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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • TO IDENTIFY THE USE OF ONE OF THE BEFORE A PLURAL NOUN.
  • TO DESCRIBE ITS USE WITH THE VERB
  • TO USE IT CORRECTLY BY FOLLOWING THE SUBJECT AGREEMENT RULES.

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USE OF ‘ONE OF THE’

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  • ‘ONE OF THE' IS USED IN THE BEGINNING OF A SENTNCE WITH A SUPERLATVE DEGREE OF AN ADJECTIVE.

* IT IS USED WITH A SINGULAR VERB AND A PLURAL NOUN.

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NOW,LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES….

  • JAPAN IS ONE OF THE RICHEST COUNTRIES.
  • KOLKATA IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CITIES IN INDIA.

*RICHEST, BIGGEST – SUPERLATIVE DEGREES

*THE VERB ‘IS’ – A SINGULAR VERB

*COUNTRIES AND CITIES – PLURAL NOUNS.

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LOOK AT THE SENTENCE -

* KEATS WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST POETS.

WITH A SINGULAR SUBJECT - KEATS

WITH A SINGULAR VERB - WAS

WITH PLURAL NOUN- POETS

SIGULAR SUBJECT +SINGULAR VERB+ SUPERLATIVE DEGREE+ PLURAL NOUN

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WHILE CHANGING FROM POSITIVE TO SUPERLATIVE-

*POSITIVE DEGREE –

-VERY FEW RULERS WERE AS GREAT AS ASHOKA.

  • SUPERLATIVE DEGREE –

-ASHOK WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST RULERS.

SING SUB+ SING VERB + ONE OF THE +SUPERLATIVE DEGREE+ PLURAL NOUN

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WHILE CHANGING FROM COMPARATIVE TO SUPERLATIVE -

*COMPARATIVE DEGREE –

- BIRBAL WAS WISER THAN MANY OTHER COURTIERS.

  • SUPERLATIVE DEGREE –

-BIRBAL WAS ONE OF THE WISEST COURTIERS.

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SING SUB+ SING VERB + ONE OF THE +SUPERLATIVE DEGREE+ PLURAL NOUN

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WITH RELATIVE PRONOUNS

  • ONE OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED WAS SELECTED.
  • ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WERE RAISED WAS SOLVED.
  • THE STUDENTS, THE COMPLAINTS- PLURAL NOUN

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  • WHO, THAT- RELATIVE PRONOUN

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  • HAVE, WERE- PLURAL VERBS

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  • WAS,WAS- SINGULAR VERB

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ASSIGNMENT

  • HE IS ONE OF MY BEST………….
  • TENDULAKAR IS ONE OF THE GREATEST…….
  • SHAKEASPEARE WAS ONE OF THE ……DRAMATISTS.
  • ONE OF THE BOYS WHO ……. PLAYING THE MATCH ……… INJURED.
  • ONE OF THE ENTRIES THAT …… MADE FOR THE SELECTION ……… FOUND INVALID.

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