Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise

Exercise : Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise.

                Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.

1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.

- Annie and her brothers are at school.

2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.

- Either my mother or my father is coming to the meeting.

3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.

- The dog or the cats are outside.

4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.

- Either my shoes or your coat are always on the floor.

5. George and Tamara (doesn’t, don’t) want to see that movie.

- George and Tamara don't want to see that movie.

6. Benito (doesn’t, don’t) know the answer.

- Benito doesn't know the answer.

7. One of my sister (is, are) going on a trip to France.

- One of my sister is going on a trip to France.

8. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.

- The man with all the birds lives on my street.

9. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.

- The movie, including all the previews, take about two hours to watch.

10. The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.

- The players, as well as the captain, wants to win.

11. Either answer (is, are) acceptable.

- Either answer are acceptable.

12. Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.

- Every one of those books is fiction.

13. Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I’ve seen.

- Nobody know the trouble I’ve seen.

14. (is, are) the news on at five or six?

- Are the news on at five or six?

15. Mathematics (is, are) john’s favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea’s favorite subject.

- Mathematics is john’s favorite subject, while Civics is Andrea’s favorite subject. 

16. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these day.

- Eight dollars is the price of a movie these day.

17. (is, are) the tweezers in this town.

- Are the tweezers in this town.

18. Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner’s.

- Your pants is at the cleaner’s.

19. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!

- There was fifteen candies in that bag. Now there is only one left!

20. The committee (Debates, debate) these question carefully.

- The committee debates these question carefully.

21. The committee (leads, lead) very different lives in private.

- The committee lead very different lives in private.

22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.

- The Prime Minister, together with his wife, greets the press cordially.

23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.

- All of the CDs, even the scratched one, are in this case.

Subject Verb Agreement

hello what's up. Now I will explain briefly about Subject Verb Agreement. Well I will start from the first part.


What is Subject?
- Subject is person/people/thing(s) that do the activity.

• i
• you
• they
• we 
• she 
• he 
• it 

What is Verb?

- Verb is word to describe an action, state or occurren, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence. 

Action Verb

• Also know as MAIN VERB
• Action verb are words that express action (give, eat, walk, etc.) or possession (have,own,etc.)
• Action verb can be either transitive (with object ) or intransitive (without object).

example;

- He plays basket ball every thursday night.

Lingking Verb

- A lingking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that renames or describes the subject. 

1. To Be: is, am, are, was, were.

 Example:

 I am batman.

2. Verb: seem, appear, become, grow, remain, get, prove, turn, look, sound, smell, taste, feel.

Example:

I feel sad

HELPING VERBS

Helping verbs are used before action or linking verbs to convey additional information regarding aspects of possibility (can, could, etc.) or time (was, did, has, etc.)

1.      MODALS always function as Helping Verbs.

2.      MODALS : can, could, may, might, shall, will, ought to, should, would.

Examples:

Kenta is going to west java

MAIN RULE OF  “Subject Verb Agreement”

Only the subject affects the verb.

RULE 1

   Subjects and verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of the concept.

Example:

- The cat growls when it is confused

- The cat growl when they are confused

RULE 2

Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.

Example:

-The dog, who is chewing on my jeans, is usually very good. 

RULE 3

Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.

Example:

- The flower of the rainbow are beautiful.

RULE 4

When sentences start with “there” or “here,” the subject will always be place dafter the verb, so care needs to be taken to identify it correctly.

Example:

- There is a problem with the balance sheet. Here are the papers you requested.

RULE 5

If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.

Example:

- Febry and Wahyu are jumping over the mall.

RULE 6

The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same person or thing.

Example:

- Bakso and takoyaki is my dad's favorite dish.

RULE 7

If one of the words each, every, or no comes before the subject, the verb singular.

Example:

- No eating or drinking is allowed.

RULE 8

If the subjects are both singular and are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also the verb is singular.

Example:

- Kenta or Nopia is to blame for the accident.

RULE 9

      The only time when the object of the preposition decides plural or singular verb forms is when noun and pronoun subjects like some, half, none, more, all, etc. are followed by a prepositional phrase. In these sentences, the object of the preposition determines the form of the verb.

