Answer the exercise

Exercise : Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise

Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.

1.        Annie and her brothers (are) at school.

2.        Either my mother or my father (is) coming to the meeting.

3.        The dog or the cats (is) outside.

4.        Either my shoes or your coat (is) always on the floor.

5.        George and Tamara (doesn't) want to see that movie.

6.        Benito (don't) know the answer.

7.        One of my sisters (is) going on a trip to France.

8.        The man with all the birds (lives) on my street.

9.        The movie, including all the previews, (takes) about two hours to watch.

10.    The players, as well as the captain, (wants) to win.

11.    Either answer (is) acceptable.

12.    Every one of those books (is) fiction.

13.    Nobody (knows) the trouble I've seen.

14.    (Is) the news on at five or six?

15.    Mathematics (is) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is) Andrea's favorite subject.

16.    Eight dollars (are) the price of a movie these days.

17.    (Is) the tweezers in this drawer?

18.    Your pants (is) at the cleaner's.

19.    There (were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is) only one left!

20.    The committee (debates) these questions carefully.

21.    The committee (leads) very different lives in private.

22.    The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greet) the press cordially.

23.    All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (are) in this case.

Subject Verb Agreement

Subject Verb Agreement

What is Subject?

Subject is the person/ people/ thing(s) that do activity.

What is verb?

Verb ia word used to describe an action, state, or occurence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence. Kinds of verb is action verbs, linking verbs, helping verbs.

Action Verb :
a. Also known as MAIN VERB
b. action verbs are words that express action ( give, eat, walk, etc.)
c. action verbs can be either transitive ( with object ) or intransitive ( without object ).

Linking Verbs : A linking verb connect the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that renames or describes the subject.

Helping Verbs : Helping verbs are used before action or lingking verbs to convey additional information regarding aspects of possibility ( can, could, etc. ) or time ( was, did, has, ect.)

Modals always function as helping verbs. MODALS: can, could, may, might, shall, will, ought to, should, would.

Main rule of “ Subject Verb Agreement” : Only the subject affects the verb! 

1.    Rule 1

Subjects and verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the backround of the concept.

Example:

The dog growls when it is angry.

The dogs growl when they are angry.

2. Rule 2

Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.

Exampels:

The dog, who is chewing on my jeans, is usually very good.

3. Rule 3

Prepotional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.

Examples:

The colors of the rainbow are beautiful

4.  Rule 4

When sentences start with “there” or “here”, the subject will always be placed after the verb, so care needs to be taken to identivy it correctly.

Exampels:

There  is a problem with the balance sheet. Here are the papers you requested.

5. Rule 5

If two subject are joined by and, they, typically require a plural verb form.

Examples:

The cow and the pig are jumping over the moon.

6.  Rule 6

The verb is singular if the two sbjects separated by and refer to the same person or thing.

Examples:

Red beans and rice is my mam’s favorite dish

7.  Rule 7

If one of the words each, every, or no comes before the subjects, the verb is singular.

Examples:

No smoking or drinking is allowed.

Every man and woman is required to check in.

8.  Rule 8

If the subjects are both singular and are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also, the verb is singular.

Examples:

Jessica or christian is to blame for accident.

9.  Rule 9

The only time when the object of the preposition decides plural or singular verb forms is when noun and pronoun subjects like some, half, none, more, all, ect. Are followed by a prepositional phrase. In these sentences, the object of the preposition determines the form of the verb.

Examples:

All of the chicken is gone.

All of the chickens are gone.

10. Rule 10

The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time.

Examples:

Four quarts of oil was required to get the car running.

11.  Rule 11

If the subjects are both plural and are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also, the verb is plural.

Examples:

Dogs and cats are both available at the pound.

12. Rule 12

If one subjects is singular and plural and the words are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also, you use the verb form of the subject that is nearest the verb.

Examples:

1. Either the bears or the lion has escaped from the zoo.

2. Neither the lion nor the bears have escaped from the zoo.

13.
Rule 13Indefinite pronouns ( everything, anything, everyone, someone, somebody, nothing, ect. ) typically take singular verbs.

Examples: 

Everybody wants to be loved. 

Everything is gonna be alright.

14. Rule 14

Except for the pronouns ( few, many, several, both, all, some) that always take the plural form.

Examples: 

Few were left alive after the flood. 

Several students understand the material.

15. Rule 15

If two infinitives are separated by and they take the plural form the verb. 

Examples: 

To walk and to chew gum require great skill.

16. Rule 16

When gerunds are used as the subject of a sentence, they take the singular verb form of the verb; but, when they are linked by and, they take the plural form. 

Examples: 

1. Standing in the water was a bad idea. 

2. Swimming in the ocean and playing drums are my hobbies.

17. Rule 17

Collective nouns like family, committee, herd, senate, class, crowd, ect. Usually take a singular verb form.

Examples: 

1. The herd is stampeding 

2. Cooper family always attends the annual party

18. Rule 18

Titles of books, movies, novels, ect. Are treated as singular and take a singular verb.

Examples: 

1. The Burbs is a movies starring Tom Hanks. 

2. Harry Potter has reached Top 3 Best Seller books.

Today's Topic (22 September 2016)

1. Simple present tense
Rule:
(+) S + V₁ ( s/es)
(-) S + do/does + not + V₁
(?) do/does + S + V₁

2. Simple past tense
Rule:
(+) S + V₂
(-) S + did + not + V₁
(?) did + S + V₁ 

3. Simple present/past continuous
Rule :
(+) S + be+ V_ing
(-) S + be + not + V_ing
(?) be + S + V_ing
 
4. Simple Future tense
Rule :
(+) S + will + V₁
(-) S + will + not + V₁
(?) will + S + V₁  

5. Present Perfect tense
Rule :
(+) S+ has/have+ V₃
(-) S + has/have + not + V₃
(?) has/have + S + V₃

Topic 2 : Your favorite selfie and why

Assalamualaikum Wr.Wb.

Hello, ladies and gentleman. How are you? We meet again in this topic. Yeah the topic is ‘’Your favorite selfie and why?’’ .My favorite selfie is taking a photo with this jersey, yeah  this is Arsenal Football Club jersey. Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, London, that plays in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The club has won 12 FA Cups, a joint-record, 13 League titles, 2 League Cups, 14 FA Community Shields, 1 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup and 1 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. I really really love this club, everytime Arsenal Football Club was playing, I always watching in television, I don’t care if the match start in midnight or daybreak, I will always watching the match use this jersey to support them. Well, that’s all the reasons my favorite selfie, thank you for your attention, See you later at next topic.

Wassalamualaikum Wr.Wb.

Topic 1 : Your reason choosing your study major at Untan

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Hello, ladies and gentleman. My name is Rizky Ramadhani. I am 21 Years old. In this occasion, I would like to tell you some reasons about why i choose study major electrical engineering at Tanjungpura University, Pontianak. There are two reasons why choose this major study. The first reason is the suggestion of my parents. Well, I actually don’t know what I want to choose. At first, I thought about choosing study major that related to science such as Agriculture or Biology because since I was at elementary school, I good at science subject. But from what I heard from my parents said that Agriculture at Tanjungpura University is still not good and my parents asked me “What job you get if you choose Biology? You want to become teacher?” well, I don’t want to become a teacher because I’m not good at teaching others. Because of that, my parents suggest me to choose electrical engineering because the prospects of job is high and good. The second reason is I interest how to make a Robot. Well, that’s all the reasons why I choose electrical engineering as my study major. Thank you for your attention. See you later at next topic.

Wassalamualaikum Wr.Wb.