BAHASA INGGRIS BISNIS 2 : SUBJECT + VERB AGREEMENT

SUBJECT + VERB AGREEMENT

	Rumus	Contoh
Simple Present Tense	S + Verb 1	She go to school.
Singular	Singular Subject + Vs/es/ies	The boy plays football.
Plural	Plural Subject + Verb1	They play football.

EACH AND EVERY 

Untuk kalimat yang diawali “ Each / Every “ diikuti dengan “ Singular Noun “ lalu “ Singular Verb “.

Each/Every + Singular Noun + Singular Verb

·         Each people in the world is different .

(people = singular noun, is = to be ) 

·         Every boy and girl is in here.

(boy and girl = sungular noun, is = singular verb )

Jika tidak ada “Verb” maka diganti dengan “ to be”

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

Untuk subjek yang dikuti “Prepositional Phrase”, maka untuk menentukan Verb-nya  Singular / Plural itu ditentukan oleh Subjeknya.

·         The singer on the stage is pretty.

(The singer = Singular Subject, is = Singular Verb )

·         The story books on the table are mine.

(The story books = Plural Subject, are = Plural Verb )

GERUND

Jika “ Gerund “ sebagai Subjek, maka Verb-nya Singular.

·         Cooking cake is very fun.

(Cooking = gerund, is = singular verb )

·         Playing football is healthy

(Playing = gerund, is = singular verb )

SOME OF, A LOT OF, MOST OF, A HALF OF

Jika diikuti “Singular Noun”, maka Verb-nya  Singular .

Jika diikuti “Plural Noun”, maka Verb-nya Plural.

·         Some of student in this class is slacker.

(student  = Singular Noun, is = Singular Verb )

·         Most of our exam questions are very difficult.

(our exam questions = Plural Noun, are = Plural Verb )

ONE OF, EACH OF, EVERY ONE OF

Selalu diikuti “ Plural Noun” dan Verb-nya Singular.

·         One of my friends is singer.

(my friends = Plural Noun,  is = Singular Verb )

·         Each of my firends is different.

(my firends = Plural Noun, is = Singular Verb )

THE NUMBER OF , A NUMBER OF

The Number Of  diikuti “Plural Noun” kemudian “ Singular Verb”

A Number Of diikuti “ Plural Noun” kemudian “ Plural Verb”

·         The number of players football is eleven

(players football = Plural Noun, is = Singular Verb )

·         A number of students in this class are women.

(students = Plural Noun, are = Plural Verb )

EXERCISE 

1. The Subject you will be studying in this course ( is, are ) listed in syllabus.
2. The Proffesor and the student ( agree, agrees ) on that point.
3. Almost every proffesor and student at the university ( approves, approve ) the choice of the new president.
4. Why ( was, were ) Yoko and Alex late for the meeting ?
5. Some of fruit in this bowl ( is, are ) rotten.
6. Most of movies ( is, are ) funny.
7. Half of this money ( is, are ) your.
8. A lot of clothing in those store ( is, are ) on sale this week.
9. The number of employees in my company ( is, are ) approximately ten thousand.
10. Why ( was, were ) some of the students excused from the examination ?