REVIEW: Subject and verb agreement
I. General Rules : _ Subject (singular) --> Verb (singular) Eg: Mary gets up early. _ Subject (plural) --> Verb (plural) Eg: Mary and Daisy always get up early II. Special Cases : 1. Subject 1 + and + Subject 2 --> Verb (plural) (S1 và S2 là 2 hay 2 ) Eg: _ The secretary and the treasurer were present. _ Oil and water do not mix. Subject 1 + and + Subject 2 --> Verb (singular) (S1 và S2 làcùng 1 hay 1 ) Eg : _ The singer and doctor is coming () _ Bacon and egg is my favorite dish. 2.Each / either..........................each/ either Many a + Noun (singular) + and + many a + Noun (singular) + Verb (singular) Every.......................................... every Eg: Each boy and each girl has a seat. Many a teacher and many a student has attended the lecture. Nobody / Somebody / Everybody / Everything + Verb (singular) 3.Subject 1 + of + Subject 2 + Verb --> Verb theo Subject 1 Ngoài "of" còncó like, with, along with, together with, in addition to, as well as, no less than, besides. Eg: The study of languages requires time. The president, together with his advisors, is coming. They, no less than Tom, were eager to start. The manager, as well as his assistant, has arrived. The number of students is 40. 4. Either/ Neither/ Not only + Subject 1 + or/ nor/ but also + Subject 2 + Verb ---> Verb theo Subject 2 Eg :Either you or I am wrong. Neither he nor his friends are able to come. 5.Plural Noun of Time () ----> Verb (singular) .........................Measure () .........................Money () .........................Distance () Eg : Twenty dollars is too much to pay for this book. 6.All ----- referring to things --> Verb (singular) All ----- referring to people ---> Verb (plural) Eg : All is calm. () All are Vietnamese. 7.None / The majority of/ Fractions + of + Noun + Verb --> Verb . Eg : Half of the money is stolen. Half of the students are English. None of the money is mine. The majority of students speak English. 8. Nouns plural in form (luôncó `s`) but singular in meaning --> Verb (singular) _ News, mumps, sickets, measles, mathematics, physics, phonetics, linguistics, politics, athletics... Eg: The news is goods. Mathematics is an important subject. 9.Nouns always in singular --> Verb (singular) _ Furniture, equipment, machinery, traffic, information, knowledge, money, advice, progress, luggage, homework, housework, merchandise... Eg: There is much traffic during rush hours. 10.A title of a book, story --> Verb (singular) The name of a country, town, place --> Verb (singular) Eg: "Gulliver`s Travels" is an amusing book. The United States, ThePhillipines ... 11. Nouns always in plural --> Verb (plural) _ Cattle, people, police, scissors, pliers, tongs, trousers, pants, shorts, jeans, glasses, goods, compasses... Eg: Cattle are grazing. 12.Adjectives used as nouns --> Verb (plural) _ The blind (), the rich () .... Eg : The English are used to driving on the left. () 13.Collective Noun --> Verb (singular) Collective Noun --> Verb (plural). _ Collective noun : Family, commitee, team, crowd, public, congress, parliarment, class, army. Eg : His family is rich. (1 ) His family are having dinner. () 14.Relative Pronoun --> Verb (singular) or (plural). Eg: It is I who am to go.
Exercise 1: Choose the best answer
1. Every country (has / have) __________ a national flag.
2. The cattle ( is/ are)_________ going to be sold with the farm.
3. The house is empty. Nobody (live / lives ) _________ there.
4. The old in my country( are/ is) _________ taken care of by their children.
5. Both of Ann’s sisters (is / are) _________ married.
6. Either my answer or your anwers (is / are) __________ wrong.
7. A number