The students haven’t finished their tests yet.. Động từ sẽ chia số ít trong các trường hợp sau: 1.. Each, every, either, neither + Noun s ít ố E.g.: Every ariticle in this newspaper is v
Trang 1Subject – Verb Agreement
(S hòa h p ch ng và đ ng t ) ự ợ ủ ữ ộ ừ
Quy t c chung: ắ S s ít + V s ít ố ố
S s nhi u + V s nhi u ố ề ố ề
E.g.: The boy is playing football in the schoolyard.
The students haven’t finished their tests yet.
* M t s tr ộ ố ườ ng h p đ c bi t: ợ ặ ệ
I Động từ sẽ chia số ít trong các trường hợp sau:
1 Each, every, either, neither + Noun (s ít) ố
E.g.: Every ariticle in this newspaper is very interesting.
2 Each, every, either, neither + of + Noun (s nhi u) ố ề
E.g : Each of children has a toy.
3 Everything, something, anything, everybody, somebody,
anybody, everyone, someone, anyone, nobody, nothing, no one
E.g.: Everything looks bright and cleans.
4 Danh t ch tin t c, môn h c (t n cùng b ng –ics), b nh t t, ừ ỉ ứ ọ ậ ằ ệ ậ
đ t n ấ ướ news, physics, politics, measles, mumps, the Philippines, c:
the United States,…
E.g.: Physics is more difficult than chemistry.
5 Danh t không đ m đ ừ ế ượ c
E.g.: The furniture was more expensive than we thought.
6 Th i gian, ti n b c, kho ng cách, tr ng l ờ ề ạ ả ọ ượ ng, tên 1 b phim, ộ tên 1 bài hát
Trang 2E.g.: Four weeks is a long time to wait to hear from him.
7 M nh đ , V-ing, to-V ệ ề
E.g.: What he told was untrue.
Collecting stamps is my hobby.
To study English well is not easy.
8 Khi ch ng ch cùng 1 đ i t ủ ữ ỉ ố ượ ng
E.g.: Bread and meat is my favourite food.
9 Phép c ng v i “and” ộ ớ
E.g.: Two and three is five.
II Động từ chia số nhiều:
1 The + adj: ch m t nhóm ng ỉ ộ ườ i
E.g.: The rich are not always happy.
2 Some, a few, both, many, several + Noun (s nhi u) ố ề
E.g.: Some books I read yesterday are famous
3 Các danh t s nhi u: ừ ố ề pants, trousers, glasses, shorts, shoes,
scissors….
E.g.: My pants are in the bathroom.
III Một số trường hợp khác:
1 - Either …S1 or …S2 => thì đ ng t chia theo S2 ộ ừ
- Neither …S1 nor …S2
- Not only …S1 but also…S2…
E.g.: Not only my brothers but also my sister is here.
2 Khi 2 danh t n i v i nhau b ng “of” ừ ố ớ ằ
=> thì đ ng t chia theo danh t th nh t ộ ừ ừ ứ ấ
Trang 3E.g.: A box of cigarettes contains 20 pipes.
3 The number of + Noun s nhi u + V s ít ố ề ố
A number of + Noun s nhi u + V s nhi u ố ề ố ề
E.g.: The number of students is………
A number of students are
4 Khi 2 ch ng đủ ữ ược n i v i nhau b i các liên t : ố ớ ở ừ as long as, as
well as, with, together with, combined with, coupled with,
accompanied by, added to, along with, besides, no less than
=> thì đ ng t chia theo ch ng th nh t và th ộ ừ ủ ữ ứ ấ ườ ng dùng d u ấ
ph y ẩ
E.g.: The old man ,with his dogs, passes my house every morning.
Mr Robbins, accompanied by his wife and children, is leaving
tonight
5 Khi 2 ch ng đ ủ ữ ượ c n i b i “or” ho c “nor” ố ở ặ
=> thì đ ng t chia theo ch ng th 2 ộ ừ ủ ữ ứ
E.g.: You or I am the winner.
6 Many + N s nhi u + V s nhi u ố ề ố ề
Many + a + N s ít + V chia s ít ố ố
E.g.: Many students are becoming more and more confident.
Many a student doesn’t want to study online.
7 Phân s /ph n trăm + of + N ố ầ
=> thì đ ng t chia theo N ộ ừ
E.g.: 15% of the population is unemployed.
Trang 48 Các c m “majority of/some of/ most of/all of/none of/no…” ụ + N s ít + V s ít ố ố
Các c m “majority of/some of/ most of/all of/none of/no…” ụ + N s nhi u + V s nhi u ố ề ố ề
E.g.: Some of the information is not reliable.
Some of my friends are very good.
9 Các ch ng “ family, team, staff, group, crowd, committee, ủ ữ congress, police, cattle….”
=> đ ng t chia s ít ho c s nhi u đ u đ ộ ừ ở ố ặ ố ề ề ượ c
E.g.: My family is very strict.
The family are having dinner.