Class:III
TOPIC: Verbs: English Language Worksheet# 31
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AGREEMENT OF THE SUBJECT WITH THE VERB
VERBS-SINGULAR AND PLURAL
Look at this sentence:
Subject Verb Number
1-The orange is sweet singular
The oranges are sweet plural
2-The girl was reading singular
The girls were reading plural
3-This horse has long tails singular
These horses have long tails plural
In a sentence, it is important to see that a verb agrees with it subject.When the subject changes in number, the verb change too.
Rember (a)A singular subject has a singular verb.
(b)A plural subject has a plural verb.
When the subject is pronoun this is how the verbs agree:
Singular plural singular plural singular plural
I am we are I was we were I have we have
You are you are you were you were you have you have
He/she They are She/ he was They were He/she has They have
We have seen that if the subject changes in person, the verb changes too.
NOTE- We always use am, was, & have with I .
We always use are, were, & have with you .