Question

A few of the sentences below have errors of subject-verb agreement. Identify these sentences and rewrite them correctly.
1. Either Mr Sharma or Mr Ali are wrong.
2. Mrs Wasan, the director of two schools, were the chief guest.
3. My best friend and most sever critic are my sister.
4. Either the teachers or the administration has to take the decision.
5. I am quite sure that the dog or the cat have eaten up the cookies.
6. Either the police or the citizens has to be on guard.
7. Neither the residents nor the president of the society is worried.
8. Does Gracie and Daisy walk to school.
9. Not only Sona and Jaya but also Gita want to read this book.
10. Neither an ambulance nor two private vehicles has been called.
Underline the word or phrase in each of the sentences given below that determiner the form of the verb. Explain clearly why the particular verb form has been used in each sentence:-
1. An enormous amount of effort was put into creating this new machine.
2. The tunes of the gentle waves of the sea are like a lullaby to me.
3. The ability to apply knowledge defines true education.
4. The major problems plaguing the project have been identified.
5. Every single player of the world cup-winning team cherishes the memory.

Answer 1

A

1. Either Mr Sharma or Mr Ali is wrong.
2. Mrs Wasan, the director of two schools, was the chief guest.
3. My best friend and most severe critic is my sister.
4. Either the teachers or the administration has to take the decision.( correct)
5. I am quite sure that the dog or the cat has eaten up the cookies.
6. Either the police or the citizens have to be on guard.
7. Neither the residents nor the president of the society were worried.
8. Do Gracie and Daisy walk to school?
9. Not only Sona and Jaya but also Gita wants to read this book.
10. Neither an ambulance nor two private vehicles have been called.

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Answer 2

[Part A - Correcting Subject-Verb Agreement]

1. Either Mr Sharma or Mr Ali is wrong.

2. Mrs Wasan, the director of two schools, was the chief guest.

3. My best friend and most severe critic is my sister.

4. Either the teachers or the administration have to take the decision.

5. I am quite sure that the dog or the cat has eaten up the cookies.

6. Either the police or the citizens have to be on guard.

7. Neither the residents nor the president of the society are worried.

8. Do Gracie and Daisy walk to school.

9. Not only Sona and Jaya but also Gita wants to read this book.

10. Neither an ambulance nor two private vehicles have been called.

[Part B - Verb Form]

The phrases that determine the form of verb used in the sentences have been underlined, while the verbs have been highlighted in bold, as follows:

1. An enormous amount of effort was put into creating this new machine.

Reason: The sentence begins with an article ("An") followed by an adjective ("enormous") that qualifies a singular abstract noun ("effort"). Hence, "was" is used in the subsequent part of the sentence.

2. The tunes of the gentle waves of the sea are like a lullaby to me.

Reason: The sentence begins with a plural noun "tunes". Although the immediate noun before the verb "are" is "sea", it is the first noun in the sentence that influences the verb form to be used here.

3. The ability to apply knowledge defines true education.

Reason: The sentence starts with a singular abstract noun "ability". Thus, it is obvious that the verb to be used will be "defines" instead of "define".

4. The major problems plaguing the project have been identified.

Reason: The subject of the given sentence centres the initial phrase "The major problems". Therefore, the verb is likewise chosen in its plural form.

5. Every single player of the world cup-winning team cherishes the memory.

Reason: Like in the previous instances, this sentence begins by talking about individual members of a team ("Every single player"). Thus, the verb chosen is in its singular form, i.e. "cherishes".