TENSES+SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT

TENSES+ SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT
*TENSES
1.Simple present:

S + is/am/are + A/N
S + V(s/es) + O
2. Simple past:
S + was/were + A/N
S + V(ed/cot 2)
3.Simple future:
S + will/shall+ V + O
4. Present continuous :
S + is/am/are + V-ing
5.Past continuous:
S + was/were + V-ing
6.Future continuous:
S +will be + V-ing
7.Present perfect:
S + have/has + PII+ O
8.Past perfect:
S + had + PII + O
9.Future perfect:
S + will have + PII + O
* SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT

A.Nguyên tắc chung:
Chủ ngữ (S)
Động từ (V)
He, she, it và các danh từ số ít
Động từ số ít
You, we, they và các danh từ số nhiều

Động từ số nhiều
- Hình thức của động từ số ít: is/was/has/động từ có s hoặc es.
- Hình thức của động từ số nhiều: are/were/have/động từ có hình thức giống như ngun
mẫu.
B. Một số ngun tắc hồ hợp cơ bản:
1. Chủ ngữ gồm hai hoặc nhiều phần nối với nhau bằng and à V số nhiều
Eg: My brother and sister live in Boston.
2. Chủ ngữ gồm 2 phần nối với nhau bằng either… or, neither… nor, not only…but
also à V hịa hợp với phần gần nó nhất.
Eg: Either Thursday or Friday is ok.
3. Chủ ngữ có thêm phần as well as, with, together with, along with à V vẫn chỉ hòa
hợp với phần S đầu tiên.
4. Chủ ngữ là cụm từ chỉ sự đo lường (được xem như là một tổng thể) à V là số ít.
Eg: Thirty pounds seems a reasonable price.
5. Nếu có 1 cụm từ hay mệnh đề theo sau một danh từ làm chủ ngữ à V chỉ hòa hợp với
danh từ đầu tiên.
Eg: The house between the two bungalows is empty.
The house they used to live in is now empty.
6. Chủ ngữ là 1 cụm từ hay 1 mệnh đề à V số ít.
Eg: Through the trees is the nearest way.
Opening my presents was exciting.
7. Every one of, each of, one of + danh từ số nhiều à V số ít.
Eg: One of these letters is for you.
8. A (large) number of, the majority of, a lot of, some of + danh từ số nhiều à V số
nhiều.
Eg: The majority of people have complained.
* The number of à V số ít
9. Each, every + danh từ số ít à V số ít
Eg: Each book and magazin is listed in the
card catolog

10. None of, neither of, either of + danh từ số nhiều à V số ít.
Eg: None of the students has failed the test
* Có thể dùng V số nhiều nhưng khơng trang trọng (informal English)


11. Đại từ bất định như Something, everything, nothing… à V số ít
Eg: Someone was waiting at the door
12. Danh từ khơng đếm được à V số ít.
Eg: This water is not safe enough to
drink.
13. Một số danh từ có hình thức số nhiều nhưng mang nghĩa số ít à V số ít.
Eg: Mathematics is one of my core subjects
14. There is/was + danh từ số ít.
There are/were + danh từ số nhiều.
Eg: There are twenty five students in my class
There was an accident last night.
15. Một số danh từ có hình thức số ít nhưng mang nghĩa số nhiều à V số nhiều.
Eg: The police are investigating the crime.
16. The + tính từ làm chủ ngữ à V số nhiều. Eg: The sick are well cared in the hospital
* EXERCISES
A. Use the correct form of verbs in brackets.
1. In all the world, there (be) __________ only 14 mountains that (reach) ________above 8,000 meters.
2. He sometimes (come) __________ to see his parents.
3. When I (come) _______, she (leave) _____for Dalat ten minutes ago.
4. My grandfather never (fly) __________ in an airplane, and he has no intention of ever doing so.
5. We just (decide) __________ that we (undertake) the job.
6. He told me that he (take) __________ a trip to California the following week.
7. I knew that this road (be) __________ too narrow.
8. Right now I (attend) __________ class. Yesterday at this time I (attend) __________class.
9. Tomorrow I’m going to leave for home. When I (arrive) _________at the airport, Mary (wait) for me.

10. Margaret was born in 1950. By the year 2005, she (live) __________on this earth for 55 years.
11. The traffic was very heavy. By the time I (get) _____to Mary’s party, everyone already (arrive) ___
12. I will graduate in June. I (see) you in July. By the time I (see) ________ you , I (graduate) _______.
13. I (visit) ____ my uncle’s home many times when I (be) ____ a child.
14. That book (lie) ___ on the table for week. You (not read) ___ it yet ?
15. David (wash) ______ his hands. He just (repair) ______ the TV set.
16. You (be) ______here before? Yes, I (spend) __________ my holidays here last year.
17. We never (meet) ____ him. We don’t know what he (look) ___ like.
18. The car (be) ___ ready for him by the time he (come) ___tomorrow.
19. On arriving at home I (find) __________that she just (leave) __________a few minutes before.
20. When we (arrive) _____ in London tonight, it probably (rain) _____.
21. It (rain) _______ hard. We can’t do anything until it (stop) _______
22. Last night we (watch) ______TV when the power (fail) ________.
23. That evening we (stay) _________up to talk about the town where he (live) _______for some years.
24. I (sit) _________down for a rest while the shoes (repair) _______.
25. London (change) a lot since we first (come) _________ to live here.
26. While we (talk) ______on the phone the children (start) _____fighting and (break) _____a window.
27. He used to talk to us for hours about all the interesting things he (do) __________ in his life.
28. You know she (stand) __________looking at that picture for the last twenty minutes.
29. I (spend) __________ a lot of time traveling since I (get) __________this new job.
30. When I (be) __________ at school we all (study) __________Latin.
B. Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D.
1. When I last saw him, he _____ in London.
A. has lived
B. is living
C. was living
D. has been living
2. We _______ Dorothy since last Saturday.
A. don’t see
B. haven’t seen

C. didn’t see
D. hadn’t seen
3. The train ______ half an hour ago.
A. has been leaving
B. left
C. has left
D. had left
4. Jack ______ the door.


