L t Numeral Noun Verb (ad) PL) SHER (21) 7% who, which wer that 5 WEF Relative Pronouns ae ea 3 a HH we HBT Verb FR Antecedents [Number 3h Person We Pte wrt; BB Gi). who am a teacher, teach hete (i) The students who are here did not do wel. ‘ex Fre amt Problems aga WB ait #; Se (i) One of the issues / which was discussed / in the “& ®) meeting / was raised by me. / No Error. oO o e [BS.R.B, PATNA 1992] eu ares Part (B) Hf ‘was! 3 aCe ‘wore’ wat ‘arm FHT “which! Relative Pronoun & fae Antecedent ‘the issues’ Plural & she Fa STE Verb st Plural em (22) art % Uniulfilled wish, condition, desire eas Ba fae if as if as though, 1 wish, We wish ete % ‘emt WE To Be ay art tat Tea Reh ‘wore! we TH rat @ GR Subject Fest At Number Pesson 1 FH FB Be (iy Lwish Twere a bird. a fra & arate Problems ™gat WS se &; FR {IFT was you /T would have told / the Chairman to keep “a ®) © ‘his mouth shut. No Eero. ©) ® [BS.RB. (BANGALORE) P. 0. EXAM, 1990] ge wat & Part (A) B ‘was’ Sea ‘were’ Ht FAT ‘gun atts iM % Untulfilled wish / condition / desire Gora a0 Sera) Fe Ae if / as if / as though / Pwish ete. ae ae aE To Be we wan Ba Geer ‘were’ BT WHT HT am & (23) af & Pronouns ‘and & BB FH Verb Plural Bret Bs ao wy @ Land he are guilty yor Voy Pro. and Pro. Verb wy (i) You he have disturbed me. pou od J Pro, and Pro, Verb e ‘ea Sram setter Problems ft ager gS Te #: 3— Gi) You and I/ am going to take part / in the meeting “ 3) tomorrow / No Error. ©) ) [LDSB. 1990] tga are 3 Part (B) # am 3 #z& are wate eT te Part (A) # You’ war ‘T' ‘and? gS # sie va TTR Subject Plural 1) PROBLEMS BASED ON SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT Directions : Find out the error in each of the following sentences, f any. If there is no error, your answer is ‘E' 1. Two miles beyond / that pasture was seen hundreds / a“ ® cattle including / some lambs. / No Error oO @) ® -2.ttis noticed that / the elite class have no soft / comer for « 8) the downtrodden who are the / real victims of the present © ©) social set-up. /No Error ® 3. Ritu as well as / some of her friends / have fallen in love “ @) © swith Sonu, whos the eldest son of an $. D. OJNo Error © ® 4.More than one successful candidate / have taken the (ay interview for one / of the popular magazines / being ®) oO ‘publishied from Delhi. / No Exror ©) ®) (Wis there any sificties 1 in disposing of this recs x “ @) 8S building / built on such a spacious / and beautifol © campus. /No Error () («)A Mirror of Common Errors 7 6.The leader as well as / his followers are fatally injured cy ®) ii/ the tain accident which occured last night / near this © railway crossing. / No Error @) e 7.The request of the workers’ / union that their wages “@ . (B) shouldbe Fincreased were supported by /a vast majority./ © @) No Error ® long te note foie / of ln is scen/ the Himalayas (a) @) oO tight /in ther splendour. No Error. @) «& 9. The publisher says / ta there is / many important details to (A) @®) © attend /to before this book gets printed. /NoEmor © 3) 10, His polities is not / good, so we have suggested to him / @ ®) that he should read Gandhi, Nehru / and Karl Marx. / © © No Error ®) Ul. Just outside / the hotel is / wo bars, extremely beautifull @ ®) © as well as crowdy. /No Error © © 12, We should not forget that / we have a right to criticise “ ® but /at the same time each of us / have to remember the © © uty also. No Error ©) (Gite pugacions daughter / always do something that may @ ®) incur insult / on her neighbours who hold a wrang / © ‘opinion about her family. / No Error ©) © 14. One of / the biggest industrial houses / in