Subject-Verb-Agreement

Subject-Verb-Agreement

Basic Grammar Rules

A singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb.

Use the rule of

1) Superman's Spender (Singular Subject + Singular Verb)

2) Power Rangers cannot fit in 1 Spender (Plural Subject cannot be with Singular Verb; drop the 'S')

# Rule 1 : A subject will come before a phrase beginning with of. This is a key rule for understanding subjects. The word of is the culprit in many, perhaps most,subject-verb mistakes.

• wrong : A group of boys go fishing in the river near the village.

• correct : A groupof boys goes fishing in the rivernear the village. (group goes, not boys go)

# Rule 2 : Two singular subjects connected by or, either/or, or neither/nor require singular verb.

• correct : or -> My aunt or my uncle is arriving by train today.

• correct : either..or -> Either Fazirul or Syahbi is helping with the class decorations.

• correct : neither..nor -> Neither Appy nor Aleya is available.

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Practice 1 : Subject-Verb-Agreement

Complete the blank spaces with 'is', 'are', 'was', or 'were'.

1.Azizul Hasni Awang ____ among the world's best cyclist in the 2016 Olympics.

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2.In middle school, Hafiezi ___ so lazy.

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3.Haida's grandmother ___ ninety years old when she passed away.

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4.Mr Airiel ___ from London, people love him.

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5.___ the coffee still hot or can I get you another one?

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6.It ___ raining cats and dogs yesterday at around this time.

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7.Aqma's father ___ very rich, he can buy anything he wants.

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8.Dania and Aina ___ making a model plane right now.

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9.Farhana ___ playing the guitar at present.

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10.There___ dozens of durian on the trees in Nafilah's orchard now.