SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

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). 

Linking verb connects the subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective that renames or describes the subject. To Be: Is, am, are, was, were.

 Example:

1. I am very sad. 

2. Ammarullah is in love with Mega. 

Verb: seem, appear, become, grow, remain, get, prove, turn, look, sound, smell, taste, feel. 

Example:

1. I fell happy. 

2. I get money from my father.

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.).

 Examples:

1. Tejo is (helping verb) going (main verb) to Florida.
2. The trip might (helping verb) be (main verb) dangerous.

MAIN RULE OF 

“Subject Verb Agreement”

1. Subjects and verbs must agree in number. This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of the concept.

2. Don’t get confused by the words that come between the subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.

3. Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb usually do not affect agreement.

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.

5. If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a plural verb form.

6. The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and refer to the same person or thing.

7. If one of the words each, every, or no comes before the subject, the verb is singular.

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.

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.

10. The singular verb form is usually used for units of measurement or time.

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.

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.

13. Indefinite pronouns (everything, anything, everyone, someone, somebody, nothing, etc) typically take singular verbs.

14. Except for the pronouns (few, many, several, both, all, some) that always take theplural form.

15. If two infinitives are separated by and they take the plural form of the verb.

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.

17. 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.

18. Titles of books, movies, novels, etc. are treated as singular and take a singular

verb.

 Exercise : Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise

Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.

1.        Annie and her brothers (are) at school.

2.        Either my mother or my father (are) coming to the meeting.

3.        The dog or the cats (are) outside.

4.        Either my shoes or your coat (are) always on the floor.

5.        George and Tamara (doesn't) want to see that movie.

6.        Benito (doesn't) know the answer.

7.        One of my sisters (are) going on a trip to France.

8.        The man with all the birds (lives) on my street.

9.        The movie, including all the previews, (takes) about two hours to watch.

10.    The players, as well as the captain, (want) to win.

11.    Either answer (is) acceptable.

12.    Every one of those books (are) fiction.

13.    Nobody (knows) the trouble I've seen.

14.    (Is) the news on at five or six?

15.    Mathematics (is) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is) Andrea's favorite subject.

16.    Eight dollars (is) the price of a movie these days.

17.    (Are) the tweezers in this drawer?

18.    Your pants (are) at the cleaner's.

19.    There (were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (are) only one left!

20.    The committee (debate) these questions carefully.

21.    The committee (lead) very different lives in private.

22.    The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greet) the press cordially.

23.    All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (are) in this case.

Two things that you have to bring everywhere you go

Assalamuaikum wr.wb

Good Afternoon.

Hallo my friend, how are you? I hope you just fin. I have a homework from miss.Dini in third week. The tittle is “Two Stuff I Bring To Anywhere”. Now I want to tell you the story about my stuff that I bring to anywhere. Please read until end.

Everyday, I always bring this things to every where. I think this is most important thing that I have. You know what is thing? Yes, that is my handphone and my wallet. I got this phone from my sister, she give me Samsung Galaxy  Ace 3. 

I like this phone, because this phone  have much aplication that I need, like Instagram, Blackberry Massanger, Facebook, etc. futher more this phone have amazing background, hight pixel so the display of this phone is very clean.

How about my wallet?

 I cant do anything without my lovely wallet. I buy this wallet in distro at Sambas city, in this distro you can see many brand of wallet, and I choose the Levi’s brand with brown colour. I love this wallet, its so elegan and I think its not to expensive and not to cheap. And the most important is, you can put your money, and many license like driving license,  in there. I think thats all, and you can imagine what can I do if I didn’t bring that things.

I think my story was finished. I hope you like my story. And wait to the next my story.

Thank you.

5 tenses we frequently use

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Good evening

Hallo my friends, how are you? I hope all of us in a state of just fine. Welcome back in my blog.
Today I will tell you a bit about the process of the activities of learning we with miss Dini. Miss Dini is a lecture English Languange. In the meeting today we is precisely in the American Corner learn about five tense.
The first Simple Present Tense, used to declare habitual action or rutinitis and the facts of the public. The second Simple Past Tense, used to declare a sentence that occurs in the past. The third Present/Past Continuous Tense, used to said the incident the ongoing. The fourth Simple Future Tense, used to expression events that hasn’t happened, still in the plan, or incident in the future. The fifth Present Perfect Tense, used to declare events that has happened and the results are still feels or look.

Exercise
Changed into the form of tenses above (+)
1. She (drink) coffee (s.past)
2. They (start) the course (pr.perfect)
3. Ana and Linda (open) the account (past cont)
4. The bank (close) at 5p.m (s.present)
5. The dog (run) through the park (s.past)

Answer
1. She drank coffee
2. They have stared the course
3. Ana and Linda were opening the account
4. The bank closes at 5p.m
5. The dog ran through the park

I think learning established enough
Thank you.

Your favorite selfie and why

Assalamualaikum Wr.Wb 

Good Afternoon.
Hallo my friend, how are you? I hope all of us in a state of just fine. My name is Ari Susanto, I of Department of Electrical Engineering, Tanjungpura University 2016. This afternoon I want to tell you about my favorite selfie and why the photo became my favorite?

I want a little tells about photos selfie I choose, this photo I take when the first time I ride to the top of Mount Jamur precisely in territory District Bengkayang, the Provincial Government of West Kalimantan, Indonesia on October 13 August 2016. This is my first climbing with my friends who named Saputra of Industrial Engineering, Urai Okta Jumnur Ilahi Planologi Engineering, Dody Susanto Chemical Engineering, and Muhammad Rifa'ie Civil Engineering, where we’re all here is a new student University Tanjungpura faculty techniques force 2016. Is not easy thing for us to reach the top of Mount Jamur this, because all that require force, struggle, physically, as well as guts high. But fatigue that we feel it, all in the pay paid off with a view of the beautiful. Maybe a little disappointed with the burning of the forest everywhere, so make the sight of a natural and the go-ahead it will be a little less heed eyes.
We can only hope beautiful the top of the Bukit Jamur can guarded by the climberand the people around. Because the Bukit Jamur one of the beauty in have Provincial Government of West Kalimantan.
I think its enough friend, I hope you understand my short story.
Thank you.

Your reason choosing your study major at UNTAN

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Hello friends, my name is Ari Susanto. Welcome to my blogspot.
I have a homework from Miss Dini. She is my English languange class lecture in engineering faculty, she want me write my reason choosing study major at Tanjungpura University.
You must know I graduate from SNMPTN for enter engineering faculty, why I choose Tanjungpura University? Because Tanjungpura University is the best University in West Borneo.
As we know, Tanjungpura University have 9 (nine) faculty, Law Faculty, The Medical Faculty, FKIP, MIPA, Engineering Faculty, and Forestry Faculty. As has been described in the top , I was continue to study. In Engineering Faculty, precisely in the Department of Electrical Engineering. You know why I choose Electrical Engineering? Yes I very-very like and loved electric. And than I saw the clances of jobs in Indonesia, where the Department of Electrical Engineering much needed and highly evolved. So in every year of his company requires a lot of employees to join as labor. Want to in private firms and the country. As we know in a electrical not only to pursue a scholar and get a decent job. During the lecture I should be more followed the race. One of her robots. Who became my dreams into engineering students electrical.
I think its enough, I hope your understand and now your know why I chose Tanjungpura University, why I choose Electrical Engineering.


Thank you.