Agreement of Subject and Verb

Agreement of Subject and Verb
1. Indefinite pronouns as each, everyone, everybody, someone, no one, nobody, take a singular
verb.
Every shopper wants to get the most out of their peso.
Each of the winners in the contests receives a trophy.
Nobody was chosen to represent the school.
2. Use either singular or plural verb with any, such, or none depending upon their meaning in the
sentence.
None of the cake was eaten.
None of us are ready.
3. If the subject is all, more, most, part, or some and is followed by an “of phrase”, use a verb that
agrees with the subject of that “of phrase”.
All of that is mine. All of us are going.
Part of the ribbon has been cut. Part of the ribbons are frayed.
4. Collective nouns taken as a unit or as a whole takes singular verbs. When members of the
collective noun are thought of individually the noun takes a plural verb.
The class agrees on the date of its first reunion.
The class do not agrees on the project they have put up.
5. Compound subjects connected by “and” take a plural verb unless the subjects mean the same
person or thing or are closely associated in meaning. If different persons or items are meant,
plural verb is used.
Depression and pessimism are two states of mind that look alike.
My best friend and cousin is leaving for New York.
The president of the company and the general manager are here.
6. In compound subjects connected by either-or and neither-nor, the verb agrees with the nearest
subject.
Either you or I am not ready to solve the problem.
Either the boy scouts or their scout master is ready for the activity.
Either the student or his teachers are to blame.
7. The verb agrees with the subject not with the predicate word.
The main reason for his failure is his absences in the class.
My objection to illegal logging is the many dangers to be encountered like flash floods,
soil erosion etc.
8. The expression a number is plural; the expression the number is singular.

The number of childbirth is reduced to family planning and abortion.
A number of smuggled electronics were found in an old warehouse.
9. Words intervening between the subject and the verb do not affect the verb.
Gerry, with his friend is ready for the catering services.
Mr. Tan’s mansion including all the furnishing’s in it, was sold for 10 million pesos.
10. Nouns ending in s but singular in meaning take singular verbs.

Statistics is the subject that challenges Miriam most.
The news this morning is very alarming.
11. Use singular verbs with nouns that are always singular in form; use plural verbs with their
plural equivalents.
Bread, a slice/ a loaf loaves/ slices of bread
Furniture, a piece of pieces of furniture
Equipment pieces/ kinds of equipment
The furniture was bought from Laguna.

The pieces of furniture make the living room look cozy.
12. Use plural verbs with nouns generally used in the plural. Singular equivalents of some of these
nouns take singular verbs.
Scissors, trousers, pants, jeans, shorts, tongs, pliers
13. An amount of money, time, distance or a unit of measurement takes a singular verb.
With today’s expensive fare and food, five hundred pesos is not enough.
Three months vacation is what I need.
Six hundred tons is the capacity of the truck.
Ten meters is enough for the curtain.
14. Fractions are singular or plural depending upon the use of “of phrase”.
One third of the class was used as subject of this study.
One-fourth of the water melons are over ripe.
15. Words like some, a few, many take plural verb.

Many are called but few are chosen.
16. A verb that has a relative pronoun as its subject agrees with the antecedent of that pronoun.
Henry is one person who works hard.
Dina is one of the girls who usually arrive early.
17. The expression there is is followed by singular noun; the expression there are is followed by
plural.
There are many job opportunities in the U.S.
There is no electricity in the remote barrio.
18. When the subject is a title of a book, a clause, a quotation or a group of words expressing a
single idea, the verb is singular.
“Loneliness makes the loudest noise” is an ambiguous statement to some.
“Trees” is the title of the famous poem of Joyce Kilmer.
Women’s Journal is my favorite magazine.
19. It when used to introduce a sentence is followed by a singular verb whether the noun that
follows it is singular or plural.
It is the parents who should be responsible for their children.
20. In the use of arithmetical expressions, the following are accepted.

Ten plus ten is twenty.
One and one are two.
One-fourth of twelve is three.
Ten times ten is one hundred.
Twenty-five minus twelve is thirteen.
21. Adjectives used as nouns are considered plural.

The poor are blessed.
The blind, the deaf , and the mute need our government’s support.
First Quarterly Long Test in English 7
Name: ___________________________ Yr./Sec.: _______________

Date: _____________
I. Subject and Verb Agreement: Underline the correct form of the verb.
1. A great part of the tribes ( is, are ) Jews.

