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resume from SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT.
Before we learn about the subject verb agreement, we thirsty know what it
is subject and verb.
The first one, subject is the person/people/thing(s) that do the
activity. EX: I, you, they, we, she, he, it, my brother, my sister, the
restaurant, etc.
The second, what is
verb?, verb is a word used to describe an action, sate, or occurrence, and
forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence. Kind of verb : action
verbs, linking verbs, helping verbs.
1.
Action Verb
: - Also known as Main Verb.
-
Action
verbs are words that express action ( give, eat, walk, etc.) or possession
(have, own, etc.).
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Action
verbs can be either transitive ( with object or intransitive (without object).
2.
Linking
verb : - A linking verb connects the subject of a
sentence to a nour or adjective that renames or describes the
subject.
·
To be :
is, am, are, was, ware
·
Verb :
seem, appear, become, grow, remain, get, prov, turn, look, sound, smell, taste,
feel.
3.
Helping
Verb : - Helping verbs are used before action or
linking verbs to convey
additional information regarding aspects of possibility ( can, could,
etc.) or time (was, did, has, etc.)
Main Rule Of “Subject Verb Agreement” : 1.
Rule 1 : Subjects and verbs must agree I number. This is thecornestone
rule that forms the background of the concept.
2.
Rule 2 : Don’t get confused by the word that come between the subject and verb ; they do no
affect agreement.
3.
Rule 3 : Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do
nor affect agreement.
4.
Rule 4 : When sentences start with “there” or “here” the subject will
always be placed after verb, so care needs to be taken to identify it correctly.
5.
Rule 5 : If two subjects are joinded bu and, thay typically require a
plural verb from.
6.
Rule 6 : The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer
to the same person or thing.
7.
Rule 7 : If one of the word each, avery, or no comes before the subject,
the verb is singular.
8.
Rule 8 : If the subjects are both singular and are connected by the
words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also the verb is
singular.
9.
Rule 9 : the only time when the object of the preposition decides plural
or singular verb fromsnis when noun and pronoun subjects like some, half, none,
more, all,etc. are followed by a propositional phrase. In these sentences, the
object of the proposition determines the from of the verb.
10.
Rule 10 : The singular verb from is usually used for units of
measurement or time.
11.
Rule 11 : If the subjects are both plural and are connected by the words
or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also, the verb is plural.
12.
Rule 12 : If one subject is singular and one plural and the words are
connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also,
you use the verb from of the subject that is nearest the verb.
13.
Rule 13 : Idenfinite pronouns (everything, anything, everyone, someone,
somebody, nothing, etc) typically take singular verbs.
14.
Rule 14 : Except for the pronouns (few, many, several, both, all, some)
that always take the plural form.
15.
Rule 15 : If two infinitives are separated by and they take the plural
form of the verb.
16.
Rule 16 : when gerunds are used as the subject of a sentence, they take
the singular verb form of the verb; but, when they are linked by and, they take
the plural form.
17.
Rule 17 : Collective nouns like family, committee, herd, senate, class,
crowd, etc. Usually take a singular verb form.
18.
Rule 18 : Tetles of books, movies, novels, etc. are treated as singular
and take a singular verbs.
Exercise : Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise
1.
Annie and her
brothers (are) at school.
2.
Either my mother
or my father (is) coming to the meeting.
3.
The dog or the
cats (are) outside.
4.
Either my shoes or
your coat (is) always on the floor.
5.
George and
Tamara (don't) want to see that movie.
6.
Benito (doesn't)
know the answer.
7.
One of my
sisters (is) going on a trip to France.
8.
The man with all
the birds (lives) on my street.
9.
The movie,
including all the previews, (take) about two hours to watch.
10.
The players, as
well as the captain, (want) to win.
11.
Either answer
(is) acceptable.
12.
Every one of
those books (is) fiction.
13.
Nobody (knows)
the trouble I've seen.
14.
(Are) the news
on at five or six?
15.
Mathematics (is)
John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject.
16.
Eight dollars
(is) the price of a movie these days.
17.
(Are) the
tweezers in this drawer?
18.
Your pants (are)
at the cleaner's.
19.
There (was)
fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!
20.
The committee
(debates) these questions carefully.
21.
The committee
(leads) very different lives in private.
22.
The Prime
Minister, together with his wife, (greet) the press cordially.
23.
All of the CDs, even
the scratched one, (is) in this case.
