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Lesson 2 of 7 · Subject-verb agreement

Intervening phrase

Grammar: Voice, Narration, Tenses + Rule Bank · for IPMAT Indore, IPMAT Rohtak and JIPMAT

The exam method

  1. If every verb agrees, look elsewhere (tense, pronoun, preposition), or choose "No error".
  2. Underline the verb. of each clause (in spot-the-error, usually part B or C).

Worked examples

Example 5Hard

Which sentence about a cricket club is correct? (va-sentence-correction-choose-correct-sentence-0114) (A) Each of the members have a locker. (B) Neither the captain nor the coaches was present. (C) The club, together with its members, are raising funds. (D) Twenty overs is too short a game for some fans.

(A) each → has; (B) nearer subject "coaches" → were; (C) together with → is. (D) is right: "twenty overs" is one amount (the length of the game), so it is singular.

Watch out

  • Add-on phrases: as well as, along with, together with, accompanied by, in addition to, like never turn a singular subject into a plural one.

Picked from the Subject-verb agreement note for this micro-concept automatically. The whole note: Subject-verb agreement.