2. Ruben is just another of those teenagers who ( thinks, think ) much of themselves.
3. The best part of the book ( is, are ) the illustrations.
4. The whole series of police operations against drugs ( was, were) successful.
5. All possible means ( has, have) been adopted to ensure safety.
6. The committee who investigated the scam (was, were) men of unquestionable dignity.
7. The earth’s ( is, are) three-fourths water.
8. The rest of the members of the mountain climbers (was, were) lost.
9. The wages of sin ( is, are ) death.
10. Five thousand pesos (was, were) kept in the drawer.
11. Among the chief causes of students’ failure ( is, are) negligence and carelessness.
12. A tribe of Jews (forms, form) the dominant race of people in South of Israel.
13. The building together with all its equipment (was, were) razed by fire.
14. Politics in the Philippines ( is,, are) dirty.
15. The industrious (deserve, deserves) the award.
16. Neither the civilians nor the soldiers (was, were) badly hurt.
17. The graduating class (requests, request) the pleasure of your company.
18. A number of rebels (was, were) killed in the encounter in Mindanao.
19. There (is, are) many human rights violations during the martial law.
20. You, who (refuses, refuse) to testify is partly to be blamed.
II. Identification.
Identify what is asked. Choose your answer on the box below.

Setting characters plot exposition complication climax
Denoument point of view theme literature
_________________21. It is the time and location where the story takes.

_________________22. They are the make-believe persons who carry out the ation of the story.
_________________23. It lays out the main characters, their backgrounds, characteristics, interests, goals and
limitations.
_________________24. It is the onset of the major conflict in the plot.
_________________25. It is the story’s highest point which may take the shape of a decision, an action, an
affirmation, or a realization.
_________________26. It is the way the actions are arranged in the story.
_________________27. It determines who tells the story.
_________________28. It is the finishing of things right after the climax.
_________________29. It described as the significant truth about life and human nature.
_________________30. It is any body of written works that is considered to be an art form.
III. Answer briefly yet concisely.

A. Creation of the World
1. Who was Diwata?
2. What creation dis she make aside from the old man and old woman?
B. How the Earth was Created
1. How did Sualla create the first man and the first woman?
2. Why did Sinonggol turn the medicine into poison?
3. Tell how the earth was formed.
4. What is the origin of the following: rice, bananas, the wild pig, the rat? ( 4 pts. )
C. Why the Sky is High
1. Who were the two brothers?
2. According to the story, how did the moon and the stars originate?
3. Why did the woman tell the sky to rise higher?
IV. Spelling ( 1-18 )
I. Learning Objective
1. Use the parts/sections of a newspaper in locating desired information
II. Subject Matter

A. Topic; Using the parts/sections of the newspaper
B. References
C. Materials: clippings, newspapers, blank sheets of manila paper, pentel pens
III. Procedure
A. Preparatory Activities
Review
Invite the pupils to play the scrambled letters.
a. Group pupils into five’s.

b. Give each group an envelop containing sets of letters like D N X I L.
c. The leade of the class or the teacher reads the questions on the strips of paper
d. The group arranges the letters to form the correct word.
e. The group with the correct words formed is the winner. E.g. It contains a list of topics that are
arranged alphabetically with their pages.
Questions:
1. This page contains the contents of the book and pages.

2. It contains the right of the author to publish the book.
3. It contains the list of references used in the book.
4. It gives the purpose of the auhor in writing the book.
Motivation
1. Show samples of newspapers. Ask; have you seen these before? What do we call these? Are they important
to us?
2. Pose the question. What information do newspapers give us?
Dvelopmental Activities
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8. The expression a number is plural; the expression the number is singular.

10. Nouns ending in s but singular in meaning take singular verbs.

The furniture was bought from Laguna.

15. Words like some, a few, many take plural verb.

20. In the use of arithmetical expressions, the following are accepted.

21. Adjectives used as nouns are considered plural.

Name: _____________ Yr./Sec.: _

1. A great part of the tribes ( is, are ) Jews.

Identify what is asked. Choose your answer on the box below.

Denoument point of view theme literature

_________________21. It is the time and location where the story takes.

III. Answer briefly yet concisely.

IV. Spelling ( 1-18 )

II. Subject Matter

Invite the pupils to play the scrambled letters.

a. Group pupils into five’s.

1. This page contains the contents of the book and pages.

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