Mumbai is on a ® © the verge of / declaring 2 lock out, / No Error ©) ® (BS Our Head ofthe Department assured / us that a series of a ® lectures on Milton / were to be arranged / the following © week and so we should not create any auissance No Error © e) 16-A body of volunteers / have been organized to help the (A) @) faculty members / in their attempt to raise the funds. / © Oo No Error ® 17. Each ofthe smadens, / whom I have chose to take part / cay) @) in che euturl programmes to be performed / in the City © Hall, are up to the mark /No Error o (B) 18,Evecybody among the businessmen / were enjoying (A) (B) Arinking / when the Manager of the hotel/ was shot dead/ © @) No Exor (®) (9) Most of the news / pertaining to the sudden demise of Dr. = 6 ®) have been communicated by some of the rufians / © whom 1 know well. No Enror @) «) @aniough thse building are / in nel of epi, ere Aw B®) have been much improvement / in their appearance / © ©) Sen / No Error ® (2H oan says tha ire these obscene fms / hat ead the a ®) youth to thir moral degradation and are responsible for oO many evils growing in our society, /No Exrer ©) ®) 22, Not only the doctor / but also the nurses of this nursing / “w ) homme is very Kind and helpful othe atendants (No Eevor © «D) «& (23. There appears / a number of new faces in the hall / and 1 (A) ® really do not know where they have/ come from and why.J oO ©) No Ener ® 24. The teachers face the / same problems in their day to day & “ ®) lives /as do an ordinary man / of our society. /No Esror oO ©) ® 25. The men who cannot / believe his senses and the man who a 8) cannot / believe anything else ae /insane. /No Error © o ©®NO 28 A Miror of Common Euors 26, The available statistics / indicate thatthe population of the +36. One of the developing or underdeveloped / counties are cy a ‘orld will double in about 30 years / and human life will not in favour of launching / chemical warfare because it 8) © @) © become / more and more miserable, /No Error twembles /to imagine its repercussions. ‘No Exror © © © © 27. Shingles are a disease /in which the patient develops /lots _37-Not John and his friends / but Mary has surreptitiously a) ®) “ 8 of inflamed spots round te / waist-/ No Error ‘aken / your photographs and sent them / to her frends. / © *o) ©) © © No Enor 28. What were once glorious forts / are now nothing / but © ram? © 38. The idea of /imtroducing genes / to correct heritable and piles of rubble. ‘No Esror ‘oO a © o MO ® other / disorders are revolutionary, / No Error @waether you should get married / now or whether you ©) © ~ «a 39..An ability 10 shrink / and reduce oneself to a tiny form should remain / single all your life / are your personal a“ ®) © © and reverse the process whenever desired / belongs to the problem, /No Error ®) ® realm of fantasy and is heard of ouly / in fairy tales or 30, Each faculty member as / well as most of the students / oO i & tales of magic. "No Error were of the view that there should / be many more new © ® © 40. Neither Rajni / nor Ragini were to take to her heels / courses inthis college. / No Error a @) ©) © when they saw a cobra laying /at the gate, No Error 31.Does his daily struggle / for existence leave time / to © ™ e ieee ‘oO 41-Have either of / the wo candidates been / selected for the ponder over / international affairs ?/ No Error “ ® post of Branch Manager /n the Punjab National Bank ?