Agreement Of Subject And Verb Class 8

Question 3. Underline the verbs in the following sentences and indicate whether they are in the active or passive voice. Sita loves Savitri. (ii) The wall is built by the mason. (iii) Some boys helped the injured man. Iv) The man killed the snake. (v) The food prepared by Asha was eaten by Ram. Answer: (i) Sita loves Savitri. – (Active) (ii) The wall is built by the mason. – (Passive) (iii) Some boys helped the injured man. – (Active) (iv) Man killed the snake.

– (Active) (v) The food prepared by Asha was eaten by Ram. Prepared – (Active) has been eaten — (Passive) Types of verbs Action verbs An action word says what the subject does. (build, laugh, walk, express) or that it exists. (is, are, were, were) Examples: If two or more singular subjects are related to each other by « and », the plural abrament is used. A collective noun adopts a singular verb when the collection is considered a whole. Example: If the subject of the verb is a relative pronoun, care must be taken to ensure that the verb in number and person corresponds to the precursor of the parent. Example: 15. Mathematics (is, are) John`s favorite subject, while civics (is, are) Andreas` favorite subject. A verb must match in number and person about it. (a) If the subject is the singular of the third person, most English verbs end on -s or -il, but there is no -s or -il in the plural of the third person.

He goes to school. They go to school. Sita goes to school. Sita and Rama go to school. You eat a mango. Ram eats a mango. Exceptions (i) The verb « to be » and its forms are exempt from this rule: he is a friend. I am your friend. They are friends. Mom, can I run in the park? I jumped over the puddle. You swam in the race. What do the words that are put forward all have in common? These are verbs! A verb is a main part of the language that is often used to describe or display an action.

Sentences are not complete without a verb. Here are some examples: jogging, stopping, listening, shouting, exploring and believing. It should be noted that the article is only used once when both names relate to the same person. If reference were made to different people, the article would be used before each noun and the verb would be plural….