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Subject-Verb Agreement, , ‘Let's Learn Subject — Verb Agreement, , Averb must agree with its subject in number., Examples: * Achildlikes candies. * Children like candies., , Averb mustalso agree with its subject in person., , Examples: + Lamtwelve years old. + Youare my best friend., + Weare Indians. * Sheis the prefect of the class., , Practice Time-1, , A. Choose the correct word given in the brackets., Worms (eav/eats) these leaves and (ruin/ruins) the plants., , This market (cater/caters) to the people who (live/lives) in this area., My gardener carefully (plant/plants) seasonal varieties of flowers., The officer’s chauffeur (drive/drives) the car in style., , Diana and Mary (organize/organizes) their parties in theirlawn,, , 1S Pee pais, , Sometimes, it is difficult to tell whether the subject is singular or plural. Here are a few, hints that will help you find out if the subject is in singular or plural., * Two or more singular subjects connected by and usually take a verb in the plural., Forexample,, Rahul and Ravi are here., + — Iftwo singular nouns refer to the same person or thing, the verb must be singular., Forexample,, Mrfriend and neighbour is here., + If two subjects together express one idea, the verb may be in the singular. For, example,, The long and short of the matter is that she has decided to return., , »