Subject dan Verb Agreement

Subject dan Verb Agreement

Each                            Singular                                   Singular                                  

Every                           Noun                           Verb

- Each book in library is          very interesting

S                      V                     C

- Every  girls and boys            are   in the class

                                          Is

Subjek yang di akui prepositional phrase , verb singular / plural ditentukan oleh subjeknya

-          The historical book  an that table  is          interesting

Sing S

-          The Fruit   price at those market s                        is          cheap

                       Sing S                                                  Sing V

Gerund sebagai subjek , verb hanis singular.

-          Eating vegetables is          good for your health

-          Walking in the park                       is          relaxing

Some Of

A Lot Of                                 Sing Noun => V. Sing

Most Of                                  Plural Noun => V.Plural

A Half Of

-          Some of books      are       hers   (plural)

-          Most of our assignment    is          easy   (singular)

One Of

Easy Of                                   Selalu Diikuti Plural

Every One Of                                     Plural Non => Verb singular

-          One of my friends             is          here

                                            

                                    Plural Noun     Singular Verb

-          The number   of     plural   noun , verb singular

                       Jumlah

-          A Number             of         plural noun , verb singular

Banyak / Sejumlah

-          A Number of student are late today

Sejumlah Mahasiswa telat hari ini

-          The Number of student in the class in 40

Jumlah mahasiswa dikelas ini 40

Contoh Kalimat Subject-Verb Agreement [subject= bold; verb= italic]:

·         The sun rises.

·         The stars shine.

·         Leo rarely eats white bread.

·         You go straight ahead then turn left.

Contoh Kalimat Subject-Verb Agreement [subject= bold; verb= italic; helping verb= underline]:

·         My boss always comes on time.

·         They like eating out.

·         He is working.

·         I do submit the task.

·         The manager has checked the documents.

·         The cat will have been sleeping (has-have TIDAK BERLAKU)

Contoh Kalimat Subject-Verb Agreement [subject= bold; helping verb=underline]:

·         The cat was sleeping.

·         We were roasting corn.

·         She drove fast. (TIDAK BERLAKU)

Contoh Kalimat Subject-Verb Agreement [subject= bold; linking verb= italic]:

·         Ricky is smart.

·         The children are naughty.

·         I was a stamp collector.

·         My books were borrowed by him.

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Latihan :

1.      The subject you will studying in this course (is,are) listed in syllabus

Ket: the subject (s) merupakan singular noun, maka verbnya (is) merupakan singular verb.

2.      The professor and the student (agree, agrees) on that point

Ket: karena merupakan singular noun, maka verb yang digunakan singular

3.      Almost every professors and student at the university (approves, approve)

Ket: karena merupakan singular noun, maka verb yang digunakan singular. Approves merupakan singular dan approve merupakan plural.

4.      Why (was, were) yoko and alex late for the meeting?

Ket : subjek plural, verb plural

5.      Some of fruit in this bowl (is, are) rotten

Ket : some of + singular noun, verb singular

6.      Most of movies (is,are) funny

Ket : some of + plural noun, verb plural

7.      Half of this money (is, are) yours

Ket : subjek singular, verb singular

8.      A lot of clothing in this store (is,are) on sale this week

Ket : a lot of + subject gerund, verb singular

9.      The number of employees in my company (is, are) approximately ten thousand

Ket : the number + plural noun, verb singular

10. Why (was, were) some of the students excused from the examination

Ket : some of + plural noun, verb plural