Bài ôn tập môn Tiếng Anh khối 11 - Subject – verb agreement (sự hòa hợp giữa chủ ngữ và động từ)

SUBJECT – VERB AGREEMENT Sự hòa hợp giữa chủ ngữ và động từ .. The subject and verb must agree in person and number..[r]

SUBJECT – VERB AGREEMENT (Sự hòa hợp giữa chủ ngữ và động từ)

 The subject and verb must agree in person and number.

EX: - My mother always gets up early.

- We go to school on time every day.

1

EX: - You and I enjoy watching football games.

- Both Mr Pike and Mr Brown are engineers.

2

EX: - Mr John with his children is on holidays.

- I think you as well as Jane are good.

3

EX:- Either you or I am wrong.

- Neither Tom nor his parents want to leave here.

4

EX: - Not only she but also we like this film.

- Not only we but also she likes this film.

S1 + and + S2

-> plural V Both + S1 + and + S2

S1 + with + S2 -> V

as well as

together with

along with

Either or

+ S1 + + S2 -> V

Neither nor

Not only + S1 + but also + S2 -> V

EX: -Every student obeys his teacher.

-Each man has his own responsibility.

6

EX: - Each of you has an exercise-book.

- Every of us has one already.

7

EX: -Learning English is difficult.

- To see is to believe.

8

EX: - The English drive on the left-hand side of the road.

- The poor are helped by government programmes.

9

EX: - The study of languages is interesting.

- Several theories on this subject have been proposed.

Every

+ singular N -> singular V Each

Every of personal pronoun

+ -> singular V Each of plural noun

Gerund phrase

+ -> singular V

To infinitive phrase

The + Adjective -> plural V

S (noun ) + preposition phrase -> V

EXERCISE: Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

1 John with twenty friends (is/ are) planning a party

2 Neither Bill nor his parents (is/ are) going to the play

3 Each student (have/ has) answer the first three questions

4 Either you or he (make/ makes) breakfast this morning

5 Every elementary school teacher (have/ has) to take this exam

6 He as well as his brothers usally (go/ goes) to school on time

7 Both children and old people (enjoy/ enjoys) holidays

8 My teachers and friends (is/ are) very kind

9 Travelling by air (is/ are) very fast

10 Each of them (get/ gets) a good education