What is Subject-verb agreement? When to use singular and plural verbs in a sentence?

bject-verb agreement is the process of making sure that the subject and verb of a sentence agree in number.

Singular subjects take singular verbs: The cat climbs the tree.

Plural subjects take plural verbs: The cats climb the tree.

When two or more singular subjects are connected by and, use a plural verb: The cat and dog climb the tree.

When two or more singular subjects are connected by or or nor, use a singular verb: The cat or dog climbs the tree.

When a singular and a plural subject are connected by or or nor, the verb agrees with the subject closer to it: The cat or the dogs climb the tree.

When a verb follows an indefinite pronoun (each, everyone, either, none, etc.), the verb agrees with the subject of the sentence: Everyone climbs the tree.

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