ALL ABOUT VERBS

ALL ABOUT VERBS------

RULES-----

 1.     IF 2 OR MORE SINGULAR NOUNS ARE JOINED BY AND ,,,VERB ALWZ PLURAL

EG---HE AND I GOING  TO THE MARKET

 2.     IF 2 SINGULAR NOUNS ARE JOINED BY AND REFER TO THE SAME PERSON OR THING THEN VERB BE ALWYZ SINGULAR…..

EG---THE COLLECTOR AND D.M. IS AWAY…

 3.     IF 2 SUBJECTS ARE JOINED BY AS WELL AS THE VERB AGREES WITH THE FIRST SUBJECT….

EG-----X AS WELL AS HER CHILDREN IS PALYING….

 4.     NEITHER,EITHER,EACH,EVERY,EVERYONE,AND MANY A FOLLOWED BY A SINGULAR VERB…

EG-----EITHER OF THE PLANS IS TO BE ADOPTED

 5.     IF 2 SUBJECTS ARE JOINED BY EITHER ….OR,,,NEITHE…..NOR THEN VERB AGREES TO THE SUBJECT NERA TO IT…

EG----EITHER MY BROTHER OR I AM TO DO THIS WORK

 6.     A NOUN SINGULAR IN FORM AND COLLECTIVE IN SENSE TAKES SINGULAR VERB

EG-----THE COUNCIL HAS CHOSEN ITS PRESIDENT

 7.     A G8 MANY IS ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY PLURAL NOUN AND VERB….

EG--- A G8 MANY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DECLARED SUCCESSFUL…

 8.     IF 2 SUBJECTS ARE JOINED BY WITH,TOGTHER WITH,NO LESS THAN,IN ADDITION TO THE VERB AGREES WITH THE FIRST SUBJECT…..

 EG-----THE BOY WITH HIS PARENTS HAS ARRIVED…

 9.     NOUNS PLURAL IN FORM BUT SINGULAR IN MEANING TAKES SINGULAR VERB….

EG-----THESE NEWS WERE BROADCAST FROM ALL INDIA RADIO YESTERDAY(WRONG)

             THIS NEWS WAS BROADCAST FROM ALL INDIA RADIO YESTERDAY(RIGHT)

 10.  WHEN 2 SUBJECTS ARE JOINED BY NOT ONLY…..BUT ALSO THE VERB AGREES WITH THE SECOND SUBJECT

EG-----NOT ONLY THE CHILDREN BUT ALSO THEIR MOTHER WAS PLAYING

 11. WHEN 2 SUBJECTS ARE JOINED BY OR THE VERB AGREES WITH THE SECOND  SUBJECT…

EG----KRISHNA OR HER SISTERS WERE THERE

 12. THE TITLE OF BOOKS,NAMES OF COUNTRIES  OR SUBJECTS WHICH LOOK LIKE PLURAL,,,BUT ACTUALLY ARE IN SINGULAR NUMBER ARE FOLLOWED BY SINGULAR VERB…..

EG-----MATHEMATICS IS A DIFFICULT SUBJECT…

EXERCISE OF VERB------

 1.     EVERY CHAIR AND EVERY TABLE IN THE ROOM WERE IN ORDER…

++WAS

EX---EVERY TAKES SINGULAR

 2.     SUSHMA AS WELL AS HER MOTHER WERE HONOURED BY THE PRESIDENT…..

++WAS

 3.     THE TALE OF 2 CITIES ARE AN INTERESTING NOVEL…..

++IS

EX----TITLE OF BOOKS TAKES SINGULAR

 4.     HARD WORK AND HONESTY ARE NEEDED FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE

++IS NEEDED

 5.     MANY A BATTLE WERE FOUGHT ON THE SOIL OF INDIA

++WAS

 6.     HE MARRIED HIS DAUGHTER ………

++ HE GOT HIS DAUGHTER MARRIED

 7.     MOHAN IS ONE OF THOSE BOYS WHO HAS EXPRESSED HIS WILLINGNESS FOR JOINING THE EDUCATIONAL TOUR….

++HAVE

 8.     THE CRIMINAL WILL HUNG  IN THE AMBALA CENTRAL JAIL

++WILL BE HANGED

 9.     NOT ONLY THE MOTHER BUT ALSO THE CHILDREN WAS HAPPY….

++WERE HAPPY…

EX----NOT ONLY…..BUT ALSO…..TAKES PLURAL

 10. THE ENTIRE CLASS HAVE FAILED IN THE EXAMINATION

++HAS

 11.  THIS INSTITUTION WAS FOUND BY LATE LALA RAM SHAH ….

++FOUNDED(ESTABLISHED)

 12. THE OFFICER TOGETHER WITH HIS SUBORDINATES WERE PRESENT IN THE PARTY….

++WAS

EX---2 SUBJECTS JOINED BY WITH TAKES FIRST SUBJECT

 13. MOHAN OR SOHAN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THIS…..

++IS

EX----WHEN JOINED BY OR VERB AGREES WITH SECOND SUBJECT….

 14.  HINDUISM IS IN EXSISTENCE FROM THE TIME IMMORTAL…

++HAS BEEN IN PLACE OF IS

 15.  ALL THAT IS TYPICALLY HUMAN WAS DUE TO LANGUAGE….

++IS

EX---UNIVERSAL TRUTH

 16. I WAIT FOR U SINCE MONDAY LAST

++HAVE BEEN WAITING

 17. I LEAN AGAINST THE DOOR AND LISTEN TO THE WIRELESS

++LEANED….LISTENED

 18. THE COMMITTEE ARE UNANIMOUS IN ITS DECISION

++IS

 19. THE CHILDREN HAVE PLAYING WELL

++PLAYED

 20. THE CATTLE WAS GRAZING

++WERE