Name: : Arif Eka Prasetya

Class : AB6B
NIM : 33202004

WRITTEN EXPRESSION
SKILL 2: AGREEMENT AFTER EXRESIONS OF QUANTITY

A particular agreement problem occurs when the subject is an expression of quantity such as all, most,
or some followed by preposition of. In this situation, the subject (all, most, or some) can be singular
or plural, depending on what follows the preposition off.

Most (of the meal) was delicious.

Singular

Most (of the meals) were delicious.

Plural

Most (of the food) was delicious.

Uncountable

Those sentences contain examples of the type of problems that are common on the TOEFL test.
All (of the book) were interesting.
Singular

Half (of students) is late to class.

Plural

The following chart outlines the key information that you should understand about subject /verb
agreement after expression of quantity.

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Exercise 2: each of following has quantity expression as the subjects once and the verb twice. Circle
the objects that the verb agree with. Then indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I)
__C___ 1. Half of students in the class arrive early.

___I____ 2. Some of fruit are rotten.

___C___ 3. All the next chapter contains very important

_ information.

__I___ 4. Most of people in the room is paying attention.

 ___C___ 5. Part of the soup is left on the stove.

___I____ 6. Some of the movie were just too violent for me.

___I____ 7. All of the details in the report need to be checked.

___C___ 8. Most of the money is needed to pay the bills.

_
___C___ 9. This first half of the class consist of lecture and
_ note taking.

___I____ 10. Some of the questions on the test was impossible

to answer.

SKILL 3: AGREMENT AFTER CERTAIN WORDS

Certain words in English are always grammatically singular, even though they might have plural
meaning.

Everybody in the theatre are watching the film attentively.

Even though we understand from this example that a lot of people are watching the film, everybody
is singular and requires a singular verb. The plural verb should be change into singular verb is
watching.

Exercise 2: each of following sentences contains one of the words that is grammatically singular but
has plural meaning. Underline the words once and the verb twice. Then indicate if the sentences are
correct (C) or incorrect (I).

___I____ 1. Anybody are welcome at the party.

___C___ 2. No one here is afraid of skydiving.

_
___C___ 3. Everyone in the world needs love and respect.
_
___I____ 4. Someone have to clean up the house.

___I____ 5. Each plan in the garden appear healthy and

strong.

___C___ 6. You should understand that anything is possible.

_
___I____ 7. Everything in the salad are good for you.
 ___I____ 8. Nobody in the class have completed the
assignment on time.

___I____ 9. I am sure that every detail have been considered.

___I____ 10. Everybody know the rules, but nobody is

following them.

TOEFL EXERCISE (SKILL 1-3)

___A____ 1. Nobody know when the process of glass-making

A B
was invented.
C D

___B___ 2. Sugars like glucose is made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

A B C D
atoms.

___C___ 3. Part of electricity used in the United States today come from
A B C
hydroelectric sources.
D

___A___ 4. The languages of the world presents a vast array of structural

A B
similarities and differences.
C D
___A____ 5. The rise of multinationals have resulted in a great deal of legal
A B
ambiguity because multinationals can operate in so many
C D
jurisdiction.

___A___ 6. All of the east-west interstate highways in the Unites States has
A
even numbers, while north-south interstate highways are odd-
B C
numbered.
D
C 7. When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud exploded in
A B
1987, a wave of neutrinos were detected on Earth.
C D

___C___ 8. Some of agricultural practices used today is responsible for

A B C
foresting desertification.
D
___C___ 9. Every open space in the targeted area that has grass and a few
A B
bushes are occupied by the white - crown sparrow.
 C D
___B___ 10. Krakatoa is remembered as the volcano that put so much ash into
A B
the air that sunset around the world was affected for two years
C
afterwards.
D