Singular subject + Singular verb Plural subject + Plural verb Ex: Tom is very nice.. Noun + and+Noun + Plural verb khi các danh từ đề cập đến nguời / vật khác nhau Noun + and + Noun + Si
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SUBJECT - VERB AGREEMENT (Sự tương hợp giữa chủ từ và động từ)
1 Singular subject + Singular verb
Plural subject + Plural verb
Ex: Tom is very nice (Tom rất tử tế.)
Milk is good for our health (Sữa tốt cho sức khỏe.)
The students are studying English (Các sinh viên đang học tiếng Anh.)
2 Noun + and+Noun + Plural verb (khi các danh từ đề cập đến nguời / vật khác nhau)
Noun + and + Noun + Singular verb (khi các danh từ đề cập đến cùng một người / vật)
Ex: The manager and the secretary have come.
(Giám đốc và thư ký đã đến.)
Bread and eggs is my favourite dish.
(Bánh mì trứng là món tôi thích nhất.)
3 Every / Each + Singular noun + and + Every / Each + Singular noun + Singular verb
Ex: Every teacher and every student has their own work.
(Mỗi giáo viên và mỗi sinh viên đều có công việc riêng.)
4 Noun 1 + with / along with / together with / in addition to / as well as / accompanied by + Noun2 + Verb (noun 1 )
Ex: The students in addition to the teacher are all devoted to the research.
(Các sinh viên lẫn giáo viên đều hết lòng với công việc nghiên cứu.)
5 Noun 1 + or / nor + Noun2 + Verb (noun 2 )
Neither + Noun1 + nor + Noun2 + Verb (noun2)
Not only but also
Ex: Not only Julie but also all of the grandchildren want to visit their grandparents (Không những Julie mà mấy đứa cháu cũng muốn đến thăm ông bà.)
Either you or I am right (Cả anh và tôi đều đúng.)
6 Each / Every / One
Neither / Either +
Singular Noun
Of + Plural Noun + Singular verb
Ex: Every seat has a number (Mỗi ghế đều có số.)
Neither of my sisters likes films (Không người chị nào của tôi thích phim ảnh.)
7 Everyone / Everything / Someone / Something / Anyone / Anything / Nobody / Nothing / + Singular verb
Ex: Nobody is here (Không ai ở đây.)
8 The number of + Plural noun + Singular verb
A number of + Plural noun + Plural verb
Ex: The number of students in my class is thirty.
(Sĩ số học sinh trong lớp tôi là 30.)
Trang 2A number of my students are keen on learning English.
(Một số học sinh trong lớp tôi thích học tiếng Anh.)
9 All / Some / Plenty / None / Half
Most / A lot / Percentage + OF
+ Singular Noun + Singular Verb + Plural Noun + Plural Verb Ex: One third of the population is unemployed.
(Một phần ba dân số bị thất nghiệp.)
One third of the villagers are unemployed.
(Một phần ba dân làng bị thất nghiệp.)
10 There + BE + Noun
Ex: There are two sides to every problem (Mọi vấn đề đều có hai mặt.)
There is a picture on the wall (Có một bức tranh trên tường.)
11 Collective Noun
(family, team, staff, ) +
Singular verb (xem như một đơn vị) Plural verb (chỉ từng cá nhân tạo nên tập thể) Ex: Our company has debated these questions carefully.
(Công ty của chúng tôi thảo luận những vấn đề này rất cẩn thận)
The company lead very different lives in private.
(Mỗi người trong công ty có đời sống riêng tư khác nhau.)
12 People / Police / Cattle / Poultry / The + adjective + Plural verb
Ex: The police are searching to find the thieves.
(Cảnh sát đang lục soát tìm những tên trộm.)
The poor need help (Người nghèo cần được giúp đỡ.)
13 Một số danh từ có dạng số nhiều nhưng có nghĩa số ít: maths, physics, economics, linguistics, / measles, mumps, rickets, / billards, darts, / the Philippines, the United States, / news + Singular verb
Ex: Mathematics is divided into branches.
(Toán được chia thành nhiều ngành học.)
Rickets is common in some developing countries.
(Bệnh còi xương phổ biến ở một số quốc gia đang phát triển.)
