ENGLISH 7 REVIEW CLASS

WELCOME TO ENGLISH 7 REVIEW CLASS

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT (RULES 6-10)

RULE 6

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

• referring to a group as one unit - SINGULAR

• referring to individual members of the group - PLURAL

RULE 7

QUANTITY

• TIME, MONEY, and MEASUREMENT take a singular verb.

RULE 7

QUANTITY

• TIME, MONEY, and MEASUREMENT take a singular verb.

RULE 8

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS (Singular)

• The following indefinite pronouns take singular verb.

​anybody	​each	​everything	nothing​	​someone
anyone​	everybody​	​no body	​one	​something
anything​	everyone​	no one​	somebody​	​

RULE 9

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS (Plural)

• The following indefinite pronouns take plural verb.

​both	​few
many​	​several

RULE 10

INDEFINITE PRONOUNS (Singular / Plural)

• The following indefinite pronouns take singular or plural verb depending on the context.

​all	​more	​none
any ​	​most	​some

BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS

THE FIVE BASIC SENTENCE PATTERNS

• S-TV

• S-IV

• S-TV-IO-DO

• S-LV-C

• S-TV-DO-OC

S-TV-DO

• S = Subject

• TV = Transitive Verb

• DO = Direct Object

Direct object answers the question "WHAT?" or "WHO?"

S-IV

• S = Subject

• IV = Intransitive verb

S-IV patten has no object

S-TV-IO-DO

• S = Subject

• TV = Transitive verb

• IO = Indirect Object

• DO = Direct Object

Indirect Object answers the question "For whom?" or "For what?"

Direct Object answers the question "What?" or "Who?"

S-LV-C

• S = Subject

• LV = Linking Verb

• C = Complement

Linking verbs are commonly the following is, are, was, were, and am

Complement describes the subject. It can be a noun or an adjective.

S-TV-DO-OC

• S = Subject

• TV = Transitive Verb

• DO = Direct Object

• OC = Object Complement

Object Complement describes the Direct Object. It can be a noun or an adjective.