Tugas Bulan April

UBJECT & VERB AGGREMENT

# Each ; Every     -      Singular noun       -       Singular Verb

   Example (the subject is underlined and the verb bolded) :

1.      Each film in the Platinum  is very amazing. (singular)
2.       Every Chinese girls is beautiful . (singular)

# Subject with the prepositional phrase, the verb of a sentence singular / plural must agree with the subject of     the sentence, not with the object of a preposition.

Example (the subject is underlined and the verb bolded) :

1.      The boy at the door is his boyfriend. (singular)
2.     The players on the Liverpool team were disappointed when they lost the UEFA Champion League game. (plural)

# Gerund  as subject, verb must singular.

Example:

1.         Drinking alcohol is bad for your health. (singular)
2.          Playing Playstation is enjoying.

# Some of ; A lot of        -       Singular noun         -         Verb Singular

# Most of ; A half of       -       Plural noun             -         Verb Plural

Example (the noun is underlined and the verb bolded) :

1.      Some of sugar is required for taste. (singular)
2.      A lot of math book is expensive. (singular)
3.      Most of cookies were eaten. (plural)
4.     A half of the students are absent. (plural)

# One of ; Each of ; Every one of          -            always plural noun         -         verb singular

Example (the noun is underlined and the verb bolded) :

1.      One of my teammates is busy.
2.      Each of the swimmers takes his turn at swimming.
3.      Every one of the club members has his own set of prejudices.

# The number of       -     plural noun      -    verb singular

# A number of           -     plural noun      -    verb plural

Example (the noun is underlined and the verb bolded) :

1.      The number of days in April is thirty.
2.      A number of Seirin members team are going back from vacation.