Punjab State Board PSEB 8th Class English Book Solutions English Grammar Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise Questions and Answers, Notes.
PSEB 8th Class English Grammar Subject-Verb Agreement
Subject Verb Agreement
अंग्रेजी भाषा को शुद्ध लिखने के लिए वाक्य में Subject (कर्ता) का Verb (क्रिया) के साथ ठीक ताल-मेल होना अनिवार्य है। कहने का अभिप्राय यह है कि Verb वाक्य के Subject के वचन (Number) तथा पुरुष (Person) के अनुसार होना चाहिए; जैसे,
Ram goes.
Ram and Sham go.
They go.
She goes.
The boys are going
A boy is going.
They were going.
He/She was going.
Subject तथा Verb के उपयुक्त तालमेल के लिए अग्रलिखित नियमों का अध्ययन करें:
(1) यदि दो या दो से अधिक एकवचन Subjects को and से जोड़ा जाए तो प्रायः उनके साथ बहुवचन Verb का प्रयोग होता है; जैसे,
Mohan and Ram are friends.
Mohan, Sham and Ram play together.
He and his brother have done the work.
Sham and Gopal were there in the meeting.
He and his friend do not work together.
(2) यदि दो एकवचन संज्ञाएं (Nouns) किसी एक व्यक्ति या किसी एक चीज़ का बोध कराती हों तो ऐसी एकवचन संज्ञाओं (Nouns) के साथ एकवचन Verb का प्रयोग होता है; जैसे,-
My brother and helper has arrived.
The leader and speaker is sitting on the stage.
A great Gandhian and leader is dead.
नोट-
(i) यदि एक ही व्यक्ति का बोध कराना हो तो Article का प्रयोग दोनों संज्ञाओं अथवा विशेषणों में से पहली संज्ञा या विशेषण के साथ ही किया जाता है। ऊपर के वाक्य (2) में केवल leader से पहले
The और वाक्य (3) में Gandhian से पहले A का प्रयोग किया गया है।
(ii) यदि वाक्य दो संज्ञाओं से दो अलग व्यक्तियों का बोध कराता हो तो दोनों संज्ञाओं के साथ उचित Article का प्रयोग किया जाता है। ऐसे वाक्य में बहुवचन क्रिया का प्रयोग होता है।
The leader and the speaker are sitting on the stage.
(3) यदि दो Subjects मिलकर किसी एक ही विचार (one idea) को व्यक्त करते हों तो एकवचन क्रिया (Verb in Singular) का प्रयोग होता है; जैसे,-
Fish and meat is the food of the Bengalis.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Twenty kilometres is not a long distance.
The horse and the carriage has arrived.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
(4) यदि एकवचन कर्ता (Subject) से पूर्व each अथवा every का प्रयोग किया जाए तो एकवचन क्रिया (Verb in Singular) का प्रयोग होता है; जैसे,-
Every boy and girl was well dressed.
Every man, woman and child was present.
Each day and each hour takes its account.
(5) यदि दो या दो से अधिक एकवचन Subjects को or, nor, either…….. or, neither………..nor से जोड़ा जाए तो एकवचन क्रिया का प्रयोग होता है; जैसे,
Work or play has no difference for me.
Either Mohan or Sohan has broken the slate.
Neither he nor I was present.
Neither food nor water was available there.
(6) जब or तथा nor से जोड़े गए Subjects का वचन भिन्न-भिन्न हो तो बहुवचन क्रिया का प्रयोग किया जाता है तथा बहुवचन Subject को क्रिया के साथ रखा जाता है; जैसे,
Sham or his brothers have broken the slate.
Neither the monitor nor the students were present.
Neither the speaker nor the listeners were serious.
Either the man or his sons have gone wrong.
(7) जब विभिन्न कर्ता (Subjects) or अथवा nor से जुड़े हुए हों, तो क्रिया (Verb) अपने निकटतम् Subject के Person (पुरुष) से मेल खाती है; जैसे,
Either he or I have to go to Delhi.
Neither you nor he is to blame.
Either your father or you are paying for it.
(8) जब Subjects के वचन अथवा पुरुष (Person) में अन्तर हो और वे and से जुड़े हों तो क्रिया (Verb) बहुवचन में प्रयोग होती है; जैसे,
He and I are good friends.
My father and I have jointly done this.
You and he are always together.
You and I are always in time.
(9) समूहवाचक संज्ञा (Collective Noun) के साथ पूरे समूह का भाव व्यक्त करने के लिए एकवचन क्रिया (Verb in Singular) का प्रयोग होता है। परन्तु यदि समूह के व्यक्तियों (individuals) का बोध कराना हो तो बहुवचन क्रिया (Verb in Plural) का प्रयोग होता है; जैसे,
The Committee has chosen its Chairman.
The fleet has set sail.
The Council is one in its opinion for the choice of Chairman.
The Council (councillors) are not one in their opinion for the choice of Chairman.
There is a large number of boys in the class.
A number of players were playing foul.
The police were called out.
(10) कुछ संज्ञाएं देखने में बहुवचन लगती हैं, परन्तु वे अर्थ की दृष्टि से एकवचन होती हैं। ऐसी संज्ञाओं के साथ एकवचन क्रिया (Verb) लगती है; जैसे,
The news is good.