/ © © © ‘o ‘o 32.Either the manager / or his assistants always ty to No eog @ ®) © thctory, No F ° “a ®) © fetory. No Brror chance / to join this team play confidently. ‘No Error o ® ©) ®) 33. Every man and woman / of the village have come out /t0 43, What she says / and what she does / are incomprehensible! “ e® “ @) © see this strange child / who claims to know everything an gainary mind like your. No Emr © : ©) © > ‘bout his pre-natal existence. / No - 44, Where she went / and where she left her purse / are not © “) ®) 34. Inour college. it/ was obligatory for each ofthe students now tous; 80 itis of no use being worried about her. / (a) ®) © © © to buy /his own instruments. / No Error No Error © ® ® 35. Those athletes who / did not adhere to the rules @f —45.Nobody else / but these-comely young women hav a @) @) ®) athletics / was deprived of taking part/ in the champion- played a prank on you: but itis pitiable that you don’t / © © © understand it. /No Error ©) ® {A Mirror of Common Exrors 29 46. Son highly significant / observations has been made by (a) @) the former UN / Secretary General, Mr Perez. De Cucler, / © in his annual report submitted to the current session of ©) General Assembly. / No Error © 47. If any proof was needed to show that the United Nations / cy come a policy tool in the hands of the co) A. and that / the world’s sole might has a subservient © international body, it was provided / by President Bush's ) have lately a angry comment. / No Error © 48, 1f Mahatma Gandhi / was alive / he would start weeping! a @ © 10 sce the present condition of India, / No Error o @ 49, Was she a bird / she would definitely fly to you / and say (a @ that she could not live without you. / No Error © ©) e 50. There were / reports a few days before the Accra Session oS) @) mmenced / that concrete measures to / restructure the © movement would be considered, / No Error © © ( ANSWERS: ) | 1.e 2) 3Q 4B) 5.(A) (63) 20 8B) 9B) 10.(A) 1. (By 12. 13.(B) 4 (E) 15.(C) 16.18) 17. 18.(B) WAC) -20.(0) | 2B) 2) BA). KO) 28.) 26.) 27. 28. (E) 29D) 30.(C) 3L.© 33.8) 4B) 3.) 36.8. 37.E) 38. (D) ) 40. (B). 41.(A) 42.(E) 43. (©) 44.(B) 45. (8) 46. (B) 48. (BY 49.(A) 50. (E) t EXPLANATIONS L_____EXPEANATIONS 1@) was % Ae were eT or whe TET AT ‘Subject ‘hundreds of cattle’ t, + f¥* pasture. NAB. We va fi aTAPaTaT Seldom, Hardly, Searcely, Rarely, Never before $8 Adverbs "IW Adverb of Place & ye Share ast F Verb BT Subject * ‘weet Tat ara %, atx ae Zeit Subject Number TT Person ERT Seunfane ean &; 3— @ Seldom — does he come tome. t tod Adverb Verb Sub. Ging) Sing.) Gi) Seldom do. they come tome + bod Adverb Verb Sub. ey ey (ii) Outside the hotel was parked 2 red cae t + 4 Adve Verb Sub. (SING) SING) Gv) Ouside the hott parked 1wo red cas J + Adve) Verb Sub OfPlace =P) ey ‘eH (i) 7 (ii) F ‘Seldom’ Adverb of Frequency & (2 5 Geammarians Adverb of Numbers 37 #51 yea wer Gat aT H Subject aT: he FT hey % SRPAR does TH do wT eT yo Hi Teh ww, Het wa 42 erect Hf “Ousidet FET Ye FTE TT Adverb of Place #1 4 arrat Subjece wT: a red car Fe two red cars &, ake eG FUT was TT were arr gam 2. (B) have % mee has Har ATH The elite class, the middle class ST Collective Nouns &, at Singular art 3. (©) have 3 @eS has a7 wae Sow wali aT aT TET Subject ‘Ritu’ $1 ae TH fas Ta a Subjects as well 2, in addition to, like, unlike, apcompanied by, wit, together with, along with safe JS tt art a ER Subject FH WI wget GA atet Noun 7 Noun equivalent ar % oft Vero ft g@ & sae eat, wa @ Talong with many of my friends am going to ‘Mumbai tonight. 