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CAMILLA ZAHRA
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Subject
and verb agreement
§
Each singular
singular
Every
noun verb
Example
:
Ä
Each
person in the world
is very diverse
S v c
¯
Person
is singular so, that use verb “is”
Ä
Every
child and perent
is like here place
s
v c
¯
Every
were always followed singular verb or singular non.
§
Subjeck
were followed prepositional phrase, verb singular/plural determined by the
subject
Example
:
Ä
The
juice in the
refrigerator is delicious
Singular subject
¯
The
juice is singular subject so, that use verb “is”
Ä
The
bag at those markets
is very expensive.
Singular subject prular
must singular
¯
The
bag is singular subject and markets is plural , the verb must be use “is”
because determined by subject.
§
Gerund
as subject, verb must be singular.
Example
:
Ä Shopping is favorite activity my
friends
Gerund singular plural
¯
My
friends is plural, so that verb must be “is”
Ä
Playing dolls is
interesting
Gerund plural
singular
¯
Dolls
is plural , so that verb must be “is”
§
Some
of, a lot of, most of, and a half of singular
noun verb singular
Plural
noun verb plural
Example
:
Ä
Some
of comics are him
¯
Plural noun verb plural
Ä
A
lot of foods in here are from Indonesian food
¯
Plural
noun verb plural
Ä
Most
of subject is difficult
Singular singular
¯
Singular
noun verb singular
Ä
A
half of activity koala is sleeping
Singular singular
¯
Singular
noun verb singular
§
One
of, each of, and every one of always followed prural noun verb singular
Example
:
Ä
One
of my brothers is my home
Plural verb.singular
¯
Plural
noun verb singular
Ä
Each
of my sisters is bring drink
Plural verb.singular
¯
Plural
noun verb singular
Ä
Every
one of in markets is like music
¯
Plural
noun verb singular
§
The
number of were
always followed plural noun, verb singular
Example
:
Ä
The
number of students in school is vast
Plural verb singular
¯
plural
noun
verb singular
Ä
The
number of eggs in box is measly
§
A
number of were always
followed plural noun, verb plural
Example
:
Ä
A
number of dress in markets are cheap
¯
Plural
noun verb plural
Ä
A
number of children in here are cute