Today, we had a night class because replace the other day that we dont had the class. Miss Zu gave us a pretest before we learned about this topic and i got 14/20 for the first test. Ridwan got the higher mark on that pretest. After we had learned about it, Miss Zu asked us to answered the another pretest and i got 18/20 :) I was so happy because it means that i already understand about this topic and had the improvement on it. I think night class also interesting and exciting because I mostly love to study at night xD
Subjects and verbs
must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural). Thus,
if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is
plural, its verb must also be plural.
In present tenses, nouns and verbs form plurals
in opposite ways:
nouns ADD an s
to the singular form,
BUT
verbs REMOVE an s from the singular
form.
Here are nine subject-verb agreement rules.
Examples:
2.
Indefinite pronouns as subjects
- Singular indefinite pronoun subjects take singular verbs.
- Plural indefinite pronoun subjects take plural verbs.
PLURAL:
several, few, both, many
- Some indefinite pronouns may be either singular or plural: with uncountable, use singular; with countable, use plural.
EITHER SINGULAR OR PLURAL: some, any, none, all,
most
Sugar is uncountable; therefore, the sentence has a singular verb.
Marbles are countable; therefore, the sentence has a plural verb.
3.
Compound subjects joined by and are always plural.
4. With compound
subjects joined by or/nor, the
verb agrees with the subject nearer to it.
In
the above example, the plural verb are agrees with the nearer
subject actors.
In this example, the singular verb is agrees with the nearer
subject director.
5.
Inverted Subjects must agree with the
verb.
6.
Collective Nouns (group,
jury, crowd, team, etc.) may be singular or plural, depending on meaning.
In
this example, the jury is acting as one unit; therefore, the verb is singular.
In this example, the jury members are acting as twelve individuals; therefore,
the verb is plural.
7.
Titles of single entities (books,
organizations, countries, etc.)
are always singular.
8.
Plural form subjects
- Plural form subjects with a singular meaning take a singular verb. (e.g. news, measles, mumps, physics, etc.)
- Plural form subjects with singular or plural meaning take a singular or plural verb, depending on meaning. (e.g. politics, economics, etc.)
In
this example, politics is a single topic; therefore, the sentence has a singular
verb.
In this example, politics refers to the many aspects of the situation;
therefore, the sentence has a plural verb.
- Plural form subjects with a plural meaning take a plural verb. (e.g. scissors, trousers)
Note: In this example, the subject of the sentence is pair;
therefore, the verb must agree with it. (Because scissors is the
object of the preposition, scissors does
not affect the number of the verb.)
9.
With subject and subjective
complement of different number, the verb always
agrees with the subject.
10-A. With
one of those ________ who, use
a plural verb.
The above example implies
that others besides Hannah like to read comic books. Therefore, the plural
verb is the correct form to use.
10-B. With
the only one of those
________who, use a singular verb.
The above example implies that no one else
except for Hannah likes to read comic books. Therefore, the singular verb
is the correct for to use.
11-A. With
the number of _______, use a
singular verb.
11-B. With
a number of _______, use a
plural verb.
12. With
every ______ and
many a ________, use a singular verb.
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