{"id":685,"date":"2022-04-19T09:26:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T09:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=685"},"modified":"2025-09-30T04:58:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T04:58:43","slug":"e-hh-4-use-the-correct-subject-or-verb-with-compound-subjects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/4thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-hh-4-use-the-correct-subject-or-verb-with-compound-subjects\/","title":{"rendered":"E- HH.4 Use the correct subject or verb \u2013 with compound subjects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#00056d;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong> Use the correct subject or verb \u2013 with compound subjects<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-28d136ae4331e7eb05ec8e1cb71ebcde\" style=\"color:#74008b\">key notes :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-e04b0da9d8e0631cb3b9eb07d0abdd61\"><strong>\ud83c\udf1fUse the Correct Subject or Verb \u2013 with Compound Subjects<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>\u2728 What is a Compound Subject?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 A <strong>compound subject<\/strong> means there are <strong>two or more subjects<\/strong> joined together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83d\udd39 Example: <em>Tom and Jerry<\/em> \ud83d\udc2d\ud83d\udc31<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>\u2728 How to Join Subjects?<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd38 Use <strong>and, or, nor<\/strong> to join subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Tom and Jerry<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rita or Rani<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Neither the dog nor the cat<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>\u2728  Rules for Verbs with Compound Subjects<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>When subjects are joined by AND<\/strong> \u2192 use a <strong>plural verb<\/strong> \ud83d\udc6b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2714 Example: <em>Tom and Jerry <strong>are<\/strong> friends.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>When subjects are joined by OR \/ NOR<\/strong> \u2192 the verb matches the <strong>nearest subject<\/strong> \ud83c\udfaf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2714 Example: <em>Either the teacher <strong>is<\/strong> ready or the students <strong>are<\/strong> ready.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>3\ufe0f\u20e3 <strong>When two subjects refer to the same person\/thing<\/strong> \u2192 use a <strong>singular verb<\/strong> \ud83d\udc64<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2714 Example: <em>My friend and guide <strong>is<\/strong> here.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>\u2728Remember the Magic \ud83e\ude84<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>AND = usually plural<\/strong> \ud83d\udc6c<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>OR \/ NOR = match the closest subject<\/strong> \ud83c\udfaf<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Same person\/thing = singular<\/strong> \ud83d\udc64<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>\ud83c\udf08 Examples for Practice<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2705 <em>Bread and butter <strong>is<\/strong> my favorite breakfast.<\/em> \ud83c\udf5e\ud83e\uddc8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 <em>Dogs and cats <strong>are<\/strong> pets.<\/em> \ud83d\udc15\ud83d\udc08<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 <em>Either Sam or his friends <strong>are<\/strong> coming.<\/em> \ud83c\udf89<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 <em>Neither the boy nor his sister <strong>was<\/strong> late.<\/em> \u23f0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"color:#000060\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>\ud83d\udcdd Quick Tip<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83d\udc49 Always <strong>look at the subjects carefully<\/strong> before choosing the verb! \ud83d\udc40\u270f\ufe0f<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-d10c1106a03fa0d2c642217354ec023a\" style=\"color:#d90000\">Let&#8217;s practice!\ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/78715\/180\/774\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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