Subject-verb Agreement:-
किसी भी sentence में subject के number तथा person के अनुसार verb का प्रयोग Subject-verb Agreement कहलाता है।
(Note:- जब Noun के अंत में -s/es/ies लगता है तो वह Plural हो जाता है, परंतु जब Verb के अंत में -s/es/ies लगता है तब वह Singular हो जाता है)
Rule (1): Singular subject के साथ Singular verb का प्रयोग होता है और Plural subject के साथ Plural verb का प्रयोग होता है
Singular subject + singular verb
The student reads.
He was going.
This pen is red.
Plural subject + pural verb
The students read.
They were going.
These pens are red.
Note :- (1): I (मैं) का प्रयोग Singular subject के रूप में होता है, लेकिन इसके साथ Singular verb और Plural verb
( have, eat, laugh, etc) का प्रयोग होता है।
I am a teacher.
(I- Sing. sub. + am- Sing. Verb)
I was a student.
(I- Sing. sub. + was- Sing. verb)
I have a cycle.
(I- Sing. sub. + have - plu. verb)
I write a letter.
(I- Sing. sub. + write - plu. verb)
Note:- (2): You का प्रयोग Singular subject or Plural subject के रूप में होता है, तथा इसके साथ Plural verb का ही प्रयोग होता है।
You are a teacher.
( You- Sing. sub. + are - Plu. Verb)
You are students.
( You- Plu. sub. + are - Plu. Verb)
You come here.
(You - Sing. sub. + Come - plu. verb)
You were playing.
(You- Plu. sub. + were - plu. verb)
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Singular subject :- I, you, he, she, it, Ram, Sita, the boy, the student etc.
Singular verb :- Am, is, was, has, does, writes, plays etc.
Plural subject :- We, you, they, Ram and Shyam, the boys, the students etc.
Plural verb :- Are, were, have, do, write, drink, come etc.
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Rule (2): यदि two subject "and'से जुड़े हो तो Verb plural प्रयोग होता है।
1. Ram and Shyam ------ (play / place) together.
2. He and she ---------- (was / were) talking.