Subject Verb Agreement- English section- IBPS-PO

Subject-verb Agreement- English Section 

IBPS-PO 

1. If 2 singular nouns are connected with and then Plural verb is used with them

2. IF 2 Singular nouns are connected with and then use a singular verb in each and every is place before the noun.

3. If 2 singular noun –pronouns are connected with as well as, in addition to, besides, like, unlike, together with, led by, guided by, controlled by, governed by, rather than, no less than -verb according to the first subject.

4. If 2 singular –not only –but also-Either-or- Neither nor- Verb is used 2nd subject.

5. Each of, one of, either of, neither of, every one of, then noun pronoun will be plural and singular verb is used with them.

· ANIL IS MUCH MORE INTELLIGENT THAN AMIT.

· EVERY BOY AND EVERY GIRL ARE IS GOING TO BRING AN APPLE.

· EACH BOY AND EACH GIRL IS GOING TO BRING AN APPLE.
· THE STUDENTS ALONG WITH THEIR PARENTS HAVE ARRIVED.

· I NO LESS THAN YOU AM TO BE BLAMED FOR THIS.

· NEITHER HAVE NOR HIS FRIEND IS GOING TO BE AWARDED.

· NEITHER OF THE BOYS IS GOING TO BE AWARDED.

EXERCISE

1. He three friends,(a)/ Max included, was supposed to (b)/ meet for dinner later that night. (c)/ No error (d)


2. The number of students chosen (a)/for the prestigious medical internship (b)/ have more than doubled in the past fifteen years.(c)/ No error (d)


3. Without proper funding (a)/ and a better campaign strategy, there is (b)/ no chances that our candidate will be elected to office (c)/ No error (d) .


4. Some members of the tribe (a)/ has been protesting the recent (b)/ passage of hunting laws applying to indigenous populations.(c)/ No error (d)


5. The results of the study clearly (a)/ indicates a reduction in the number of use (b)/ able pounds that can be salvaged from an average ton of recycled goods.(c)/ No error (d)

6. The president of Costa Rica, along (a)/ with two vice presidents, (b)/ are elected for a four-year term by the people.(c)/ No error (d)

7. Neither of our school’s students (a)/ nominated for the national (b)/ spelling bee were able to win the competition.(c)/ No error (d)

8. The public are receiving the new mayor (a)/ well though she was (b)/ mostly unheard of prior to the election.(c)/ No error (d)

9. I am sure that (a) / neither the flat nor its contents (b) / is for sale (c) / No error (d)

10. In time of crisis (a)/ the Bhagavad Gita gives light (b) / and guide to the mind tortured by doubt (c) / and torn by conflict of duties. (d) / No error (e)

11. It was not easy for late Raja Ram Mohan Roy (a)/ to root out the custom of Sati (b) / because a majority of (c)/ the educated class does not support him. (d)/ No error (e)

12. On reaching the (a)/ lake, the leader realized (b) / that two elephant from (c)/ his herd were missing .(d)/ No error (e)

13. The builders have (a)/ promised a customer’s (b)/ that the construction will be (c)/ completed as soon as possible. (d) / No error (e)

14. Is there any difficulties (a)/ in disposing of this gorgeous building (b)/ built on such a spacious (c)/ and beautiful campus. (d) No error (e)

15. It is noticed that (a)/ the elite class have no soft (b)/ corner for the downtrodden who are the (c)/ real victim of the present social set-up. (d)/ No error (e)

16. Just outside (a)/ the hotel is (b)/ two bars, extremely beautiful (c)/ as well as crowdy. (d)/ No error (e)

17. We should not forget that (a)/ we have a right to criticize but (b)/ at the same time each of us (c)/ have to remember the duty also. (d)/ No error (e)

18. Her pugnacious daughter (a)/ always do something that may incur insult (b)/ on her neighbors who hold a wrong (c)/ opinion about her family.(d)/ No error (e)
19. One of (a)/ the biggest industrial houses (b)/ in Mumbai is on the verge of (c)/ declaring a lock out. (d)/ No error (e)

20. One of the developing or underdeveloped (a)/ countries are not in favor of launching (b)/ chemical warfare because it trembles (c)/ to imagine its repercussions.(d)/ No error (e)

21. Have either of (a)/ the two candidates been (b)/ selected for the post of Branch Manager (c)/ in the Punjab National Bank ? (d)/ No error (e)

22. He often says that (a)/ it are these obscene films (b)/ that lead the youth to their moral degradation (c)/ and are responsible for many evils growing in our society. (d)/ No error (e)

