PART I. Give the rule for each sentence.
(Note: copying and pasting the answers of others as your answers is a BIG NO NO. This could be traced easily.)
1.
Both of the chairs are destroyed.
2.
Greg wishes he could be a rock
star.
3.
Anthony, who polished the floor is
tired.
4.
The cupboard and the clock are
new.
5.
Somebody is looking for
you.
6.
Three kilos of apple is heavy.
7.
The news is
surprising.
8. Honesty
is the best
policy.
9.
“To love your student means to teach them to love what is difficult” is
my motto.
10. Rice
and pork makes up my lunch.
1. 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.
ReplyDelete2. Subjects and verbs must agree in number.
3. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.
4. If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.
5. Indefinite pronouns typically take singular verbs.
6. The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time.
7. Collective nouns like herd, senate, class, crowd, etc. usually take a singular verb form.
8. Subjects and verbs must agree in number.
9. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.
10.The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same person or thing.
1. 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.
ReplyDelete2. Subjects and verbs must agree in number.
3. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.
4. If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.
5. Indefinite pronouns typically take singular verbs.
6. The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time.
7. Collective nouns like herd, senate, class, crowd, etc. usually take a singular verb form.
8. Subjects and verbs must agree in number.
9. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.
10.The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same person or thing.
1.The only time when the object of the preposition factors into the decision of 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.
ReplyDelete2. Subjects and verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of the concept.
3. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.
4. If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.
5.Indefinite pronouns takes singular verbs
6.The singular verb form is used for units of measurement or time.
7.Collective nouns usually take a singular verb form.
8. Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.
9.Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.
10.The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same person or thing.
sir I apologize if my answer looks like the answers of Rafael it just that i think i used the same site that Rafael used to look for the rules.
1.The only time when the object of the preposition factors into the decision of 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.
ReplyDelete2. Subjects and verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of the concept.
3. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.
4. If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.
5.Indefinite pronouns takes singular verbs
6.The singular verb form is used for units of measurement or time.
7.Collective nouns usually take a singular verb form.
8. Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.
9.Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.
10.The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same person or thing.
sir I apologize if my answer looks like the answers of Rafael it just that i think i used the same site that Rafael used to look for the rules.
Answers:
ReplyDelete1. Use plural verbs with countable nouns that follow an indefinite pronoun.
2. Use verbs that agree with a subject.
3. Use singular or plural verbs that agree with the subject.
4. Use plural verbs with compound subjects that include and.
5. Indefinite pronouns typically take singular verbs.
6. Use verbs that agree with a subject, not with a noun that is part of a modifying phrase or clause between verb and subject.
7. Use singular verbs for subjects plural in form but singular in meaning.
8. Subjects and verbs must agree in number.
9. These words and phrases are not part of the subject. Ignore them and use a singular verb when the subject is singular.
10. Use verbs that agree with a subject.
1. Use plural verbs with countable nouns that follow an indefinite pronoun.
ReplyDelete2. Subjects and verbs must agree with one another in number (singular or plural).
3. Use singular or plural verbs that agree with the subject.
4. As a general rule, use a plural verb with two or more subjects when they are connected by "and".
5. Use singular verbs for singular indefinite pronouns.
6. Singular verbs shall be used for units like measurement.
7. Use singular verbs for subjects plural in form but singular in meaning.
8. Use singular verbs with abstract nouns.
9. Use verbs that agree with a subject, not with a noun that is part of a modifying phrase or clause between verb and subject.
10. Use plural verbs with compound subjects that include "and"
1. Plural indefinite pronoun subjects take plural verbs.
ReplyDelete2. Subjects and Verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural).
3. Words that come between the subject and verb do not affect agreement.
4.When two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.
5. Indefinite pronouns typically take singular verbs.
6. The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time.
7. Use singular verbs for subjects plural in form but singular in meaning (Abstract Noun).
8. When using abstact nouns, use singular verb to agree with the subject.
9. Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.
10. The verb is singular when two subjects separated by and, refer to the same person or thing.
-Eugene Jethro C. Dion
1. Plural indefinite pronoun subjects take plural verbs.
ReplyDelete2. Subjects and Verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural).
3. Words that come between the subject and verb do not affect agreement.
4.When two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.
5. Indefinite pronouns typically take singular verbs.
6. The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time.
7. Use singular verbs for subjects plural in form but singular in meaning (Abstract Noun).
8. When using abstact nouns, use singular verb to agree with the subject.
9. Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.
10. The verb is singular when two subjects separated by and, refer to the same person or thing.
-Eugene Jethro C. Dion
1. Plural indefinite pronoun subjects take plural verbs.
ReplyDelete2. Subjects and Verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural).
3. Words that come between the subject and verb do not affect agreement.
4.When two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.
5. Indefinite pronouns typically take singular verbs.
6. The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time.
7. Use singular verbs for subjects plural in form but singular in meaning (Abstract Noun).
8. When using abstact nouns, use singular verb to agree with the subject.
9. Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.
10. The verb is singular when two subjects separated by and, refer to the same person or thing.
-Eugene Jethro C. Dion
Part 1: Answers
ReplyDelete1. Prepositional Phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement
2. Subjects and verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of the concept.
3. Don't get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.
4. If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require plural verb form.
5. Indefinite pronouns typically take singular verb.
6. The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time
7. Subjects and verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of the concept.
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10.If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require plural verb form.
- Chrismer James U. De Vera
1. Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement
ReplyDelete2.Subjects and verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of the concept.
3. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.
4.If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.
5.Indefinite pronouns typically take singular verbs.
6.The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time.
7.Collective nouns like herd, senate, class, crowd, etc. usually take a singular verb form
8.Subjects and verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of the concept.
9.. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.
10.If two infinitives are separated by and they take the plural form of the verb.
1.infinite pronouns such as both,many,several,few,etc.are considered as plural subject.
ReplyDelete2.singular subject takes singular verb.
3.the verb depends on the subject regardless of the phrase describing the subject.
4.compound noun pertaining to different umit takes plural form of the verb.
5..indifinite pronouns such as each,everybody,anyone,anybody,somebody,someone ect.are considered singular therefore,singular form of the verb must be used.
6.fractions when used as a subject,the singular form of the verb is used.
7.special nouns such as civics,news,mathematics,measles are singular.
8.abstrack nouns when used as a subject take singular form of the verb.
9.infinites & gerunds when used as a subject take singular verb.
10.compound nouns pertaining to pair take singular verb.
Part I - Answers:
ReplyDelete1. The indefinite pronouns few, many, several, both, some always take the plural form.
2. Subjects and verbs must agree in number. this is the corner stone rule that forms the background of the concept.
3. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.
4. If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.
5. Indefinite pronouns typically take singular verbs.
6. The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time.
7. Subjects that seem like plural nouns but are really taken as singular (ex. mathematics, physics, news, etc.) even if they end in "s' are paired with singular verbs.
8. Subjects and verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of the concept.
9. Titles of books, movies, novels, etc. (in this case, a phrase) are treated as singular and take a singular verb.
10. The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same person or thing.
1. 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.
ReplyDelete2. Subjects and verbs must agree in number.
3. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.
4.?
5.the somebody,anybody,etc is a singular so you can use it.
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7.Use singular verbs for subjects plural in form
8.subject and must agree in number
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