Example:

- All of the teacher is gone.

- All of the teachers are gone.

RULE 10

The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time.

Example:

- Four quarts of oil was required to get the car running.

RULE 11

If the subjects are both plural and are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also, the verb is plural.

Example

- Dogs and cats are both available at the pound.

RULE 12

If one subject is singular and one plural and the words are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also, you use the verb form of the subject that is nearest the verb.

Example:

- Either the cat or the elephant has escaped from the zoo.

- Neither the elephant nor the cat have escaped from the zoo.

RULE 13

Indefinite pronouns (everything, anything, everyone, someone, somebody, nothing, etc) typically take singular verbs.

Example:

- Everybody wants to be loved.

RULE 14

Except for the pronouns (few, many, several, both, all, some) that always take the plural form.

Example:

- Few were left alive after the tsunami.

RULE 15

If two infinitives are separated by and they take the plural form of the verb.

Example:

-To walk and to chew gum require great skill.

RULE 16

When gerunds are used as the subject of a sentence, they take the singular verb form of the verb; but, when they are linked by and, they take the plural form.

Example:

- Playing football and playing piano are my hobbies.

RULE 17

Collective nouns like family, committee, herd, senate, class, crowd, etc. usually take a singular verb form.

Example:

- The herd is stampeding.

RULE 18

Titles of books, movies, novels, etc. are treated as singular and take a singular verb.

Example:

- Habibie and ainun has reached Top 3 Best movie indonesia.

2 things that i always bring everywhere i go

Hallo what's up guys. Now I will post about the task of the English language about '' two things that i always bring everywhere i go ''. Actual important things I always carried no more than 2. But I would say two things only.
The first is the mobile phone along with headsets, chargers, and POWERBANK. Because I really like to listen to music when bored. I can also play games via mobile phone, photographed with close relatives and take a photo of the moment that wonderful..With carry a cell phone, I can also read the news easily via mobile phones. And many more usability handpone when I take it wherever I go. Maybe it was the reason why I have to carry a cell phone with me wherever I go.


And secondly, I always carried items are watches. why did I choose a watch? Because I felt very confident when I wear a watch. In addition, I also can see the time easily without looking at the phone or by asking someone. and another reason why I chose watches, other than we can see the time very easily. Watches can also be a personal style in my opinion. This may be the reason for my 2nd choice.


Okay, up here in my blog post about the task of '' two things that i always bring everywhere i go ''.

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5 Tense

last Thursday I had just studied the types of tenses, and I will also tell you the formula tenses. and the first one:

1. Simple Present Tense

This tense is used to express the action habits, routines, or general facts.

(+) S + V1 (s / es)

(-) S + Do / Do + not + V1

(?) Do / Do + S + V1 +?

means:

S = Subject (I, you, they, we, she, he, it)

V1 = Verb 1 (study, open, etc.) If the subject is third person singular (she, he, it) we add "s" or "es".

Do / Does = Auxiliary Verb.

I, you, they, we, use "Do"; She, he it, use "Does".

For example:

-She Makes the cake.

-they Do not open the door.

-Does It open the door?

2. Simple Past Tense

a simple form of the verb to indicate that an event occurred in the past.

(+) S + V2

(-) S + Did Not + V1 +

(?) Did + S + V1 +?

For example:

-Did He come on time yesterday?

-The Party started at 10:00 a.m.

-Did You enough sleep last night?

3. Present / Continuous Tense

form of the verb used to express the action that is now in progress or planned in the future.

(+) S + Be + V ing

(-) S + Be + Not + V ing

(?) Be + S + V + ing?

(V ing = Verb + ing)

(Be = Auxiliary Verb)

Subject	Present	Past
I	Am	Was
You	Are	Were
They
We
She	Is	Was
He
It

For example:
- I'm spending my holiday on Kuta beach next month.

- The buses are arriving in an hour.
- I'm moving to West Jakarta this month.

4. Simple Future Tense

a form of the verb used to express that an action happens in the future, spontaneous or planned.

(+) S + Will + V1

(-) S + Will + Not + V1

(?) Will + S + V1 +?

For example:

-Wait A minute. I will change my clothes.

-I'm Visiting South Korea tomorrow.