4,(B) have 3 2 has GT FH Many a aE Noun ‘GEM Singular Bro WH Verb *M Singular Bat 2 4) WEE More than one % aT Noun sit Verb @rt & Singular @f_% S8—More than one man was Killed. Oe is ® xa we w vite Gor wits oe TH Subject ‘difficulties’ #1 N.B. then ae ve fF a There af It sr aT Introductory Subjects % Be H gat & a There wet am wz SAAT Noun # Number 3f¢ Person % SagaR Verb ar 2; 33 —30 A Mirror of Common Errors 8B) 9B) 10. (4) ( There was aking, J 4 Vero Noun «Sing.) (Sing.) (i) There were five kin L L Verb Noun Plural) (Ptural) fey i we ar Number she Person 3 age Veeb Sat #1 PB, It Third Person Tar Singular Number #T Personal Pronoun &, =m: Primary Auxiliaries % R28 is / was / has / does a war Te am ta 8, 3 @ltisL (i Tes they (Gi) Tt was Ram and Laxman. ace mee ig a eT Eom rege oT fee Si Ho 32a were % TE was Sor AE ATHY AH GET Subject the request) ‘N. B. ai 2 fe ate ¥ afR Noun + Preposition + Noun + Preposition + . 8a wat Proposition TER Rye Bae Noun aA Noun equivalent 48 "I BH Subject Bar #1 $B (i) The boys of many Lou Noun Prep. (Piural) Pama are, good Lt L Noun Verb (Plural) is ae are we wy Gor wae wet oad a WROTE WS Adverb Phrase & a€ 8, abe aT FUT Subject “the Himalayss” St Plural Number ae is % ae ae Sr Tae aTeT a THT Subject ‘many important details" 8, st Plural Number ¥ €1 3548 ae HAT eT wes His politics w aE His political views / Poltical ideas. = =H fe Poles, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics = ¥@P1 vag fren am ee Hg ATH aH Singular Verb a xan fara rar ta (@) Mathematics is not as casy a subject as you feel. Gi) Beonomis is considered to be 2 difficult svbje Pry, TH Tet Tee AE Possessive Adjective CE My / Your / His Article “The') #7 & at FT vied) & ond waar a? ott T Plural gw # ver Plural Verb 3 #: 38 — AL. (B) 12.0) 13. B) 4® 35. (0) 16.) 17.0) 18.) BO (@ His mathematics are week (i Your statistics are incorrect. is GR ae WH So Ae “Just ouside the hotel” Adverb of Pace &, st arg 1 FB Subject “two bars?" &, 3 Plural Number # &1 have & 23 has 1 7 ET FAP Subject ‘each a N. B, 71g we fF cach, citer, acter 7 cagh of, the of, neither of, every.one of, one of SM 3 Ter Vero Gan Singular Sr #1 3 aC does 4 si er ATE AT Subject Her pugnacious daughter” St Thisd Person Singular Number # aaa yx th aren ae ao 129 2 mB were 35 Wee was eT Rr aah eS aT FST Subject ‘A series # sit Singular ® N.B. ae sf wiz t@ fi A body of, A crowd of, A bunch of, A team of, A heap of, A herd of, A flet of, ‘Appiece of, A pair of, A chain of fe "Noun Plural Number # dar #, Pa Verb ete Singular Bat ta ~ Acrowd of people is waiting for the minster. have 3 aS has ST sy eo eA tee aT Subject “A body” ti feegr Sire sm Ho 15% #1 are BCR is Gor HPS ATT mH Subject “Each of” 4 fcgqe arom & ferq are Yo 12831 were #5 Re yas 3 seh So HE “Everybody ares Subject # 3k AE Third Person wa Singular Number %T Pronoun ® gv aye % az Pronouns $3—Somcbody, Anybody, Nobody, Bveryone, Someone, Anyone, No one, Bverything, Something, Anything, Nothing 2 * Thied Person Wa Singular Number # #, sx Subject % FE H separ 85 5% Ch Singular Verb B €; $8 @ Nobody of that name lives here + J Subs (Sing) Verb (Sing.) i) Everyone, knows him wel v t Sub. (Sing.) Verb Sing have % ace has a way an wife News TH Uncountable Noun #1 ax we fis aE Most of Most/ All of / All / A lot of / Lots of / Some of / Two thirds of / Part of 28f@ % ™= Countable Noun #7 ‘& een Plural Number # wet & wer HF Ta Vero ‘ft Plural far ; St @ Someof the boys are good. tL Lo somecf Noun Verb (Piura!) hurl)AMirror of Common Exrors 31 (@) Someof the gis are good L + + someof Noun Verb Plural) (Piura fey, s7% ae =f Uncountable Noun & FH Verd ‘Bhar Singular at #1 83— () Some of the Jand ig yettobe 4 Loi, some of Noun Verb (Wn) (Sing) ploughed (ii) Some of the money ag been spent t Lod someof Noun Verb (Ua) (Sing) 20, (C) have % ATH has Ho Fife