Question

What do u mean by Subject-Verb Concord? Explain with examples.​

Answer 1

Answer:

You already know what ‘subject’ and ‘verb‘ are in a sentence. ‘Subject’ is a noun or pronoun that tells us what the sentence talks about and ‘verb’ represents the action in the sentence. Then what is ‘subject verb concord/agreement’? It means that the subject and verb in a sentence should agree or match, otherwise the sentence will not sound right. Let’s understand the basic rules of subject-verb agreement.

Explanation:

Rule 1

The verb and subject must agree in number (singular or plural)

This means that if the subject is singular, the verb should be singular and if the subject is plural, the verb should also be plural.

Examples:

1:He plays football. (SINGULAR)

2:They play football. (PLURAL)

Rule 2

The number of the subject (singular or plural) will not change due to words/phrases in between the subject and the verb.

Examples:

1:One of the glasses is empty. (Here, since the subject is ‘one’, the verb should be ‘is’).

2:The bouquet of red roses smells so sweet. (Here, since ‘bouquet’ is the subject and not ‘roses’, the verb should be ‘smells’ and not ‘smell’)