CORRECT USE OF PREPOSITIONS 1. The players agreed to abide_________ the referee's decision (a) with (b) by (c) in (d) into 2. Modern industry abounds____ opportunities for young people with good scientific qualifications. (a) in (b) for (c) into (d) with 3. A junior cashier has absconded ten thousand rupees. (a) in (b) for (c) to (d) with 4. The children were so absorbed_______ their game that they did not notice the passage of time. (a) into (b) for (c) in (d) with 5. He was abstained__________ salted food by the doctor. (a) from (b) for (c) in (d) to 6. The committee regrets that it cannot accede_______ your request for a month's unpaid leave. (a) for (b) to (c) in (d) with 7. My information does not accord______ the report which has just been presented. (a) to (b) in (c) with (d) from 8. I have been accused______ many things in my life, but never of cowardice. (a) for (b) of (c) with (d) in 9. You will soon get a...
SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT
PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
1. The verb must agree in number and person with its real subject.
e.g. Each of my brothers was educated.
Everyone of the students has applied for scholarship.
One of my friend has gone to America.
2. Two or more singular nouns connected by 'and' must be used with a plural verb.
e.g. Smoking and drinking are injurious to health.
He and I were in Delhi last year.
3. Two or more singular nouns connected by' and' expressing one idea must be followed by
a singular verb.
e.g. Knowledge and wisdom makes a man great.
Slow and steady wins the race.
4. Two singular nouns connected by ‘and’ which preceded by ‘each’ or ‘every’ must be
used with a singular verb.
e.g. Each boy and girl has got admission in the college.
Every man and woman has to contribute to our society and country.
5. When two singular subjects connected by ‘or’, ‘nor’ differ in person, the verb should
agree in person with the subject nearest to it.
e.g. Neither Hameed nor I have visited Taj Mahal.
6. A collective noun must be used with a singular verb when the group is thought of as a
single unit but when the individuals are considered separately, it must be used with a
plural verb.
e.g. When the ship arrived the port. The crew were welcomed by the Pakistan Navy.
The ship’s crew has tried to save the passengers from drowning when the ship was
about to sink in water.
7. Nouns which are plural in form but singular in meaning must be used with a singular
verb.
e.g. The news is broadcast on PTV.
The wages of sin is death.
Politics is a social science.
The United Nations is trying for world peace.
Gulliver’s travels is an interesting book.
FUTURE AND CONDITIONAL TENSES
There are three main kinds of conditional sentences, introduced by unless (If not). The order of
tenses in these sentences is important.
1. If the weather is fine (present), I shall go out (future).
This refers to a future event. If A happens, then B will follow and the contrary is also true. If A
does not happen, then B will not follow.
2. If the weather was fine (Past), I would go out (conditional).
This also refers to a future event. But it is not reversible. in the same way that the first kind is,
because there is usually some further consideration in the speaker's mind. The condition is
perhaps less likely to be fulfilled. It should always be borne in mind that in this particular type of
sentence we are using the past tense to refer to the future.
3. If the weather had been fine (Past Perfect), I would have gone out. (Conditional Perfect).
This refers to a past event. If A had happened, B would have followed. But A did not happen, So
B did not follow.
Examples:
1. If you finish, you will go to the cinema.
2. If you told me truth, I would help you.
3. If you had told me truth. I would have helped you.
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