Basic
Subject – Verb Agreement
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Singular
Verb
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Plural
Verb
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My friend
brings
a book.
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My
friends bring a book.
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Verb + s/es = singular
Noun + s/es = plural
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My
brother and sister bring abook.
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My
brother, sister, and cousin bring a
book.
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Two or more subjects connected by and require a plural verb.
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Every fruit and vegetable has vitamin.
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Each student
in this class is smart.
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Every and Each = singular verb.
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The
book in that library is interesting.
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Today my friend comes late.
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The
books in that library are interesting.
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Today my friends come late.
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Subject singular > Verb singular.
Subject plural > Verb plural.
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Smooking
is not good for healthy.
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Hanging
out with my friends is fun.
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Subject Gerund ( V-ing ) = singular verb.
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Subject
– Verb Agreement : Using Expressions of Quantity
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Singular
Verb
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Plural
Verb
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Some
of book
in that library is interesting.
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A
lot of my friend is
a singer.
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Half
of student was absen.
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None
of student comes late.
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Most
of person talks about global warming.
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Some
of books
in that library are interesting.
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A
lot of my friends are
a singer.
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Half
of students were absen.
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None
of students come late.
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Most
of people talk about global warming.
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Some
of, a lot of, half of, none of, most of
+ singular noun = singular verb.
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Some
of, a lot of, half of, none of, most of
+ plural noun = plural verb.
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One of my sisters is
a doctor.
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Each of my sisters is
a doctor.
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Every one of my sisters is
a doctor.
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One of, Each
of, Every one of + plural noun = singular
verb.
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The number of teachers
in this school is thirty.
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A number of
teachers
in this school are from Jakarta.
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The
number of + plural noun = singulat verb.
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A
number of + plural noun = plural verb.
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