Resume Duty: SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

ADIL KA TALINO BACURAMIN KA SARUGA BASENGAT KA JUBATA
(ARUS...ARUS...ARUS)

SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

What is Subject? 

• Subject is the person/people/things(s) that do the activity. I, you, they, we, she, he, it, my dad and my mom, linda, sissi, linda, and sussi, the bank, the flight schedule, etc.

What is Verb?

• Verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a setence. 

Action Verb

• Also know as MAIN VERB
• Action verbs are words that express action (  give, eat, walk, etc. ) or possession ( have, own, etc. )
• Action verbs can be either transitive ( with object ) or in transitive ( without object ).

Linking Verbs 

• A linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that renames or describes the subject.

 Helping Verbs

• Helping verbs are used before action or linking verbs to convey additional information regarding aspects of possibilty (can, could, etc) or time (was, did, has, etc).

MAIN RULE OF "Subject Verb Agreement"

 

Rule 1

Subjects and verbs must agree in number this is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of the concept.

Rule 2
Don`t get confused by the words that come betwen the subject and verb; they do not affect 

Rule 3

Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.

Rule 4

When sentences start with “there” or “here” the subject will always be placed after the verb, so care needs to be taken to identify it correctly.

Rule 5

If two subjects are joined by and they typically require a plural verb form.

Rule 6

The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same person or thing.

Rule 7

If one of the words each, every, or no comes before the subject, the verb is singular.

Rule 8

If the subjects are both singular and are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also the verb is singular.

Rule 9

The only time when the object of the preposition decides plural or singular verb forms is when noun and pronoun subjects like some, half, none, more, all, etc. Are followed by a prepositional phrase. In these sentences, the object of the preposition determines the form of the verb.

Rule 10

The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time.

Rule 11

If the subjects are both plural and are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also, the verb is plural.

Rule 12

If one subject is singular and one plural and the words are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also, you use the verb form of the subject that is nearest the verb.

Rule 13

Indefinite pronouns (everything, anything, everyone, someone, somebody, nothing, etc) typically take singular verbs.

Rule 14

Except for the pronouns (few, many, several, both, all, some) that always take the plural form.

Rule 15

If two infinitives are separated by and they take the plural form of the verb.

Rule 16

When gerunds are used as the subject of a sentence, they take the singular verb form of the verb; but, when they are linked by and, they take the plural form.

Rule 17

Collective nouns like family, committee, herd, senate, class, crowd, etc. usually take a singular verb form.

Rule 18

Titles of books, movies, novels, etc. are treated as singular and take a singular verb.