Subject – Verb

Agreement
Arranged by Aswarini
Subject Verb Agreement

 Subjects and verbs must work together—they must agree.

 Singular subjects need singular verbs

 Plural subjects need plural verbs

Examples

Singular subjects Singular verbs

Diana works
Tom studies
My cat eats
Her brother plays
Mom goes
Examples

Plural subjects Plural verbs

Diana and Monica work
Tom and I study
My cat and your cat eat
Her brother and his friend play
Mom and dad go
Nouns that look plural but actually
singular
 News
 Economics
 Mathematics
 Informatics
 Measles , etc

Example:
Measles is contagious. (true)
Measles are contagious. (false)
Collective Nouns (singular)

 Words indicating a number of people or animals are singular.

 Family
 Team/ group
 Jury
 Government
 Crowd
 Committee, etc

Example
Our team is going to win the game. (true)
Our team are going to win the game. (false)
Nouns that are always singular

 Everybody / everyone / everything

 Anybody / anyone / anything
 Nobody / no one / nothing
 Somebody / someone / something

Example:
Everybody works hard here. (true)
Everybody work hard here. (false)
Nouns that are always plural

 Scissors
 Trousers
 Pants
 Jeans
 Glasses, etc

Example:
Where are my glasses? (true)
Where is my glasses? (false)