Subject Verb Agreement

What is subject? subject is the person/people/things that do the activity.

What is verb? verb is a word used to describe an action and forming the main part of the predicate of the sentence.

kind of verb:

action verb: is a verb for expressed subject doing an action or to declare that something happens.

linking verb: is the work that connect subject with the information or a description of the subject.

to be: is, am, are, was, were

example: i am happy

we were there

helpng verb: is the verb that appears before main verbs in a sentence for modification of verb.

example: tejo is (helpng verb) going (main verb) to florida

main rule of "subject verb agreement"

1. Subjects and verbs must agree in number.

2. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb

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

agreement.

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.

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

6. The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same

person or thing.

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

singular.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

verb.

Exercise : Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.
2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
6. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
7. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
10. The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.
11. Either answer (is, are) acceptable.
12. Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.
13. Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.
14. (Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.
17. (Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?
18. Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's.
19. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!
20. The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.
21. The committee (leads, lead) very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.

Two things that you have to bring everywhere you go

Good evening miss Dini and my friends

Back again with me Aditya Gilang Mahesa on this blog. At the weekend to three, we get the task from english language lucture us, here I will tell you two stuff that I always bring wherever go, please listen to me ok.
The first is Handphone or Smartphone, do you know what is smartphone?

Yes, Smartphone is a means of communication multi functionality now has a lot of people use it, from the child to adults already have it, now smartphone not only limited to do a and send a short message, but now the smartphone also used to play games, business, socialize through social media, and much more.
I usually using the smartphone to socialize through bbm, path, instagram, facebook and much more. And also to play games online.
The second is a wallet, a wallet to be the most important after the smartphone to be taken anywhere, because in a wallet, I save money, atm, stnk, photo, and various kinds of the card like the description of the blood, the card indentifikasi, and a sign of students.
If I forgot to bring one or two objects that I would numb hahaha...

Okay, I think my story to this week enough, i hope miss Dini and my friends understand with my story

Thank you.



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5 tenses we frequently use

Hello friend, good evening how are you?

Welcome back in my blog.
Now I want to tell you what I learned in English class with my friends and miss Dini. In the English class we learn about tense like Simple present tense, Simple past tense, Present/Past continuous tense, Simple Future Tense and Present perfect tense.
And we also get a lesson just like the use of on, in, and at. On you can use for non complete address, In you can use for city, town, and country, At you can use for specific place.
We also have complete the task given by miss dini about five tense above.

Exercise
Changed into the form of tenses above (+)
1. She (drink) coffee (s.past)
2. They (start) the course (pr.perfect)
3. Ana and Linda (open) the account (past cont)
4. The bank (close) at 5p.m (s.present)
5. The dog (run) through the park (s.past)

Answer
1. She drank coffee
2. They have stared the course
3. Ana and Linda were opening the account
4. The bank closes at 5p.m
5. The dog ran through the park

I think of learning had been enough.

Thank you.

"Your favorite selfie and why"

Hello friends how are you? back again with me hehe...
My name is Aditya Gilang Mahesa, i want finished my homeworks from miss dini, this homework must be posted before twenty four september two thousand sixteen. This morning i want to tell you about "Your favorite selfie and why". Do you know selfie? Yes selfie is a kind of self portrait photos taken personal by using a digital camera or camera phone. Now you can download applications for selfie in your smartphone, the applications such us B612, camera 360, snapchat and many others.Not all people like selfie but you must know i very like that.

I always selfie in special moment there are events , party and usually also in the classroom, i also selfie with my friends, my family, and my girl friend ups hehe...Do you know why i very like selfie? Because with selfie we can capture a very important moment, and in one day we can see the moment selfie it again without losing it.

I think its enough friend, i hope you understand my story, and you happy reading my story, if there are critics and suggestions please comment into my blog, for miss dini it is my second task in week two i also hope miss understand with my story.

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The tittle is "Your reason choosing your study major at Untan"

Hello friend its me Aditya Gilang Mahesa, welcome to my blog, i hope you would love my story hehe...
I have a homework from miss dini, she is my english language class lecture in engineering faculty, she want me write my reason choosing study major at Untan.
You must know i graduate from SNMPTN for enter engineering faculty, why i choose Tanjungpura university??? Because Untan is the best University in west borneo, Untan also one of the best university in indonesia, tanjungpura university also has several faculties such as engineering faculty , faculty of agriculture, forestry , science education, law , economics and many others.You know where Untan take place? Yes Untan take place in Pontianak, west borneo.
Untan also have accreditation in every faculty, and my direction accreditation electrical engineering is B, you know why i choose electrical engineering? Yes, because i very very like electric hehe, if we study about electric we can create a robot and also we can operating that haha...
Many people tell me why i choose electrical engineering actually its very trouble, and i answer "because its my dream" hehe you know its a simple answer.
In tanjungpura university i get new friends from other region as sambas, ketapang, mempawah, kapuas hulu, sanggau, sintang etc.
I think its enough, i hope you understand and now you know why i choose untan, why i choose electrical engineering, and for miss dini my first task has finished.
Thank you.

Welcome

  Halo readers, welcome  to my blog. well its actually my first blog..  later,  would like to share my activity on my college at TANJUNGPURA University especially my english learning activity in electrical engineering faculty. 

  its about al of my college homework and electrics engineering information  absolutely in english :p.

becanda hehe, tenang aja.. untuk mempermudah para readers  buat mengerti cakupan materi yang i'am (baca:Ayem) bagi, maka terjemahan materi-materinya juga bakalan mimin bagi kok.

  well, we going back to speak english now i wish that from this blog, i can share many information to you about electrical engineering and english learning activity in my college. thank you for read my first blog and follow yeah..