Kamis, 29 September 2016
What is Subject?
Subject is the person/people/thing(s) that do the activity
What is VERB?
Verb is a word used to describe an action, state,
or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence.
Kinds of VERB
1.
Action
VERB
• Also
known as MAIN VERB.
• Action
verbs are words that express action (give, eat, walk, etc.) or possession
(have, own, etc.).
• Action
verbs can be either transitive (with object) or intransitive (without object).
2.
Linking
VERB
A linking verb connects the subject
of a sentence to a noun or adjective that renames or describes the subject.
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To Be
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Is, am, are, was, were
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Verb
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seem, appear, become, grow,
remain, get, prove, turn, look, sound, smell, taste, feel.
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3.
Helping
VERB
Helping verbs are used before
action or linking verbs to convey additional information regarding aspects of
possibility (can, could, etc.) or time (was, did, has, etc.)
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MODALS always function as Helping Verbs.
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MODALS: can, could, may, might, shall, will, ought to, should, would.
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Main Rule of “Subject
VERB Agreement’
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Only the subject affects the
VERB
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Rule 1
Subjects and
verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the
background of the concept.
Rule 2
Don’t get
confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they
do not affect agreement.
Rule 3
Prepositional
phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect
agreement.
Rule 4
When sentences start with “there” or “here,” the subject will always be
placed
after the verb, so care needs to be taken to identify it correctly.
Rule 5
If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural
verb form.
Rule 6
The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to
the same
person or thing.
The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to
the same
person or thing.
Rule 7
If one of the words each, every, or no comes before the subject, the
verb is
singular.
Rule 8
If the subjects are both singular and are connected by the words or,
nor,
neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also the
verb is singular.
Rule 9
The only time when the object of
the preposition decides plural or singular verb forms is when noun and pronoun
subjects like some, half, none, more, all, etc. are followed by a
prepositional phrase. In these sentences, the object of the preposition
determines the form of the verb.
Rule 10
The singular verb form is usually
used for units of measurement or time.
Rule 11
If the subjects are both plural and
are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but
also, the verb is plural.
Rule 12
If one subject is singular and one
plural and the words are connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or,
and not only/but also, you use the verb form of the subject that is nearest
the verb.
Rule 13
Indefinite pronouns (everything,
anything, everyone, someone, somebody, nothing, etc) typically take
singular verbs.
Rule 14
Except for the pronouns (few, many,
several, both, all, some) that always take the plural form.
Rule 15
If two infinitives are separated by
and they take the plural form of the verb.
Rule 16
When gerunds are used as the subject of a sentence, they take the
singular verb
form of the verb; but, when they are linked by and, they take the
plural form.
Rule 17
Collective nouns like family, committee, herd, senate, class, crowd,
etc. usually take a singular verb form.
Rule 18
Titles of books, movies, novels, etc. are treated as singular and take
a singular
verb.
