subject verb agreement

Subject and Verb Agreement Welcome to our class... S1 with S2 + V S1together with along with as well as accompanied by these expressions have no effect on the Verb The actress, alon

Subject and

Verb Agreement

Welcome to our class

Sing S + Sing V

Daisy does her homework every day.

Peter likes swimming a lot.

Plural S Plural V

They live in a very nice flat.

Children need to have a good education.

S (Uncount Noun) Sing V

The news makes her sad

do like

live

need

1

S + [ Prepositional phrase ] + V

The danger of forest fires is not to be taken lightly The study of languages is very interesting.

The ideas in that book are interesting.

(Prepositional phrase has no effect on the Verb)

be be be

2

S1 with S2 + V S1

together with

along with

as well as

accompanied by

( these expressions have no effect on the Verb)

The actress, along with her manager and some friends, is going to a party tonight.

Mr Robbins, accompanied by his wife and children, is arriving tonight.

be

be

3

Every body has to study hard

If anyone calls, tell him I’ll be back later.

anybody

anyone

anything

any + sing N

no one nobody nothing each

somebody someone something

every everybody everyone everything

S(indefinite pronoun) Sing.V

have call

4

none + of the + Uncount N +

sing.V

None of the news none + of the + plural count N + is believable.

pluralV

None of the students have finished

the exam yet

sing N uncount N

no + plural N + plural V

No example is relevant to this case.

No examples are relevant to this case.

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Neither you nor Bill is going to the

beach today.

Either John or you are going to the

beach today

Neither Ann nor her friends are going to

class today.

either

neither

{ } + S1 + { or }

nor + S2 V S2

be going

be going

be going

be going

6

Ten dollars is not enough to buy a

car.

Five years is a long time for her to

wait.

Collective Nouns indicating

time, money, and

measurements used as a whole

are Singular Verb

be

be

7

Teaching is my career

Growing flowers is her hobby.

S is a Gerund + Sing V

be

be

8

What I know is very simple.

That you get good marks makes your

parents happy.

S is a Clause + Sing V

be

make

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a number of + plural N + plural V…

the number of + plural Noun + sing.V…

class picnic.

The number of residents who have been

(a number of = many)

be going

be

be

10

Tom and Mary go to school every day.

The actress and her manager are going

to a party tonight.

S1 and S2 + Plural V

go

be going

be going

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 S gồm nhiều N nhưng chỉ cùng 1 người

hay 1 vật.

các môn học, các ngành hoạt động hay các chứng bệnh.

use Sing.V when:

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Now open your books

Do Practice1

Subject & Verb Agreement.

Student’s book p 120

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