LESSON SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT

LESSON SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT LESSON SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT LESSON SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT LESSON SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT LESSON SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT LESSON SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT LESSON SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT LESSON SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT

LESSON : SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT - Singular verb - Chủ ngữ số ( danh từ không đếm được) EX: Milk is good for health - Hai chủ từ nối với “ and” có ý tưởng người EX: Love and to be loved is the happiest thing on the earth My best friend and adviser, Tom , is coming tonight - Chủ ngữ hai danh từ khác nối với “and” trước danh từ có each every EX: Each boy and each girl has a book - Chủ ngữ đại từ phiếm ( No+ N(si), everybody, somebody, nobody, something, …) EX: Nothing was seen last night because of the darkness No girl in the class is as pretty as Mary - Chủ ngữ là: Tiền, Thời gian, Khoảng cách Số lượng EX: Twenty dollars is too much to pay for such a shirt Four weeks is a long time to wait for you - Chủ ngữ mệnh đề hay danh động từ ( gerund) EX: Swimming is good for health That you get very high grades in school is necessary - Chủ ngữ tên sách, tên báo, phim… Ex: “ Tom and Jerry” is very known all over the world Chủ ngữ danh từ trừu tượng ( knowledge, beauty,…), môn học ( physics, mathematics,…), bệnh ( meales, mumps, …) , quốc gia: the United States, the Philippines, Wales danh từ như: news, funiture, work, traffic, progress… EX: The funiture is more expensive than we thought Plural verb - Chủ ngữ số nhiều EX: They are students - Chủ ngữ hai danh từ (hai người, vật khác nhau) nối với “and” EX: Nam and Ba are brothers Water and oil don’t mix - Chủ ngữ là: The + Adjective EX: The rich are not always happy - Chủ ngữ danh từ tập hợp ( people, police, cattle,…) EX: The police have arrested the thieves - Chủ ngữ là: A few, some , both, many + noun(plural) EX: A few books were lost yesterday Singular or pluar verb - Chủ ngữ hai danh từ nối với “or”, “nor”, “neither… nor”, “either…or”, “not only…but also” động từ chia theo danh từ thứ hai EX: Neither he nor his friends were at school yesterday - Chủ ngữ hai danh từ nối với “with, together with, along with” “as well as, accompanied by, in addition to”, động từ chia theo danh từ thứ EX: The director as well as his staff has to learn English - Chủ ngữ cụm từ có giới từ động từ chia theo dand từ đứng trước giới từ EX: The picture of soldiers has been sold Ex : A box of cigarettes contains 20 pipes - Chủ ngữ là: “The number of + noun” động từ chia số EX: The number of students in this class is small - Chủ ngữ là: “A number of + noun” động từ chia số nhiều EX: A number of students were absent yesterday - Chủ ngữ : No + si Noun (dt số ít) + V (số ít) No + Pl Noun (dt số nhiều) + V (số nhiều) - Chủ ngữ là: All, Some, None, Plenty, Half, Most, The rest, A lot, Lots + OF + Si Noun (+si Verb) + Pl Noun (pl Verb) Ex: None of the boys are good at English A lot of coffee has been hot - Chủ ngữ “ There + be + noun” động từ “be” chia theo danh từ(noun) EX: There is a fly in this room There are a lot of people here EXERCISE I Giving the correct verb form: The pictures in the magazines (be) very beautiful => …………………………… The shops along with this street (open) until PM => …………………………… Either he or you (be) intelligent => …………………………… Two kilometers (be) a long distance for me => …………………………… The rich also (cry) => …………………………… Mathematics (be) my major subject => …………………………… Buying a new house (be) a good idea for us now => …………………………… Neither the teacher nor her students (be) in the playground => …………………………… So far everything (be) alright => …………………………… 10 Around 10 per cent of the forest (be) destroyed each year => …………………………… 11 More people (live) in Asia than ion any other continent => …………………………… 12 The news from the United State (seem) very encouraging => …………………………… 13 Arranging flowers (be) my specialty => …………………………… 14 Japanese (be) very difficult for English speakers to learn => …………………………… 15 The professor and students (agree) on that point => …………………………… 16 Getting to know students from all over the world (be) one of the best parts of her job => … … 17 Most children (like) to go to the zoo => …………………………… 18 The poor (not, be) helped by government programmes => …………………………… 19 There years (be) a long time to be without a job => …………………………… 20 The weather in the Southern States (get) very hot during summer => …………………………… 21 The production of dyes, perfumes and explosives (make) a lot of progress => ………………… 22 The number of schoolboys in my class (be) twenty => …………………………… 23 A large number of the applicants (already, be interview) => …………………………… 24 The secretary and accountant of the company (not come) yet => …………………………… 25 The crowd (be) wild with excitement => …………………………… II Choose the best answer to finish each sentence: Each of you …… responsible for this A are B being C is D be Bill together with his brothers …… to the beach every morning A going B goes C are D gone Either the monitor or the athletes …… to blame for the bad result A be B are C is D to be Everyone …… with me about my plans A agree B agreeing C disagree D agrees Tim as well as his relatives …… safe from the hurricane A be B is C are D being The results of Dr Frank’s experiment …… announced on TV last night A is B are C was D were Fifty minutes …… the maximum length of time allowed for the exam A is B be C are D were The cost of living …… over 10% in the last few years A rises B has risen C rose D is rising A number of sheep …… eating grass now A is B are C was D were 10 Measles …… sometimes a serious disease A is B are C being D be 11 Making cakes and pies …… Mrs Reed’s specialty A are B were C is D be 14 The United States …… between Canada and Mexico A lying B lies C lain D lie 15 The students in the next classroom …… very loudly everyday A talk B talked C are talking D talks