Question

Find out which part of the sentence has an error "Both Raj’s father and mother was angry with him when he quarrelled with his sister" ?

• A. Both Raj’s father and mother
• B. was angry with him
• C. when he quarrelled with his sister
• D. No error

Answer 1

Answer:

B. was angry with him

• It should be "were angry with him".
• When two subjects are joined by ‘and’, the verb is plural.
• ഇവിടെ "Father and mother" എന്നത് plural subject ആകുന്നു. അതുകൊണ്ട് was-ന്റെ plural form ആയ were ആണ് ഉപയോഗിക്കേണ്ടത്.
• "Raj’s father and mother" is treated as a unit, and the verb agrees with the implied plural sense of the compound subject.