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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