Subject
A subject is a person or a thing about which something is stated.
Example:- I, we , you , any name etc.
General structure of any sentence
Subject. + verb. + object.
General structure of any sentence
Subject. + verb. + object.
Example:-
I play football.
Radha dances very well.
Subject. Object
I. Me
We. Us
You. You
They. Them
He. Him
She. Her
It. It
Name. Name
There are two types of subject
Singular subject
When we are talking about a single person or a single thing.E.g. I , you
Plural subject
When web are talking about more than one person or thing.E.g. we , you
There are two type of noun
Singular noun
Which generally never ends with s, es , iesExample:- Student, Doll, Boy, etc.
Plural noun
Which generally ends with s, es ies.Example:- Students, Dolls, Boys, etc.
Verb
Action of subject is called as verbE.g. leela goes to Temple.
There are two type of verb
Helping verb
Which support or help the main verbE.g. is, are, am, was were, has, have, had, has been, have been, had been , do, does, did, will, shall, will be, shall be, will have, shall have, will have been , shall have been.
Main verb
Which shows the main action of the subjectE.g. teach, drink, read write, sleep etc.
I am teaching you.
I = subject
Am= helping verb
Teaching = main verb
You= object
There are two more type of verb
Singular verb
Which generally ends with s, es , ies.Main verb( goes, teaches, plays)
Helping verb ( is, am, was, has does, had, did)
Plural verb
Which generally never ends with s es, ies.Main verb( teach, sleep go, jump)
Helping verb( are, were have had, do, did)
RULES
Rule 1= singular subject are always connected by singular verb.
Ram plays hockey.
He teaches me.
Rule 2. = plural subject are always connected by plural verb.
They jump fast.
We are going.
Ram and Kishan move.
Exceptional case of you:-
Rule 3. =You always connected by plural verb.
You are going.
You listen to me.
Exceptional case of I:-
Case 1- I = were (unreal condition, imagination)
If I were a king, I would give you a ring.
If I were you , I would get good marks.
Case 2. I= was (real condition)
I was teaching you.
I was scolding you.
Case 3. in case of he, she, and you we have to use wishes(he, she) or wish( you) for unreal condition
You wish to be a devil.
She wishes to be a queen.
Case 4 the main verb connected with I is always a plural verb.
I go.
I teach.
I have a pen.
Rule 5.= When two subjects are connected by as well as, along with, in addition to, together with, with, like, unlike, including, excluding, Then always we have to use our verb according to the first subject.
Rahul as well as his friends moves to another place.
The house with its furniture was sold.
Pinky in addition to Sheela is thinking the same matter.
Rule 6 = When two subjects are connected by either......or, neither......nor, not only.........but also, or etc then always we have to use our verb according to the 2nd subject.
Either ram or shyam goes to temple.
He or she plays well.
Rules 7.- some pairing words they are always consider as a singular subject because they give the idea of the single thing so they are always connected by singular verb.
Bread and butter is my favorite.
Ups and downs ruins her life.
Rule 8 = those pronoun which are used to represent indefinite no of persons or things are called as indefinite pronoun.
They are as following
Someone, anyone, everyone, no one none, everybody, somebody, anybody, nobody, everything, something, anything, nothing etc
Indefinite pronouns are always consider as a singular subject so they are always connected by singular verb.
Everyone teaches well.
Nothing has been done.
Rule 9. Both/ several/ various/many+ plural noun+ plural verb
Both boys are playing.
Several visitors have been presenting there.
Various items have been served in the party.
Many colleges are good in the town.
Rule 10-If the structure is-
Many a/Many an + Singular noun + singular verb
Many a mother tries to be the best.
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