Correct use of Verbs: Is / Are

Petu is reading	Petu and Teddy are reading

In the first picture, we see one person (Petu) reading.
So we use 'is',
In the second picture we see more than one person (Petu and Teddy) reading. So we use are.

When the noun is in the singular, we use 'is'.
When the noun is in plural, we use are.


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• Correct usage of Verbs-is/are - 2 - 29th Jul, 2000
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• Correct usage of Verbs Is/Are - 1 - 22nd Jun, 2000