A. has just painted
B. paint
C. will have painted
D. painting
5. My sister ________ for you since yesterday.
A. is looking
B. was looking
C. has been looking
D. looked
6. I ______ Texas State University now.
A. am attending
B. attend
C. was attending
D. attended
7. He has been selling motorbikes ________.
A. ten years ago
B. since ten years
C. for ten years ago
D. for ten years
8. Christopher Columbus _______ American more than 500 years ago.

A. discovered
B. has discovered
C. had discovered
D. had been discovering
9. He fell down when he ______ towards the church.
A. run
B. runs
C. was running
D. had run
10. We _______ there when our father died.
A. still lived
B. lived still
C. was still lived
D. were still living
11. They ______ table tennis when their father comes back home.
A. will play
B. will be playing
C. play
D. would play
12. By Christmas, I _______ for Mr. Smith for six years.
A. shall have been working
B. shall work
C. have been working
D. shall be working
13. I _______ in the room right now.
A. am being
B. was being
C. have been being
D. am
14. I ______ to New York three times this year.

A. have been
B. was
C. were
D. had been
15. I’ll come and see you before I _______ for the States.
A. leave
B. will leave
C. have left
D. shall leave
16. The little girl asked what _______ to her friend.
A. has happened
B. happened
C. had happened
D. would have been happened
17. John ______ a book when I saw him.
A. is reading
B. read
C. was reading
D. reading
18. He said he _______ return later.
A. will
B. would
C. can
D. would be
19. Jack ________ the door.
A. has just opened
B. open
C. will have opened
D. opening
20. I have been waiting for you ______ .

A. since early morning
B. since 9a.m
C. for two hours
D. All are correct
21. Since _______, I have heard nothing from him.
A. he had left
B. he left
C. he has left
D. he was left
22. After I _______ lunch, I looked for my bag.
A. had
B. had had
C. have has
D. have had
23. By the end of next year, George _______ English for two years.
A. will have learned
B. will learn
C. has learned
D. would learn
24. The man got out of the car, ________ round to the back and opened the book.
A. walking
B. walked
C. walks
D. walk
25. Henry _____ into the restaurant when the writer was having dinner.
A. was going
B. went
C. has gone
D. did go
26. He will take the dog out for a walk as soon as he ______ dinner.

A. finish
B. finishes
C. will finish
D. finishing
27. I shall be glad when he _______.
A. had gone
B. did go
C. went
D. has gone
28 Ask her to come and see me when she _______ her work.
A. finish
B. has finished
C. finished
D. finishing
29. Turn off the gas. Don’t you see the kettle ________ ?
A. boil
B. boils
C. is boiling
D. boiled
30. Tom and Mary ______ for Vietnam tomorrow.
A. leave
B. are leaving
C. leaving
D. are left
C. CLAUSES OF TIME
1. Lan has learnt English since she......................................a small girl.
A. is
B. was
C. has been
D. had been

2. Don’t go anywhere until I ....................................back.
A. come
B. came
C. will come
D. am coming


3. Before cars .................................., people ...........................horses and bicycles.
A. were discovered/ had used
B. discovering / had used
C. had discovered/ used
D. discovered / had used
4. I am going to speak with the boss when the meeting _______.
A. will end
B. ends
C. is ending
D. would end
5. When we.........................him tomorrow, We will remind him of that.
A. will see
B. see
C. am seeing
D. saw.
6. When he comes , I ……………her the news .
A. tell
B. will tell
C. would tell
D . would have told
7. When the police came , they ……………
A. are fighting
B. fought

C. would be fighting
D. were fighting
8. Before she came to England , she ………… English .
A. studied
B. will study
C. had studied
D was studying

B.SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT
Exercise 1: Circle the best answer.
1. One of ____________ a goldfish bowl on her kitchen table.
a. my friend keep
c. my friend keeps
b. my friends keep
d. my friends keeps
2. Every ____________ love.
a. man, woman and child needs
c. man, woman and child need
b. men, women and children needs
d. men, women and children need
3. Neither Lan nor her parents ____________ the film.
a. like
b. likes
c. is like
d. are like
4. Each ____________ the same as the day before.
a. days was
b. day was
c. days were
d. day were

5. Every one of the students ____________ on time for class
a. is
b. are
c. were
d. have been
6. There ____________ some money on the table.
a. are
b. were
c. have been
d. is
7. This information about taxes ____________ helpful
a. were
b. have been
c. is
d. are
8. Writing ____________ her happy
a. letter makes
b. letters makes
c. letter make
d. letters make
9. None of the money robbed from the banks last year ____________ yet.
a. has been found
b. have been found c. has found
d. have found
10. My father and mother ____________ for the same company.
a. works
b. work
c. is working
d. has worked
11. Two hours -------------- not long enough for this rest.

A. have
B. has
C. is
D. are
12. Those who ----------------- to go with me, please raise your hand.