People usually believes / believe their friends more than their family members.... Subject-verb agreement: Initial task.[r]
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SUBJECT-VERB
AGREEMENT
Trang 2• News
• A disease (measles, mumps, shingles)
• A subject (mathematics, statistics, linguistics, politics)
• A distance (2 kilometers)
• A weight (20 kilos)
• A sum of money (50 dollars)
• A period of time (5 years)
Subject-verb agreement:
Singular verbs
Let’s take a taxi Two hundred meters is / are too far for
me to walk.
Ten years has / have passed but you haven’t changed a bit.
Trang 3• Neither of + Noun
• None of + Noun
• Each
• Every
Each school girl and boy is / are holding a small flag in
their hand.
None of the students understands / understand Mr
Phuoc’s lesson.
Subject-verb agreement:
Singular verbs
Subject-verb agreement:
Singular verbs
Trang 4• People
• Police
• The + nationality (dân tộc)
• Trousers/shorts/glasses/pliers/ scissors
Subject-verb agreement:
Plural verbs
Subject-verb agreement:
Plural verbs
People usually believes / believe their friends more than their family members.
Trang 5• A as well as B
• A together with B
• A of B
• A including B
+V
Subject-verb agreement
A meal of five eggs and half a kilo of beef is / are just enough for Ly Duc
Trang 6• Not only A but also B
• Either A or B
• Neither A nor B
+V
Subject-verb agreement
Either the teacher or I has / have made a mistake somewhere.
Trang 7• A number of … + plural V
• The number of … + singular V
– A number of students must work their way
thru college.
– The number of students in a class at this
school is always kept under 20.
Subject-verb agreement
Trang 8• All
• Most
• Half
• Some
• %
• X:Y
of + the + NOUN + V
Subject-verb agreement
Half of the teachers in SEAMEO is / are
trained abroad.
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• Both John and I am / are
happy on the wedding day
• Half the apple is / are
rotten
• Two-thirds of his face is /
are painted
• The police is / are
investigating
Trang 10• Not only the man but also
his two wives is / are
miserable
• The Japanese likes / like
drinking tea
• Neither of the dogs has /
have been in love before
• Statistics is / are so difficult
to study
Subject-verb agreement: Initial task
Trang 11• The women's courage during the flood
(was) (were) exceptional.
• The majority of the TOEFL tests (is) (are)
difficult.
• There are two evening flights to Atlanta
that (leaves) (leave) before 7:00.
• Local news (is) (are) on TV every night at
5:30.
Subject-verb agreement
Trang 12• Small amounts of poison (was) (were)
found in the coffee cup.
• There (was) (were) much discussion
about salary raises.
• Both the table and the chair (looks) (look)
uncomfortable.
• A number of sheep (has) (have) died
from a strange illness.
Subject-verb agreement
Trang 13• That the houses are being put up for sale (is)
(are) indicative of the economic situation
• The rock singer, along with his bodyguard,
(was) (were) rushed away from the theater
• Only one of the fifty states in the United States
(is) (are) an island
• The boat with 300 men, women, and children
(was) (were) rescued by the Coast Guard
Subject-verb agreement