There aE Te Pacer Noun =F “improvement” St Singular & ear Ph sey Verb GM There WH 1 Verde wating frat a ak Wo 5 at sare # Bai 21. (B) are % FE is BH HTT oT HAH hatclowse Subject ‘it tr 22. (C) is B TER ace 1 HT Bo FPR Not only but also, Neither nor, Either or, sa Conjunctions % YF Nouns ™ Noun- equivalents re Verb sme TERE Te Nouns wT Noun equivalents srqare dar 81 38— (i) Neither Shyam nor his friends have come. x, __ (i) Tseither Shyam or his friends here ? Ge appears % seer appears vem er FHS aT AT HH Subject “a number of new faces” & St Plural ‘Number # &1 2A, (©) do eB does wr Fis oT TH Subject “am ordinary man” & &} Thrid Person, Singular Number Rr ara az eh 5) THT Ye tt ‘Stasistios! a aT Gee faeT 74 B A AE Singular Verb Bar &; FB — (i) Statisties isnot an easy subject. ‘PERY statistics I sf Ga statistical facts data @ Ht Verb een Plural ter 61 NB. : free suren & fee 3FR Ho 1097 See SS ae % 30 ig vay OT wit Shingles T disease # AF 1 ¥E form ¥ Plural & fey Verb we are cer Singular fer & aver ye staal & aay 22 Mumps, Measles anf +f Singular Verb & Bet AS ge Pros FG Phun Tear TT 8, we see) 27. (A) 28.(5) TAT Ue th 29. (D) ‘are’ % aed “is! er wary Sor with TET A Clauses tor’ 3 GS Mi wart TA fr Us Clause TH Singular Noun 3 FOR at &, afte a Singular Nouns 3 “or 3. gB BA Verb Singular BATE 30. (C) were FT was arn aif at ar Se ‘Subject “Bach faculty member" @, St Third Person ‘Fat Singular Number # &t 31. ©) wea ge th 32. @) raw ape th aon fore om He 2281 33, (B) have % aee has Bem wtf af SF Singular Nouns ‘and’ YF St sik st weet ar fe yee Noun Wee Each Every 37 3201 B at Verb Singular Bar aR ( Each boy and each girl is ready. Lod bog Each Noun each Noun (Sing) Sing.) @) Each boy and girl is ate. Lod + Each Noun Noun Ging) (Sing) 34, (E) wa ge a 35. (C) was % FX were a wat Sor witha FTA Subject “Those athletes’ St Plural Number 1 36. (B) are % aS is ae WAT ST FH AMAT AT Subject ‘One’, Fre fee Singular Verb Ht Fn Sr 37.@) wa get 38, (D) are 3 SC is 7 wir Hear Fs ATT AF Subject “The dea’, 3 Singular 81 39.) area we @, FH An ability % SAT Verb ‘belongs’ =a Wart gst 40, (B) ‘were’ % HE “was! BT whe eS Nouns at Pronouns ‘either... of neither... nor" Begd a a Verb ant aes mE Subject saa aah freq carom fare HT We 22-8 Fe RG AL (A) have TR has ATT eo ee aes Interogative & FHT Subject either’ & St wer Singular Verb a #1 42. &) FET Tw BI Nesteld B STATE HH None HE THE Subject & # Verb Singular Bar 81 38 — @ None has come L 4 Sub, Verb (Singstar) fg, FE none of % ATE Plural Number % Nouns =I Pronouns a wat ®t Verb Singular 71 Plural Set tea2 ‘A Mirror of Common Errors "None can be folowed by a singular or plural verb if itrefersw a countable noun [None of the drivers has have tuned up Michael Swan: PRACTICAL ENGLISH USAGE (172) figz, ‘None’ (= no one) should be followed by @ ‘Sngular vb, when itis the subject ofthe sentence None but the brave deserves te far ‘But when several persons or things are spoke of, the verb can be made plural by atraction— [None of my lost books were found. [None but fools have ever believed in ghosts. —J.C. Nesfield + ENGLISH GRAMMA (COMPOSITION AND USAGE, (p. 42) rae Ge HSE UF Clause ITF Subject Vane Singular dat & Ser & Clauses 21& and & Be a ake aoer & Subject, Verb Paral Her fs aa— (i) When she sings Is known © U5. rai “When she sings’ TF Clause €1 3k, Singular bor Fat fet LT, Gi) When she sings and when she dances are known, vous 44, © ae GEN ws THT TD Chooses and # ge E She ane Subject 81 sie: Verb Plural Number * 1 48. (E) ae UE tH 8.6) 46. (B) 47.8) 48. (B) 49. (A) 50. 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