Minggu, 22 November 2009

subject- verb Agreement

Tugas B.iggris Bisnis
Nama : Selpianah
Kelas : 3 Eb 14
Npm : 21207521
Dosen : Muhammad Kholiq

Subject-verb agreement is a grammatical rule that states that the verb must agree in number with its subject. In English, present tense verbs change to show agreement in the third person singular form (subjects represented by the pronouns HE, SHE, IT) by adding an S or ES.


Choose the correct form of the verb in the following sentences.
1. Neither Bill nor Mary (is, are) going to the play tonight.
2. anything (is, are) better then going to another movie tonight.
3. skating (is, are) becoming more popular every day.
4. A number of reporters (was, were) at the conference yesterday.
5. Everybody who (has, have) a fever must go home immediately.
6. Your glasses (was, were) on the bureau last night.
7. there (was, were) some people at the meeting last night.
8. the committee (has, have) already reached a decision
9. A pair of jeans (was, were) in the washing machine this morning.
10. Each student (has, have) answered the first three questions.
11. Either Jhon or his wife (make, makes) breakfast each morning.
12. After she had perused the material, the secretary decided that everything (was,were) in order.
13. The crowd at the basketball game (was were) wild with excitement.
14. A pack of wild dogs (has have) frightened all the ducks away.
15. The jury (is are) trying to reach a decision.
16. The army (has have) eliminated this section of the training test.
17. The number of students who have withdrawn from class this quarter (is are) appalling.
18. There (has have) been too many interruptions in this class.
19. Every elementary school teacher (has have) to take this examination.
20. Nither Jill nor her parents (has have) seen this movie before.

0 Comments:

Post a Comment