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People usually believes / believe their friends more than their family members.... Subject-verb agreement: Initial task.[r]

(1)

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

(2)

• News

• A disease (measles, mumps, shingles)

• A subject (mathematics, statistics, linguistics, politics) • A distance (2 kilometers)

• A weight (20 kilos)

• A sum of money (50 dollars) • A period of time (5 years)

Subject-verb agreement: Singular verbs

Let’s take a taxi Two hundred meters is / are too far for me to walk.

(3)

• Neither of + Noun • None of + Noun • Each

• Every

Each school girl and boy is / are holding a small flag in

their hand.

None of the students understands / understand Mr Phuoc’s lesson.

Subject-verb agreement: Singular verbs

(4)

• People • Police

• The + nationality (dân tộc)

• Trousers/shorts/glasses/pliers/ scissors

Subject-verb agreement: Plural verbs

Subject-verb agreement: Plural verbs

(5)

• A as well as B • A together with B • A of B • A including B

+V

Subject-verb agreement

Subject-verb agreement

(6)

• Not only A but also B • Either A or B • Neither A nor B

+V

Subject-verb agreement

Subject-verb agreement

(7)

• A number of … + plural V • The number of … + singular V

A number of students must work their way

thru college.

The number of students in a class at this

school is always kept under 20.

Subject-verb agreement

(8)

• All • Most • Half • Some • %

• X:Y

of + the + NOUN + V

Subject-verb agreement

Subject-verb agreement

Half of the teachers in SEAMEO is / are

(9)

Subject-verb agreement: Initial task

• Both John and I am / are happy on the wedding day • Half the apple is / are

rotten

• Two-thirds of his face is / are painted

(10)

• Not only the man but also his two wives is / are

miserable

• The Japanese likes / like drinking tea

• Neither of the dogs has / have been in love before • Statistics is / are so difficult

to study

(11)

• The women's courage during the flood (was) (were) exceptional.

• The majority of the TOEFL tests (is) (are) difficult.

• There are two evening flights to Atlanta that (leaves) (leave) before 7:00.

• Local news (is) (are) on TV every night at 5:30.

Subject-verb agreement

(12)

• Small amounts of poison (was) (were) found in the coffee cup.

• There (was) (were) much discussion about salary raises.

• Both the table and the chair (looks) (look) uncomfortable.

• A number of sheep (has) (have) died from a strange illness.

Subject-verb agreement

(13)

• That the houses are being put up for sale (is) (are) indicative of the economic situation

• The rock singer, along with his bodyguard, (was) (were) rushed away from the theater

• Only one of the fifty states in the United States (is) (are) an island

• The boat with 300 men, women, and children (was) (were) rescued by the Coast Guard

Subject-verb agreement

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