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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.).
-
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 the cornestone 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 join bu and,
tha 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
Choose the correct
form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
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) 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.
