🎯 TOPIC: CONCORD

🎯 Concord is an agreement between the subject of a sentence and the verb that follows.

🎯 RULES OF CONCORD

🚨 RULE 1
Where the subject is singular, the agreeing verb should be singular.

Singular subject— Singular verb

Examples
Tolu comes here everyday

Abu teaches in that school

DRILL💥
Daddy _____ a lot on his mind

(A) Carried

(B) Carry

© Carries

(D) Carrying

Ans: C 💥

DRILL 💥
The lady ___ a lot these days

(A) eat

(B) eats

© eating

(D) ate

Ans: B 💥

DRILL💥
The children ___ to school every day.

(A) goes

(B) have gone

© went

(D) go

Ans: D💥

🚨 RULE 3
COORDINATE CONCORD
Where two or more subjects are connected by ‘and’ conjunction, the verb should be plural.

Examples

📌Janet, Ekaitte and Shola are present.

📌The principal and the teachers are having a meeting

RULE 4

EITHER – OR /NEITHER – NOR CONCORD

When two subjects are connected by ways of ’either or’ , or ’neither nor’, the verb to follow must agree
in number and tense with the second subject that is closer to the verb.

Examples

📌 Neither Chioma nor Musa was at home when Idris arrived.

📌 Either Mabel or her cousins deserve to be given a prize.

DRILL 💥
Neither Adamu nor I ____ interested in the business.

(A) are

(B) is

© were

(D) am

Ans: D

DRILL 💥
Either she or you __ responsible for the disturbance.

(A) is

(B) are

© was
(D) am

Ans: B 💥

🚨 RULE 5
COORDINATED-SUBJECT CONCORD
Where two subjects connected by ‘ and ‘ and does refer to the same person, the verb to be used should
be singular.

Examples

📌The Emir and conqueror of territories arrives next week.

📌 The chairman and guest of honour of today is present.

DRILL 💥
Ameh ____ to school nowadays.

(A) walk

(B) walked

© walking

(D) walks

Ans: D 💥 DRILL

In my opinion, neither the players nor the coach______ praise for the result of the match.

(A) deserves

(B) deserve

© are deserving

(D) is deserving

Ans: A 💥