14 Time (thời gian) / Money (tiền) / Distance (Khoảng cách) / Measurement (sự đo lường) / Titles (tựa đề) + Singular verb
Ex: “To build a fire” was written by Jack London.
(Tác phẩm “To build a fire” do Jack London viết.)
Ten dollars is a high price to pay (10 dollar là cái giá cao phải trả.) Five years is the
maximum sentence of that offence
(5 năm là mức án cao nhất cho tội trạng đó.)
15 Động từ số ít (singular verb) thường được dùng sau số thập phân, phân số và cụm từ chỉ số lượng
và sự đo lường
Ex: Three quarters of a ton is too much (3 / 4 tăn là quá nhiều.)
Nhưng động từ số nhiều (plural verb) được dùng khi nói về số lượng người hoặc vật
Trang 3Ex: A third of the students are from abroad.
(1 / 3 số học sinh đến từ các nước khác.)
MULTIPLE CHOICE Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes the sentence.
1 Learning foreign languages a lot of time
A require B requires C have required D are requiring
2 Meeting you a good chance
3 Women not well-treated in former days
4 Beautiful white teeth to make our smile more attractive
5 Children good care from their parents
6 Look! The cattle on the meadow
A has grazed B have grazed C is grazing D are grazing
7 Many people claim that health more important than wealth
8 The fishing boat sank but luckily all the crew able to save themselves
9 Wealth to the possession of a large amount of money, property, or other valuable things
A refer B are referring C is referring D refers
10 The news from the destroyed villages so bad
11 Measles a dangerous disease for pregnant women
12 Rickets popular among some countries in Africa
13 Of all high school courses, mathematics to be difficult
A consider B have considered C are considered D Is considered
14 Economics at high school
A is not taught B are not taught C do not teach D does not teach
15 John’s information us a lot
16 The furniture so expensive that we had to save for three months to buy it
17 The bad news her so shocked that she falls unconscious
Trang 418 The Philippines 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean.
A comprises B comprise C is comprising D are comprising
19 The Netherlands a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy, located in Western Europe
20 There a book, a pen, and three pencils on the table
21 There three pencils, a pen, and a book on the table
22 Four times four divided by two eight
23 Two-fifths of the troops in the battle last year
24 Two-fifths of the vineyard by fire last night
A destroys B destroy C was destroyed D were destroyed
25 Forty percent of the students in favor of changing the policy
26 The number of students attending the lecture yesterday one hundred and twenty-two
27 Four years a required time for a student to complete his university education
28 One thousand dollars really a large sum of money for me
29 The secretary and cashier of our club Ms Young
30 Each student and each teacher ready for the school activities
31 Each and every student and instructor in this institute for a new facility by next year
32 Rice and chicken, my favorite dish, by my mother
A has usually cooked B have usually been cooked
33 The members and the chairman together recently
A meets B are just meeting C have just met D has just met
34 My sisters and Susan friends since they met together at the party
A have become B has become C is becoming D comes
35 My friends and my mother each other
A not likes B does not like C is not liking D do not like
36 Your pair of trousers in the closet
Trang 5A is B are C were D have been
37 I think the behaviors of that young man not acceptable
38 The way of life in small villages far from big cities mostly quiet because there few people
39 Either my father or my brothers the house
A sells B has sold C are going to sell D is selling
40 Neither the employees nor the boss the solution
41 John or you our grandfather next weekend
A visits B is going to visit C are going to visit D visited
42 Not only the students but also their instructor to the principal’s office
A is calling B call C have been called D has been called
43 Michael, along with his brothers and support team, many major cities around the world every year
44 Kara, together with her teammates, hands with opponents on the basketball court
45 Peter, as well as my two brothers, football in the school yard every afternoon
A often plays B often play C plays often D have often played
46 Most of the milk bad except three bottles of milk which still in the refrigerator
A have gone / are B has gone / is C have gone / is D has gone / are
47 It not the faculty members but the president who this issue
A was / decide B is / decides C was / have decided D is / decide
48 The department members, but not the chairman, not to work on Valentine’s Day
49 Anyone who wants to pursue higher education to pass entrance exams
50 More than one student to do those mathematic puzzles which by the teacher last week
A has tried / was given B have tried / were given
C has tried / were given D have tried / was given