Subject Verb Agreement

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Right Forms of Verbs
Subject-verb Agreement

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Subject Verb Agreement

1. Which is the following sentences is/are correct?

A. Dr. Robinson along with her students is attending the seminar.

B. Dr. Robinson along with her students are attending the
seminar.
C. Dr. Robinson as well as her students is attending the seminar.
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Prepositional Phrase
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Prepositional Phrase
preposition + word(s)
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Prepositional Phrase
preposition + word(s)
Example:
of mathematics
with me
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Prepositional Phrase
preposition + word(s)
Example:
of mathematics
with me
Phrase of accompaniment
As well as একসাথে োকা ব াঝায়
Together with
Along with
Accompanied by
In addition to
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Prepositional Phrase
preposition + word(s)
Example:
of mathematics
Noun/ with me Noun/
Pronoun Pronoun
Phrase of accompaniment
As well as
Together with
Along with
Accompanied by
In addition to
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Prepositional Phrase
preposition + word(s)
Example:
of mathematics
Noun/ with me Noun/
Pronoun Phrase of accompaniment Pronoun
As well as
Together with
Along with
Accompanied by
In addition to

Dr. Robinson along with her students is attending the seminar.

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Prepositional Phrase
preposition + word(s)
Example:
of mathematics
Noun/ with me Noun/
Pronoun Phrase of accompaniment Pronoun
As well as
Together with
Along with
Accompanied by
In addition to

Dr. Robinson along with her students is attending the seminar.

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Prepositional Phrase
preposition + word(s)
Example:
of mathematics
Noun/ with me Noun/
Pronoun Pronoun
Phrase of accompaniment
As well as
Together with
Along with
Accompanied by
In addition to
Subject Verb Agreement

Prepositional Phrase
preposition + word(s)
Example:
of mathematics
with me
Noun/ Noun/
Phrase of accompaniment
Pronoun Pronoun
As well as
Together with
Along with
Accompanied by
In addition to
Subject Verb Agreement

Prepositional Phrase
preposition + word(s)
Example:
of mathematics
Noun/ with me Noun/
Pronoun Phrase of accompaniment Pronoun
As well as
Together with
Along with
Accompanied by
In addition to

Mr. Rajib along with his children is/are going to attend the
party.
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2. Which of the following sentences is/are correct?

A. Either Dr. Robinson or her students is going to
attend the seminar.
B. Either Dr. Robinson or her students are going to
attend the seminar.
C. Neither Dr. Robinson nor her students are going to
attend the seminar.
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Either …. or

Neither …. nor

or

nor
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Either …. or

Neither …. nor
Noun/ Noun/
Pronoun or Pronoun

nor

Neither they nor their son nor their managers

has/have attended the meeting.
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Either …. or

Neither …. nor
Noun/ Noun/
Pronoun or Pronoun

nor

Neither they nor their son nor their managers

has/have attended the meeting.
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3. Which of the following sentences is/are correct?

A. No students is absent from the class today.

B. No students are absent from the class today.

C. None of the students is absent from the class today.

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No/ None of the/

Half of the the/ Rest of the
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No/ None of the/

Half of the the/ Rest of the

Singular Noun/ Singular verb

Pronoun

Plural Noun/ Plural verb

Pronoun
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No/ None of the/

Half of the the/ Rest of the

Singular Noun/ Singular verb

Pronoun
Plural Noun/ Plural verb
Pronoun
No student
No students
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No/ None of the/

Half of the the/ Rest of the

Singular Noun/ Singular verb

Pronoun
Plural Noun/ Plural verb
Pronoun
No student is absent from the class today.
No students are present here today.
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No/ None of the/

Half of the the/ Rest of the

Singular Noun/ Singular verb

Pronoun
Plural Noun/ Plural verb
Pronoun
No student is absent from the class today.
None of the students are present here today.
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No/ None of the/

Half of the the/ Rest of the

Singular Noun/ Singular verb

Pronoun
Plural Noun/ Plural verb
Pronoun

Rest of the money has been withdrawn from the bank.

Uncountable Singular
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4. Which of the following sentences is/are correct?

A. A number of students is absent today.

B. A number of students are absent today.

C. The number of students absent today is seven.

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A number of people is/are coming today

The number of people is/are coming today.

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A number of people are coming today

ককছু সংখ্যক মানুষ
Phrase Plural

The number of people is coming today.

কনর্দিষ্ট সংখ্যক মানুষ
Phrase Singular
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5. This is I who _____ (be) going to help you.

A. Is

B. Am

C. are
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This is I who am/is/are responsible for this job.

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This is I who am responsible for this job.

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This is I who am responsible for this job.

This is she who is ….
This is we who are ….
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6. Which of the following sentences is/are correct?

A. Fariha and not I am responsible for the job.

B. Fariha and not I is responsible for the job.

C. Fariha and not I are responsible for the job.

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Fariha and not I is considered to be guilty.

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Fariha and not I is considered to be guilty.

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They and not I is considered to be guilty.

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They and not I are considered to be guilty.

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7. Which of the following sentences is correct?

1. Many students are attending the conference.

2. Many a students are attending the conference.

3. Many a student are attending the conference.

4. Many a student is attending the conference.

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Many a/an এর পরর noun ও verb দুর োই singular হয়। Many

a/an + singular common noun + singular verb.

Example:

Many a man is present in the meeting.

Many a child has liked the gift.

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9. I wish I ____________(be) there.

10. I wish I ____________ (go) there.

11. I wish I _____________ (go) there yesterday.

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Be verb
Were
(Am/is/are/was/were)

Verb/ Tense Past

Wish 𝑽𝟐 / Indefinite
(S +𝑽𝟐 )

Past Symbol
Past Perfect
Yesterday/ ago (S + had + 𝑽𝟑 )
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I wish I were there.

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I wish I were there.

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I wish I did it.

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I wish I did it.

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I wish I had done it last week.

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