Subject-Verb Agreement 2

SUBJECT-VERB
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SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
Subject-Verb Agreement means

that subjects and verbs must always
agree in number. Not only does
a verb change its form to tell time,
but it also can change its form to
indicate how many subjects it has.
Rules of Subject-Verb Agreement
📌 If the subject is singular,

the verb must be singular too.
e.g.
Papaya salad and sticky rice is
my favorite dish.
📌 If the subject is uncountable,

the verb must be singular too.
e.g.
Education is the key
to success.
❤Singular Verbs include:
✅ is ✅ am
✅ was ✅ has
✅ does
✅ V.1 (s, es) in Present Simple
Tense
🌈If the subject is plural,

the verb must also be plural.
e.g.
He and his family live
in Bangkok.
🌈If the subject is plural noun,

Plural nouns include people, police,
cattle, etc.
🌈If the subject is plural noun,

e.g.
People work hard to meet
their goals and deadlines.
🌈Some
If the subject
nouns can
is plural
be used with
noun,
Singular
the verb or
must
Plural
alsoVerbs.
be plural.
🏢 There are headquarters,
means, barracks, crossroads,
species etc.
e.g.
Newspaper and televisions are

means of mass communication.
The company's headquarters is
is in Amsterdam.
❤Plural Verbs include:
✅ are ✅ were
✅ have ✅ do
✅ V.1 (without s, es) in Present
Simple Tense
🖌Each+Singular Noun+Singular
Verb.
e.g.
Each student needs to
hand in the assignment by tomorrow.
🖌Each+Plural Noun+Singular
Verb.
e.g.
Each of the paintings has
a story.
🖌When an indefinite pronoun is
the subject of a sentence, it has to
agree in number with the sentence's
verb.
e.g.
Does anybody need help?
🖌 When an indefinite pronoun is

negative, it has to be a singular
verb.
e.g. Nothing is possible.
🖌 no , none of+Singular verb

e.g.
None of us believe/believes
in past lives.
Indefinite Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns
When a phrase comes between the

subject and the verb , remember that
the verb still agrees with the subject,
not the noun or pronoun in the phrase
following the subject of the sentence.
e.g.
Women, as well as men,
have the right to vote.
🖌Gerund (Verb+ing: V.ing)

+Singular Verb.
e.g.
Being supported by someone
gives you strength.
🖌one of the + Plural noun

+Singular Verb.
e.g.
One of the countries I would
like to visit is Japan.
🖌all (of)/ most (of)/ some (of) +

Singular or Uncountable Noun
+Singular Verb.
e.g. All of the leftover food was
given to the homeless.
🖌Any+ Singular Noun +Singular

Verb.
e.g.
Any talking in this class is
forbidden.
🖌all (of)/ most (of)/ some (of) +

Plural Noun +Plural Verb.
e.g.
All of the students wear
school uniforms.
!
🖌Fractions ( )+Singular Verb.
"
e.g.
Half of what he says is
meaningless.
🔴But
Two-third of the books are
mine.
Fifty percent of the computers
today have no CD-ROM drives.
🖌A number of + Plural Verb.

e.g.
A number of traffic accidents
caused by slippery roads have
been reported throughout Bangkok.
🖌The number of + Singular Verb.

e.g.
The number of people
the company needs to hire is
fifteen.
🖌The+Adjective+Singular Verb.
e.g.
The poor get poorer,
the rich get richer.
🖌 When a collective noun, such

as family, group, committee, or
class, is the subject, the verb will
be singular.
🖌Collective Noun + Plural Verb.

e.g.
The staff are being instructed
how they can use the machine
safely.
🌿 Collective nouns are words that

imply more than one person but are
considered singular and take a singular
verb. Some examples are group, team,
committee, family and class.
🌿Collective Noun + Singular Verb.

e.g.
The team is probably going to
win this match.
🌿 When the subject is a unit of

measurement of time, distance,
money, weight, etc. The unit is
considered singular, and the verb
will be singular.
e.g.Three kilometers is too far
to walk.
One hundred baht is
perfectly enough for me to spend
in a day.
🌿 A few nouns, such as

economics, mumps, measles,
mathematics, statistics, news or
Proper Nouns ending with s end in
s but are considered singular.
e.g.
The news tonight has to be
good.
Mathematics is never easy
for me.
🌿 In sentences beginning with

"there is" or "there are, the
subject follows the verb. Since
"there" is not the subject, the verb
agrees with what follows the verb.
e.g.
There are seven days in
a week.
There is nowhere to sit.
There are not any chairs.
🌿 In sentences beginning with

here is" or "here are, the subject
follows the verb. Since "there" is
not the subject, the verb agrees
with what follows the verb.
e.g.
Here are the papers

you requested.
Here is my phone number.
🌿 Conditional Sentences
In type 2 conditional sentences,
it is correct, and very common, to
say "if I were" instead of "if I was.
e.g.
If I were you, I would do

what I had told.
I wish Jaehyun were here.
🌿 Some nouns have the same form in

the singular and the plural. There are
sheep, fish, salmon, shrimp, deer and
offspring. Using singular or plural verbs
depends on the meaning of the
sentences.
e.g.
The fish tastes very good.

A salmon is a large
silver-colored fish.
🌿 Words in Latin have different

singular and plural forms, so plural
nouns are used with singular verbs.
e.g. Singular form is datum.
My data is lost.
🌿 Co-ordinating Conjunctions
🌼 Neither nor
Neither John nor his friends know
as they were absent that day.
🌼 Either or
Is either the boy or those girls
responsible for this?
🌼 Not only but also
Not only John but also his classmates
were surprised at the new teachers
teaching techniques.
🌼 Neither of+ Plural Noun+ Singular
Verb
Neither of them knows the way,
do they?
🌼 Either or+ Plural Noun+ Singular
Verb
Either of them is ok.
🌼 Both of + Plural Noun+ Plural Verb
e.g.
Both of us know him.
Both doors are open.
🌼 Both and .+ Plural Verb
e.g.
Both Robin and his lover are
coming with us.
🌼Subject+both+Verb+and+Verb
e.g.
He both acts and directs.

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SUBJECT-VERB

Subject-Verb Agreement means

📌 If the subject is singular,

📌 If the subject is uncountable,

🌈If the subject is plural,

🌈If the subject is plural noun,

🌈If the subject is plural noun,

Newspaper and televisions are

🖌 When an indefinite pronoun is

🖌 no , none of+Singular verb

When a phrase comes between the

🖌Gerund (Verb+ing: V.ing)

🖌one of the + Plural noun

🖌all (of)/ most (of)/ some (of) +

🖌Any+ Singular Noun +Singular

🖌all (of)/ most (of)/ some (of) +

🖌A number of + Plural Verb.

🖌The number of + Singular Verb.

🖌 When a collective noun, such

🖌Collective Noun + Plural Verb.

🌿 Collective nouns are words that

🌿Collective Noun + Singular Verb.

🌿 When the subject is a unit of

🌿 A few nouns, such as

🌿 In sentences beginning with

🌿 In sentences beginning with

Here are the papers

If I were you, I would do

🌿 Some nouns have the same form in

The fish tastes very good.

🌿 Words in Latin have different

He both acts and directs.

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