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Kriti

Asked: June 17, 2025In: Class 7 English

Read the following sentences from the text and underline the subject and the verb. 1. Amma and Appa are fast asleep. (When the subject of a sentence has two or more nouns or pronouns that are connected by ‘and’, we use a plural verb). 2. It’s hot, dry, and there is sand everywhere. (In case the subject is ‘it’, the verb that follows is either ‘is’ or ‘was’ depending on the tense of the sentence). 3. There are so many hills here, and beaches too. (When we begin a sentence with ‘there’, the subject comes after the verb).

Amma and Appa are fast asleep. In this sentence, “Amma and Appa” is the subject and “are” is the verb. Since two people are joined by “and,” the subject is plural. Therefore, the plural verb “are” is correctly used to ...