Assalammu’alaikum wr.wb
Today in class, we
were given the task to Resume the material "Subject Verb Agreement PPT Slide"
on the blog Mrs. Dini. And this is the Resume that I made:
After I studied the material in PPT slides, I can
find out “What is Subject?”, “What is VERB?”, “Kinds of VERB”, and "Main Rule Of Subject Verb Agreement”.
1.
Subject is the person/people/thing(s) that do the activity.
Example : I, you, they, we, she, he, it, my dad and my
mom, Linda and Afgan, the bank, the flight schedule, etc.
2.
Verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming
the main part of the predicate of a sentence.
3.
Kinds of VERB, Such as :
a)
ACTION VERB is Main Verb.
·Action verbs are words that express action or
possession. One Example : Laurissa raises her hand.
·Action verbs can be either transitive (with object) or
intransitive (without object). One Example : He was pontificating about art and
history.
b)
LINKING
VERBS
is A verb to link the subject of a sentence for a noun or adjective
·To Be: is, am, are, was, were.
One Example: Lisa is
in love with Jason.
·Verb: seem, appear, become, grow, remain, get, prove,
turn, look, sound, smell, taste, feel.
One
Example:
She looks pale.
c)
HELPING VERBS is are used before action
or linking verbs to convey additional information regarding aspects of
possibility or time. MODALS always function as Helping Verbs
such as could, may, might, shall, will, should, would. One example: The trip might (helping verb) be (main
verb) dangerous.
4.
The
main rule Subject Verb Agreement of as many as 18,
namely:
1)
Subjects and
verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the
background of the concept.
Examples:
The dog growls when it is angry.
2)
Don’t get
confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they
do not affect agreement.
Examples:
The dog, who is chewing on my jeans,
is usually very good.
3)
Prepositional
phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect
agreement.
Examples:
The colors of the rainbow are
beautiful.
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.
Examples:
There is
a problem with the balance sheet. Here are the papers you requested
5)
If two subjects
are joined by and, they typically
require a plural verb form.
Examples:
The cow and the pig are jumping over the moon.
6)
The verb is
singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same
person or thing.
Examples:
Red beans and rice is
my mom's favorite dish.
7)
If one of the
words each, every, or no comes before
the subject, the verb is
singular.
Examples:
No
smoking or drinking is allowed.
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.
Examples:
Jessica or
Christian is to blame for the accident.
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.
Examples:
All of the chicken
is gone.
10)
The singular verb
form is usually used for units of measurement or time.
Examples:
Four quarts of oil was
required to get the car running.
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.
Examples:
Dogs and cats are both
available at the pound.
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.
Examples:
Either the bears or the lion has escaped from the zoo.
13)
Indefinite
pronouns (everything, anything,
everyone, someone, somebody, nothing, etc) typically take singular
verbs.
Examples:
Everybody wants to be
loved.
14)
Except for the
pronouns (few, many, several, both, all, some) that always take the plural form.
Examples:
Few were left alive
after the flood.
15)
If two
infinitives are separated by and they take
the plural form of the verb.
Examples:
To walk and to chew
gum require great skill.
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.
Examples:
Standing in the water
was a bad idea.
17)
Collective nouns
like family, committee, herd, senate, class, crowd, etc. usually take a
singular verb form.
Examples:
The herd is stampeding.
18)
Titles of books,
movies, novels, etc. are treated as singular and take a singular
verb.
Examples:
The Burbs is a movie
starring Tom Hanks.
This resume that I created. I
hope I always remember the content of the material in the Subject Verb
Agreement PPT Slide.
Thank You :)
