Team, family, army, public, committee, class, club, crowd, government, jury, congress, minority, majority… + singular noun + singular verb. + plural noun + plural verb[r]
(1)Subject – Verb Agreement I Singular Verbs:
1 Singular nouns and uncountable nouns
Eg: a b
2 Indefinite Pronouns
Someone Anyone Everyone No one Each
………… ……… ………… ……… Either (without or) ………… ………… ………… ……… Neither (without nor) Eg:
3 Gerunds (Ving)
V-ing………….+ Verb (singular form) Eg:
4 Certain expression of time, money, distance…
Eg: hours is ……… miles is ……… 20 dollars is ………
5 Singular nouns with plural forms (subjects, diseases…)
Eg: a b
6 Certain collective nouns indicating groups of animals.
A ……… of birds/sheep A ……….of cattle
A ……….of fish A ……… of dogs
A ……… of lions/ horses Eg:
7. A clause:
(2)8. Two or more nouns indicating one person or thing connected with “and”
Eg: English teacher and headmaster (come/comes) to our class Bread and butter (is/are) my favourite meal in the morning The white and black raincoat (were/was) washed yesterday 9 a One of + the + plural noun + verb (singular form) Each of these
Every of those my Eg:
b One + singular noun + verb (singular form) Each
Every Eg:
10. Each + singular Noun + singular Noun + Verb (singular form) Every
Eg:
II. Plural Verbs:
1 Plural nouns:
Eg:
2 Two or more singular Nouns connected with “and”
Eg:
3 Certain nouns which are always plural: trousers, jeans, socks, glasses, pants, scissors,…
Note : A pair of shoes + singular V
4 Both, many, several, few, some + of…
Eg: Both………
(3)The young, the old, the deaf, the dumb, the disabled, the poor, the rich, the living, the dead, the injured, the handicapped (người tàn tật),…
Eg:
6 The English + Verb (plural form)
The Vietnamese English people Vietnamese people
Eg: The Chinese (is/are) hardworking
Japanese (are/is) not widely used in the world 7 A lot of, lots of, a great deal of… + plural Noun. Eg:
III Singular or plural verbs:
1 N1 + on/in/of + N2 + Verb (………)
with
together with along with accompanied by as well as
Eg: John along with his classmates (are/is) going on a trip tomorrow Maths, physics as well as chemistry (are/is) my favourite subjects My friend with his family (live/lives) in Hanoi
2 Neither + N1 + nor + N2 + verb (……… )
Either or
Eg: Neither she nor I (is/are/am) to this work
It is her friends or she who (have/has) to make decision
3 a A number of + plural noun + verb(plural form/ singular form)
b The number of + plural noun + verb (plural form/ singular form) Eg: The number of students in my class (are/is) 52
A number of people (wants/want) to go abroad for their holiday
4 Some of + unc.n + singular Verb
(4)None of
a None of + the/this/that/my + singular noun + verb(singular form)
Eg:
b None of the /these/those/my + plural noun + verb (plural form)
Eg:
5 a No + singular/ uncount noun + verb( singular form) b. No + plural noun + verb (plural form)
Eg: a b
6 Collective nouns:
Team, family, army, public, committee, class, club, crowd, government, jury, congress, minority, majority… + singular noun + singular verb
+ plural noun + plural verb Eg: Majority student (have/has) done homework
Majority of students (have/has) done homework
7 Relative pronouns
Singular N + who + singular verb Plural N which plural verb Note:
Years (go) by quickly since they graduated from the university have/has gone
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