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.