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BACK TO BASICSUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
Easy pizzy quiz to get your brain back to business!!
She ______(seem/seems) happy to get that Oreo cheese cake from him.
Kobe Bryant______(is/are) definitely taller than Amirul Hakim from D1B1 .
Pian and Miss Dia______(speak/speaks) a little bit of Javanese.
The Atikahs ______ (confuse/confuses) Miss Dia because their names _____ (is/are) alike.
Nice try! So you think you’re already good? Wait till you do this…
All of Miss Dia’s students (love/loves) to play around.
One of Miss Dia’s students (is/are) a fan of Dorothy Perkins.
Every BEL120 student (grumble/grumbles) a lot. The news (is/are) too good to be true. Syafina, together with her rabbit (is/are) playing
at the park. Fasihah, as well as the jokers (is/are) making my
days difficult. The best fish and chips (is/are) available at
Secret Recipe.
That’s why you’re stuck here with me. I shall clean the mess in your head
CASE 1 Names of subjects, countries and diseases use singular
verbs. Economics is my favourite subject. Statistics does not seem easy Mathematics requires critical thinking Physics has the ability to make me sleep The Phillippines is not far from Malaysia The Maldives is one of the destinations in Amazing
Race The United States has a motive to launch the war AIDS makes people scared of drugs Measles attacks human’s respiratory system Mumps is common among children Rickets affects a child’s growth
subjects
countries
diseases
More Cases!!
Case 2 Each Every Everyone Everybody Anybody Somebody Anyone Nobody One
E.g each girl is wearing baju kurung Nobody likes that milk because it tastes bad
+ singular noun
Singular verb
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CASE 3 One of the +plural nouns + singular verb
One of the best shopping complexes in Malaysia is Sunway Pyramid
One of my favourite nephews loves to eat Each of the + plural nouns + singular verb
Each of the girls has troubles finding the ticket Each of Japanese hates durian
Do you want me to stop now? Not so soon CASE 4 In sentences with “either, or” and “neither,
nor”, the second subjects (bolded words) determine the verb group Either Faizal Yaakub or Faizal Md Noor loves
Tomok. Either Miss Dia or her friends love sleeping in
class Either the cars or that house belongs to Miss Dia Neither Michael Jackson nor Janet Jackson
knows Tok Penghulu Neither Michael Jackson nor his children love
roti canai Neither MAS airplanes or his new Exora attracts
me
More Cases!!
CASE 5 First subject, as well as / together with /
accompanied by second subject + verb (determined by the first subject) The rain, as well as the fog makes driving
difficult Fuad, together with his friends steals Miss Dia’s
Oreo. Big Apple donuts, accompanied by a cup of coffee
are perfect for Miss Dia
Hang on there, we’re almost done!!
CASE 6 Fractions / percentages
Half of the class is missing 2 ½ of the birthday cakes are eaten by a
monster 20% of my marks are given by Chef Jamie Oliver 78% of my time is spent for work
Okay, okay, two cases left
CASE 7 Names of meal
Bacon and eggs is non-halal for Muslims The best fish and chips is available at Secret
Recipe Bread and butter was what I had for breakfast
yesterday Rice and curry is simply delicious
Aaahhh…We’re done with the cases
CASE 8 Words that refer to people and language
The English love to travel around the world English has never been this boring The Japanese do not like being under the sun Japanese is my third language