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    Unit 40: Agreement Between Subject and Verb

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    Unit 40

    Agreement between subject and verb


    A. WHAT LS AGEEMENT BETWEE SUBJECT AND
    VERB ?

     In a sentences
    • A singular subject ls followed by a singlar verb
    • A plural subject is followed by a plural verb
    Ex: He comes from Viet Nam
     With the complex subject, the following verb must agree
    with the main noun in the subject.
    Ex:The reason why I was given promotion was that I worked
    hard.
     The verb must agree the subject that follows it
    Ex: Here comes the bus
    B.CLAUSE

     If the subject is a clause, we usually use singlar verb


    Ex: That he stole the money shocks me.

     In What – clause
    • We use singlar verb if the following main noun is singular
    Ex: What disappointed us is the poor servce
    • We prefer use plural verb if the following main noun is plural
    Ex: What s needed are(is) two more boxes
    C . Collective noun
    he company makes (or make) lots of money this year
     Nouns with a singular form , refering to groups of some kind can be used with
    either singular or plural form of the verb.
     Ex : The company makes (or make) lots of money this year.

     Some collective nouns : company , school , army , class , club , college ,


    commitee,.....

     It’s more common in formal contexts to use a singular verb


     Some collective nouns : company , school , army , class , club ,
    collegecommitee,.....
    mmon in formal contexts to use a singular verb
    • In some special contexts we can only use one of them :

    Singular verb Plural verb


    Focus on a whole unit Focus on a collection of
    Ex: The class is divided inviduals
    into 9 groups Ex: The class raise hands to
    express their opinion
    D. Nouns ending in –s
    se singular verb when a nouns ending in –s ( such as names , titles,...) but still refer to a
    single unit

     Ex: 10We use singular verb when a nouns ending in –s


    ( such as names , titles,...) but still refer to a single unit
     Ex: 101 Dalmatians is one of my favourite
    cartoons.

     The news is about a terrorist in England.

     Some singular nouns ending in –s : mathematics ,


    measles,economics,rabies, billiards,....
    Exercise
    1/ Lucas’s family plans to travel toans B.Plans

    1. Lucas’s family plans to travel to Hawaii this summer.


    2. The Enlish class write book reports on their summer reading.
    3. Physics is a compulsory subject in high school.
    4. Many buses park near the airport.
    5. The band is playing at a music festival.
    6. The team were very happy with their performances to the judge.
    7. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is an interesting fairy tail.

     A.write/their B.write/their

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