-Will You marry me?

5. Present Perfect Tense

This tense is used to state an event that already occurred, and the result could still be felt.

(+) S + Has / Have + V3

(-) S + Has / Have + Not + V3

(?) Has / Have + S + V3 +?

For example:

-I've Read this book.

-She Has called you three times.

-The Rain's just stopped.

More example (actually some assignment from my college teacher):

1. She drank coffee. (Simple Past Tense)

2. They have started the course. (Present Perfect Tense)

3. Ana and Linda were opening the account. (Past Continuous Tense)

4. The bank closes at 5 p.m. (Simple Present Tense)

5. The dog ran through the park. (Simple Past Tense)

it is 5 kinds of tenses that we often use.

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Okay I'll share a little knowledge about the use of the word "In," On, And "At". sometimes we wonder use the word, In, On, and At, and sometimes we also continue to make mistakes in words menggunanakan In, On and At.
For example:
- Kenta was born in 1998.
- Kenta was born on February 23th.
- Kenta was born at 9:15 AM.

it may be one common example that we often find in the environment around us, I will briefly describe the sense of each word In, On, and At.


'' In '' is used when we only mention the city and the country, so it was used for public places.
For example:
-We stayed in Pontianak.
-He worked in jakarta.
-they had studied in the city of london.


'' On '' is used to address or point mentioned is incomplete, so it is used to describe a place in the block, but it is not complete
For example:
-He lived on the street danau sentarum.
-I work at the post office.
-I want to eat in Lamongan.


'' At '' is used to indicate the place is said to complete.
For example:
-I live on the road east bekasi 2 no.17a.
-He studied at SMK 3 Pontianak.
-We'll meet at the coffee shop Pontianak.



Well, it's probably a little explanation about the use of the word In, On, and At.
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My Favorite Selfie

selfie ? what is that? I think selfie is a matter that must be done by a few people to capture a moment, a moment with friends, family, and at the moment when we were vacation with family. in my opinion, Selfies as well as a method to measure the level of my confidence in the front of the camera in a way memposti results of the selfie photos to social media such as instagram. and I also did not like to take pictures selfie, because selfie can cause adverse effects if done to excess. but I also keep a few of my favorite selfie photos. you curious? let's look at this

as I said earlier, selfie can be used as a method to capture a moment. moment where we can take the time to closest friends, although in selfie picture was not all my friends who come to take pictures selfie. 

why I really like the selfie photo? to be honest, because I was not too confident when my own selfie photo. but I was very confident when I take pictures selfie together, and I am very confident in front of the camera when I take pictures selfie together.

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My Reason Choosing My Study Major at Tanjungpura University

My name is ismail Kenta Okada was born in the old city of Pontianak February 23, 1998 and im 18 years now. I finished my school in SMK KEMALA Bhayangkari 1 JAKARTA, and I continued my education at the university Tanjungpura, and the reason I went to university Tanjungpura caused by several factors. The first is, university Tanjungpura prestigious universities in West Kalimantan, Tanjungpura university also has several institutions in collaboration with other universities outside Kalimantan. cooperation in the field of academic and non-academic.

And another reason why I want to continue at university Tanjungpura is I want to make achievements in Tanjungpura university and I want to raise the name of western Borneo in music. I'm probably not very proficient in academics, but I believe I could lift Western Borneo name in the field of music.

And why I chose the electric Engineering? As my previous post, I have a background in engineering, so I thought I better continue with the skills I have. is not easy to get into university Tanjungpura, rivals are so many different areas. and I am grateful because I can continue their education at the university Tanjungpura. I started to like the majors and the university that I choose, and i enjoy it.

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introduce

hai
my name kenta .  i was born in pontianak at 23 february 1998, i have a sister and she is very ugly hahaha.
and my hobby is music, im a very like EDM or electronic dance music, its make me happy and make me feel enjoy to listening.  im like beatbox i learning beatbox for about 7 years, beatbox its my style and beatbox its job. i very like beatbox .

beatbox have a some genre  such as trap, dubstep, deephouse, drum and bass, junggle, etc.
if you want to know about beatbox, please cek my instagram @ismailkentaokada .



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