23. Neither of them (a)/ are going to attend (b)/ the party on 10th October. (c)/ No error (d) 

24. Either my colleague (a)/ or a peon are coming home (b)/ with the material today. (c)/ No error (d) 

25. The introduction of the tea, coffee (a)/ and such other beverages (b)/ have not been without some effect. (c)/ No error (d)

26. The newer type of automatic machines (a)/ wash (b)/ clothes faster (c)/ No error (d)

27. Each of the student in the computer class (a)/ has to type (b)/ their own research paper this semester. (c)/ No error (d)

28. Everyone of the films (a)/ you suggested (b)/ are not worth seeing. (c)/ No error (d) 

29. Patience as well as perseverance (a)/ are necessary (b)/ for success. (c)/ No error (d) 

30. A body of volunteers (a)/ have helped in (b)/ making this celebration a great success. (c)/ No error (d)


SOLUTIONS:
1. (b)The subject of this sentence is friends which is plural. The phrase Max included is set off by commas and, like any “sandwich” phrase, can be crossed out to help isolate the subject and the main verb:

The three friends, Max included, was…
The plural subject friends does not agree with the singular verb was. We need the plural verb were.

2. (c) The phrase ‘The number of’ is a singular subject that does not agree with the plural verb have … doubled. We need the singular verb has…doubled.

3. (c) The introductory phrase ‘Without proper funding….. strategy ‘ does not affect subject-verb agreement in the main clause. The singular verb is does not agree with the plural subject chances. The correct idiom is there is no chance that, so we need the singular verb is and the singular noun chance.

4. (b) The plural subject ‘some members’ does not agree with the singular verb has been protesting.

Note that here, the subject is ‘Some members’, which is the same as saying ‘Some of the members’. This construction requires the plural verb ‘have been protesting’.

5.(b) The singular verb indicates does not agree with the plural subject, results. We need the plural verb indicate.

6. (c) The noun president is singular and does not agree with the plural verb ‘are’. We need the singular verb ‘is’.

7. (c) The singular subject ‘Neither’ does not agree with the plural verb ‘were’. We need the singular verb was.

8. (a) Public, although made up of individual members, functions as a singular group and thus takes a singular verb ‘is’. ‘Are’ is plural.

9. (c) Replace 'is' by 'are'

10. (c) Replace 'guide' by ' guides'

11. (d)Replace 'does' by 'did'

12. (c) Replace 'elephant' by 'elephants'

13. (b) Replace 'a customers' by 'customer'.

14. (a) Replace ‘is’ by ‘are’ because the main subject of the sentence is ‘ difficulties’.

15. (b) ‘has’ is used in place of ‘have’ because the elite class, the middle class etc are collective noun which are Singular.

16. (b) ‘is’ is replaced by ‘are’ because ‘just outside the hotel’ is Adverb of Place and the main subject of the sentence is ‘two bars’ which is plural.

17. (d) Replace ‘have’ by ‘has’ because subject is ‘each’.

18. (b) do is replaced by does because the subject of the sentence is ‘Her pugnacious daughter’ which is third person and in singular number.

19. (e) No error.

20. (b) ‘is’ is used in place of ‘are’ because the subject of the sentence is ‘one’ for which singular verb is used.

21. (a) ‘has’ is used in place of ‘have’ because the sentence is interrogative whose subject is ‘either’ which is always takes singular verb.

22. (b) ‘is’ is used in place of ‘are’ because the subject of the ‘that-clause’ is ‘it’.

23.(b) Use ‘is’ in place of ‘are’. The noun/pronoun following ‘neither’ is plural , but the verb following the noun/pronoun must be singular.

24. (b) Use ‘is’ in place ‘are’. When two subjects are joined by ‘either or’ , ‘neither nor’, ‘or’, or ‘nor’, the verb will agree with the nearest subject.

25.(c) The verb must agree with the main subject. ‘Introduction’ is a singular subject and hence will take singular verb ‘has’.

26. (b) The verb must agree with the main subject. ‘Newer type’ is a singular subject and hence will take singular verb ‘washes’.

27. (c) Use ‘his’ in place of ‘their’. The noun/ pronoun following ‘each of …’ is plural, but the verb following the ‘noun/pronoun’ must be singular.

28. (c) Verb will be according to the subject, ‘everyone’ is singular. Thus singular verb ‘is’ should be used.

29. (b) When two subjects are joined by ‘as well as’, the verb agrees with the 1st subject. ‘Patience’ is a singular subject and hence will take singular verb ‘was’.

30. (b) Collective nouns like ‘body’, ‘group’, ‘class’ etc takes ‘singular verb’. Change ‘have’ into ‘has’.