Subject verb agreement

Subject and Verb Agreement
Welcome to our class
Sing. S + Sing. V
Daisy does her homework every day.
Peter likes swimming a lot.
Plural S Plural V
They live in a very nice flat.
Children need to have a good education.
S (Uncount. Noun) Sing. V
The news makes her sad
do
like
live
need
make
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S + [Prepositional phrase] + V
The danger of forest fires is not to be taken lightly.
The study of languages is very interesting.
The ideas in that book are interesting.
(Prepositional phrase has no effect on the Verb)
be
be
be
2
S1 with S2 + VS1
together with
along with
as well as
accompanied by
( these expressions have no effect on the Verb)
The actress, along with her manager and some friends, is going to a party tonight.
Mr. Robbins, accompanied by his wife and children, is arriving tonight.
be
be
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Every body has to study hard

If anyone calls, tell him I’ll be back later.
anybody
anyone
anything
any + sing. N
no one
nobody
nothing
each
somebody
someone
something
every
everybody
everyone
everything



S(indefinite pronoun) Sing.V
have
call
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none + of the + Uncount. N + sing.V
None of the news is believable.
none + of the + plural count N + pluralV
None of the students have finished the exam yet.
sing. N
uncount. N
{
}
no +
sing.V
no + plural N + plural V
No example is relevant to this case.
No examples are relevant to this case.
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Neither you nor Bill is going to the beach today.
Either John or you are going to the beach today.
Neither Ann nor her friends are going to class today.
either
neither
{
}
+ S1 +
{
}
or
nor
+ S2
VS2
be going
be going
be going
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Ten dollars is not enough to buy a car.
Five years is a long time for her to wait.
Collective Nouns indicating time, money, and measurements used as a whole are Singular Verb
be
be
7

Teaching is my career.

Growing flowers is her hobby.
S is a Gerund + Sing. V
be
be
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What I know is very simple.

That you get good marks makes your parents happy.
S is a Clause + Sing. V
be
make
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a number of + plural N + plural V…
the number of + plural Noun + sing.V…
A number of students are going to the class picnic.
The number of days in a week is seven.
The number of residents who have been questioned on this matter is quite small.
(a number of = many)
be going
be
be
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Tom and Mary go to school every day.

The actress and her manager are going to a party tonight.
S1 and S2 + Plural V

go
be going
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S gồm nhiều N nhưng chỉ cùng 1 người hay 1 vật.
Những N tận cùng với "s" như tên các môn học, các ngành hoạt động hay các chứng bệnh.
use Sing.V when:
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Do Practice1
Subject & Verb Agreement.
Student’s book p. 120
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