We should remember that ,our expressions has parts just like our body. they are classified into ;
noun
pronouns
adjectives
verb
adverbs
preposition
interjection
conjunction
We shall be considering verb;concord
verbs are doing or being words e.g is, jump e.t.c
CONCORDS
this is the agreement between a subject and a verb .
doer action
The rule of concord
It states that; a verb must agree with its subject in number [i.e singular and plural] and in person [i.e 1st, 2nd and 3rd]. there are some rules guiding the agreement of subject and verb. some of these rules are as follows;
1; when the subject is in the singular the verb must be singular and when in plural it must be plural.
example;
singular
-The man is busy
-Michael is very clever
PLURAL
-The men are busy
-The students are very clever
2;WHEN TWO OR MORE nominatives are joined by `and`,the verb is plural;
-Bola and Ngozi are my classmates.
-He and his brother have decided to go to Oyo.
class practice
1;studying day and night[is /are] not good for the brain.
-2;the leaders of the gangs[has/have] been arested.
assignment
visit;rules of concord
study more and answer;
1;neither the elder brother nor ipoola [shows/show] the least interest in the game.
2;each boy and girl [bring/ brings] a pencil to the class.
3;Not only his dressing but even his speech [seem/ seems] rude.
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noun
pronouns
adjectives
verb
adverbs
preposition
interjection
conjunction
We shall be considering verb;concord
verbs are doing or being words e.g is, jump e.t.c
CONCORDS
this is the agreement between a subject and a verb .
doer action
The rule of concord
It states that; a verb must agree with its subject in number [i.e singular and plural] and in person [i.e 1st, 2nd and 3rd]. there are some rules guiding the agreement of subject and verb. some of these rules are as follows;
1; when the subject is in the singular the verb must be singular and when in plural it must be plural.
example;
singular
-The man is busy
-Michael is very clever
PLURAL
-The men are busy
-The students are very clever
2;WHEN TWO OR MORE nominatives are joined by `and`,the verb is plural;
-Bola and Ngozi are my classmates.
-He and his brother have decided to go to Oyo.
class practice
1;studying day and night[is /are] not good for the brain.
-2;the leaders of the gangs[has/have] been arested.
assignment
visit;rules of concord
study more and answer;
1;neither the elder brother nor ipoola [shows/show] the least interest in the game.
2;each boy and girl [bring/ brings] a pencil to the class.
3;Not only his dressing but even his speech [seem/ seems] rude.
submit answer at
comment section with your name.
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