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Noun phrases  verb

Which country – is
A handful of people – are
Four to five bucketfuls of water – is
All the officers after him/ all his successors – are
Being demolished, the house / the house being demolished – is
What name – is
Which of them – is/are
All the officers under me/ all my juniors – were
The fact that he had already told this thing to the teacher – is
A friend of my father’s father – was
No respect at all/ little respect/ no respect – was
One-on-one talk/ one-to-one talk/ face to face interaction – was
The lanes in Benaras – are
To win, to lose and to win again – are
Looking innocent but a cruel man – is
A cruel man with an innocent face
An innocent looking man who is actually a cruel man
A note-worthy thing / a thing worth noticing – is
Millions of youths – are
Millions of young men and women – are
Indian youths – are
Young Indians – are
None but my father – was
To have realised one’s dream – is
Having realised one’s dream
Something surreal and wonderful – is
A number of students – were
The total number of students studying in class ten – is
All the people attending the meeting – were
Everybody present in the meeting – were

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All present in the meeting – were

A twenty-year old woman with these children – was
A twenty years old woman with these children – was
The only man whose records are good – is
The only person with clean records – is
The only person having clean records – is
The oldest person in the village that everybody respects – is
The oldest person in the village that is respected by all – is
Two blades of the fan – were
All of Delhi – is
All of Tulasi Das – is
All the works of Tulasi Das – are
All day – is
Any of your family members – is
Any one in your family – is
A member of your family – is
A sixty-year old man – is
A sixty years old man – is
A person aged sixty – is
Over five hundred people – were
More than five hundred people – were
The first three chapters of the book – are
Three pieces of advice – are
Three suggestions – are
Three hundred-rupee notes – were
Three notes of hundred-rupee denomination – were
A hundred hundred-rupee notes – were
300 kilograms of flour – was
Twenty litres of mustard oil – was
A letter from Morocco – was
The dog’s tail – was
The poor – were
The unfortunate – were

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The fortunate – were

Either you or your brothers – are
Three tons on the trot – are
Three centuries in a row – are
Book after book – was
All but Ravi – were
Everybody except Ravi – was
The Sharmas’ – were the Sharma family – is/are
I as well as my children – am
I along with my children – am
All these things – are
This golden opportunity which slipped out of hand – has
This lost golden opportunity – has
A girls’ high school – was
One of the best and greatest players in the world – was
The Principal and Manager of the school Ravikant Ji – is
Ravikant ji, the Principal and Manager of the school – is
One of those thousands of items – is
You, his uncle and I – were (231)
Many a person like this – has
Many a person of this type – has
The boy walking down the road with earphones plugged – is
Not only books but also stationery items – were
Not only books but stationery items also – were
The Principal of this school – is this school’s Principal
Either of them – is
Either of the two – is
Not a single man in the crowd – was
None among the crowd – was
No one in the crowd – was
All the people on his side – were
The man behind this plan – is

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(To do/ doing) the same thing from morning to evening on regular basis – is
An old rectangular wooden box – is
The things having been sold – were
Having been sold, those things – were
A few people – were
The few people that are against this– are
The few people opposing this – are
My conversation with him then – was
All the students in the class – were
The report having been published in the newspaper – was
Having been born in a rich family, the boy – was
The boy having been born in a rich family – was
The things written in the letter – were
The contents of/in the letter –were
Having been over, the battle – was
The battle having been over – was
The battle having finished – was
All his children – were
All of his children – were
The flower vase worth one crore rupees – was

Practice

This is the information which we had been desperate for for a long time.
He is the man that/who won the boxing title last year.
My friend, who is a doctor, is coming home today. (non-defining) that
My friend that/who is a doctor is coming home today. (defining)
His heavy baggages were a problem for them.
His heavy baggage was a problem for them.
My all efforts were wasted.
All my efforts were wasted.

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She, her brother and I were going to Delhi. (231

She, you and I have to do it together.
You, she and I have to do it together.
I, you and she are equally responsible for this disaster. (123)
The cat took her tail in her mouth.
The cat took its tail in its mouth.
Drink and drive are a punishable offence.
Drink and drive is a punishable offence.
No one of them were ready to go with me.
None of them were ready to go with me.
None of them was ready to go with me. ()
Is anyone of those cars for sale?
Is any one of those cars for sale? ()
Why he killed those people are still not known.
Why he killed those people is still not known.
All that glitter are not gold.
All that glitters is not gold. ()
Time and tide wait for none. ()
Slow and steady win the race.
Slow and steady wins the race. ()
I have come here to buy some furnitures.
I’ve come here to buy some furniture. ()
I don’t give many impotances to such negative feedbacks.
I don’t give much importance to such negative feedback. ()
Has any of you ever seen such thing?
Has any of you ever seen such a thing? ()
This kind of products () kind of/ sort of/ type of (count sing.)
These kinds of products ()
This kind of product ()
These kind of products ()

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Minister did not say something on the road’s bad condition.

The Minister did not say anything on the bad condition of the road. ()
The cattle was grazing in the fields. (cattle- pl.)
The cattle were grazing in the fields.
I have interest in poetries and I have written several poems.
I have interest in poetry and I have written several poems. ()
A few pens which I had were lost during the journey.
The few pens that I had were lost during the journey.
A long travelling is bad for me at this age.
A long journey is bad for me at this age.
Did you enjoy your travels to European countries? ()
The French President and Head of the conference were walking together.
The French President and the Head of the conference were walking …
I carried the statue home with myself.
I carried the statue home with me.
I hurt me grievously.
I hurt myself grievously.
Myself is Srikant Singh. I belongs to Prayagraj.
I am Srikant Singh. I belong to Prayagraj.
Peoples of the world must unite to fight this evil. ()
The French is one of the most popular language in the world.
French is one of the most popular languages in the world.
The French are really nice people. ()
The Indians, the Americans, the French and the Chinese fall in this category. ()
A Chinese was seen with a Thai and an Australian. ()
A three meters rope and two dozens men are required for this.
A three-meter rope and two dozen men are required for this. ()
Language is essential for human civilization. ()
Hindi is a language. ()

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