Physics is an easy subject.
The wages of sin is death.
Politics is a dirty game.
(11) कुछ संज्ञाएं देखने में एकवचन लगती हैं परन्तु अर्थ में बहुवचन होती हैं। ऐसी संज्ञाओं के साथ बहुवचन क्रिया (Verb in Plural) का प्रयोग होता है; जैसे,
The gentry were invited to the party.
These poultry are mine.
The cattle are grazing in the field.
People are shouting for nothing.
(12) क्रिया का मेल हमेशा वास्तविक Subject के साथ ही कराना चाहिये। यह जरूरी नहीं है कि क्रिया का निकटतम Subject ही वास्तविक हो। इसलिए वास्तविक Subject को ध्यान में रखना आवश्यक है; जैसे,
Each of the players was rewarded.
Neither of the women was tall.
Each one of plots is for sale.
The quality of these machines is good.
One of the boys was my friend.
(13) यदि Subject में दो Nouns या Pronouns ‘with’ या ‘as well as’ के साथ जुड़े हों, तो क्रिया उनमें से चहले Noun या Pronoun से मेल खती हहै; जैसे
Ram, with all the members of his family, was present.
He, as well as his friends, is present.
Mohan, and not his friend, has done this.
I, as well as he, have worked hard.
(14) जब किसी क्रिया का Subject कोई Relative Pronoun हो, तो क्रिया Relative Pronoun से ठीक पहले वाले Subject के अनुसार लगती है; जैसे
I, who am your guide, shall stand by you.
You, who are my guide, are expected to stand by me.
He is among the persons who are against me.
Exercises (Solved)
I. Say whether the Verbs in the following sentences are Transitive or Intransitive. If the Verb is Transitive name the Object.
(T = Transitive, I = Intransitive, O = Object)
1. He killed a snake.
2. The fire burns brightly.
3. Birds fly in the air.
4. I drink tea five times a day.
5. A blind man cannot see.
6. He came here last night.
7. She has lost her books.
8. He walked twenty miles.
9. A woman came to buy tea.
10. You should teach him a lesson.
Hints :
1. T, O = a snake
2. In.
3. In.
4. T, O = tea
5. In.
6. In.
7. T, O = her books
8. In.
9. T, O = tea.
10. T, O = him, a lesson.
II. Pick out the Auxiliary Verbs in the following sentences:
1. I am writing a novel.
2. He has done wrong.
3. He did not come in time.
4. He is treated badly.
5. I had heard of this before.
6. I shall leave for Mumbai tomorrow.
7. The boy said that he might have done so.
8. He must have gone home.
9. Did he ask you to write to him?
10. I can fly an aeroplane.
Hints:
1. am
2. has
3. did
4. is
5. had
6. shall
7. might have
8. must have
9. Did
10. can.
III. Put the correct Verb in the blanks:
(a) 1. The tallest of these boys ……….. next door to me. (live, lives)
2. All the players in my team ……….. done well. (has, have)
3. The cost of all types of pens ………… gone up. (has, have)
4. The toys that were bought by my son ………… really useful. (are, is)
5. He ……….. regularly. (work, works)
Hints:
1. lives
2. have
3. has
4. are
5. works.
(b) 1. Slow and steady ………. the race. (win, wins)
2. Bread and butter ………. what they want. (is, are)
3. Time and tide ………… for none. (wait, waits)
4. Oil and water ……….. mix. (does not, do not)
5. Tobacco and alcohol ………. injurious to health. (is, are)
Hints:
1. wins
2. is
3. wait
4. do not
5. are.
(c) 1. Neither the captain nor the soldiers ………. been arrested. (has, have)
2. Neither he nor his servants ………… honest. (was, were)
3. Either Rajinder or his parents ……….. responsible for this. (was, were)
4. Neither the Principal nor the lecturers ………………. present at the meeting. (was, were)
5. He or his friends ……….. to blame. (was, were)
Hints:
1. have
2. were
3. were
4. were
5. were.
(e) 1. You, as well as he ……….. innocent. (is, are)
2. Not only the workman but the supervisor also …………………. been dismissed. (has, have)
3. He, as well as you, ………… innocent. (is, are)
4. The workmen, with their leader, ………… been arrested. (have, has)
5. The gallery, with its beautiful pictures, ………… a great attraction. (is, are)
Hints:
1. are
2. have
3. is
4. have
5. is.
(g) 1. None but the brave ………… the fair. (deserve, deserves)
2. Each day and each hour ………… its own importance. (has, have)
3. None of the ships ………… rescued from the storm. (was, were)
4. One of my friends ……….. the owner of this factory. (is, are)
5. Either of these two proposals ……….. acceptable to me. (is, are)
Hints:
1. deserve
2. has
3. was
4. is
5. is.
(h) 1. The United States ……….. a prosperous country. (is, are)
2. The news of the flood ……….. caused great anxiety. (has, have)
3. The Arabian Nights ………. interesting stories. (contain, contains)
4. Good crockery ………. expensive. (is, are)
5. The West Indies ………. a land of great cricketers. (is, are)