English Club- (3rd Meeting)

Subject-verb Agreement (pre-test)

PRESENTED BY SORAYA

Multiple Choice

Knowing her ...... made him what he is.

• is

• are

• have

• has

Multiple Choice

Writing many letters ...... her happy.

• makes

• making

• is

• have

Multiple Choice

The crowd ..... wild with excitement.

• has

• was

• just

• have

Multiple Choice

Our team .... going to win the game.

• are

• were

• is

• was

Multiple Choice

A school of fish ..... being attacked by sharks.

• are

• were

• is

• was

Multiple Choice

Two miles .... too much to run i

• are

• were

• is

• was

Now it's time for us to discuss our materials today.

In this meeting we will be learning two more skills, those are:

Skill 3: Agreement of Gerund as Subject.

Skill 4: Agreement of Collective Nouns as Subject.

Subject-verb agreement.

Agreement of Gerund as Subject

Skill 3

Gerund as Subject

If a sentence begins with gerund (verb + ing), the verb must be in singular form.

examples:

• Knowing her has made him what he is.

• Writing many letters makes her happy.

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Open Ended

now please make one sentence of your own using gerund as the subject.

Agreement of Collective Nouns as Subject

Skill 4

Examples:

• The crowd was wild with excitement.

• Our team is going to win the game.

• My family is going to visit my married brother on the town tomorrow.

Subject | Subject

Subject verb agreement

What is Collective Nouns?

Words that indicate a number of people or animals known as collective nouns, collective nouns are indicates as singular. Have a look with the following nouns below, they are usually singular.

Subject verb agreement

Family

Team

Jury

Congress

Organization

Government

Group

Army

Majority*

Committee

Club

Minority

Class

Crowd

Public

Majority can either plural or singular. if it is alone is usually singular, but if it follows by plural noun, it usually plural.

e.g: -The majority believes that we are in no danger. (singular form)

-The majority of the students believe him to be innocent.

the following nouns are used to indicate groups of certain animals, they mean the same as group and thus are considered singular.

Subject verb agreement

Flock of birds, sheep

herd of cattle

pack of dogs, wolves

school of fish

pride of lions

example:

A school of fish is being attacked by the shark.

A pride of lions is sitting under the shade of big trees

Collective nouns indicating time, money, and measurements used as a whole are singular:

Subject verb agreement

example:

Two miles is too much to run in a day.

Twenty dollars is all I have right now.

Fifty minutes isn't enough to finish this test.

Open Ended

now please make one sentence of your own using collective nouns as the subject.

Subject-verb Agreement (post-test)

PRESENTED BY SORAYA

Multiple Choice

Washing with a special cream ..... recommended for scalp infections.

• are

• is

Multiple Choice

Not studying ...... caused him many problems.

• have

• has

• have been

• has been

Multiple Choice

English club .... held once until two times in a week.

• is

• are

• have been

• has been

Multiple Choice

The majority of the participants ..... from Canada.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

Twenty five dollars .... too expensive for that slippers.

• is

• are

Multiple Choice

I walk five miles away from my home which .... me exhausting.

• is

• was

• makes

• has

Thanks a lot for your participation today, see you soon at the next meeting.

Way to go!