CHUYÊN ĐỀ SUB-VERB AGREEMENT

He sings very well. She sings very well. She and he sing very well. She or he sings very well. she She and he She or he sing sings sings Singular plural Singular Singular plural Singular Nouns and Plural Nouns: Singular N Plural N 1. Uncountable Nouns: sugar, money, water, .… 2. a/an/ one + countable noun 3. Abstract nouns: joy, love, shame, helpfulness…… 4. -ing forms: learning, smoking, parking,… Countable noun +“s/es”: 1. books, students, classes, babies… 2. wife  wives child children man  men 1 Some nouns are always used with plural verbs. 2 3 Some nouns that end with “-s” are not plural nouns. Example: Example: People, police, cattle, clergy, folk, the + adj (the poor, the rich )… … News, measles, mathematics, athletics… Singular Nouns and Plural nouns: Put the verbs in the correct form: 1.My teacher always (help) us when we ask. 2.He (not/have)….dinner, and my children (not/have) … it yet. 3.Milk (be)……good for your health. 4.The poor always (need)…help. 5.Mathematics (teach)……by Professor Li. helps is haven’t had hasn’t had is taught need 1 Subjects that refer to distances(kho¶ng c¸ch), heights(chiÒu cao), weights(c©n nÆng), or amounts of money Example: Ten million dollars is a lot of money. Three kilometers is not a long way. 2 every each either neither one another much anybody someone everybody nobody + V sing Example: Everyone has arrived for two hours Singular Verbs: 3 Group of certain animals always take singular verbs: Example: + V sing The flock of birds has arrived the nets Singular Verbs: Flock of (birds, sheep, ) Herd of cattle Pack of dogs, cats… School/ shoal of fish Pride of lions …… Circle the correct answer: 1.Three kilograms of rice cost/ costs five dollars. 2.I think 20,000 dollars is/ are reasonable for this house. 3.Nobody work/ works harder than him. 4.Each student has/ have answered the first three questions. 5.Three days isn’t/ aren’t long enough for a good holiday. Plural Verbs: 1 Example: S 1 and S 2 + V plu Tom and Mary don’t like rock music. But: Bacon and eggs is John’s favourite breakfast. Fish and chips is common fare in England.