subject and verb agreement

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Subject and verb agreement
I. Singular verb (Động từ được chia số ít nếu chủ ngữ rơi vào một trong những trường hợp sau đây)
1. S= He/she/it/ N so it/N kđđ ( furniture, water, traffic, progress, knowledge, homework….)
Eg: She is a very good teacher
This book is very interesting
The furniture was more expensive than we thought
2. S = Noun + Noun (cùng đề cập đến 1 người hoặc 1 vật)
Eg: My best friend and adviser, John, is coming tonight
3. S = Each/every + Nsốit and Each/every + Nsốit
Eg: Each boy and each girl has a book
4. S= Every/ Any/ No/Some + (thing, body, one)
Eg: Everything looks bright and clean
5. S = N số ít nhưng hình thức số nhiều như từ chỉ môn học, bệnh tật, bang…(news, physics,
economics, politics, linguistics, measles, mumps, the United States, Wales…)
Eg: Physics is more difficult than chemistry
6. S = N chỉ khoảng cách, thời gian, tiền bạc
Eg: Four week is a long time to wait to hear from him
Twenty dollars is an unreasonable price for the necklake
7. S = a title of a book, an article, a story ( chủ ngữ là tên 1 cuốn sách, 1 bài báo, 1 câu chuyện)
Eg: “Tom and Jerry” is very well known all over the world
8. S is used as a clause, gerund (khi chủ ngữ được dùng như 1 mệnh đề, 1 danh động từ )
Eg: That you get very high grades in school is necessary
9. S = One of + N số nhiều
Eg: One of my friends is going to visit Hanoi next week
II. Plural verb (động từ được chia số nhiều nếu chủ ngữ rơi vào một trong những trường hợp sau đây)
1. S = They/ we/ You/ N đếm được số nhiều
Eg: They often come to class late
We were listening to music at 7p.m yesterday
2. S = Noun and Noun (2 danh từ chỉ người, vật khác nhau)
Eg: My sister and my brother are students

3. S = The + Adj
Eg: The unemployed have no money to buy houses
4. Some, a few, both, many, a lot of + N số nhiều
Eg: Many books I read yesterday are famous
III. Singular or plural verb
1. S = Either or
Neither + N1 + nor + N2  V2
Not only but also
Eg: Not only my brother but also my sister is here
Neither her friends nor she has arrived
2. S= A number of + N số nhiều  V số nhiều
The number of + N số nhiều  V số ít
Eg: The number of students in the class is very small
A number of applicants have been interviewed
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3. S = N1 + as well as/together with/with/along with/accompanied by/ + N2  V1
Eg: My son,together with his friends, is going to travel around the world
The students, as well as their teacher, have not arrived yet
4. S = All/some/plenty/half/most/the rest/none/ a lot/ lots/ No + Of + N số ít  V số ít
+ N số nhiều  V số nhiều
Eg: None of the money has been found
None of the students have finished the exam yet
5. S = There + (be) + N  V phụ thuộc vào N
Eg: There is a fly in the room
There are 47 students in my class
6. S = N1 + OF + N2  V1
Eg: The house of the boys is very beautiful
IV. Exercise:
* Put the verb in brankets into the correct form

1. Every boy and girl in this room (know) the answer
2. A number of the students (fail) in the exam
3. Half of the money (belong) to Mr Lam
4. The pilot along with his passengers (be) rescued last night
5. Two weeks (go) fast when you are on vacation
6. Many of the girls in my school (wear) white shirts
7. Three kilos of potatoes (make) the basket heavier
8. Some of the tables in the classroom (be) broken
9. Bacteria of the hamful knid (cause) diseases
10. What we need most (be) books
11. The English (be ) proud and independent people
12. The United States (have) a population of 250 million
13. There (not be) any letters in the mail for you today
14. Physics (seek) to understand the mysterious of the physical world
15. Both the boss and his colleagues (be) robbed last night
16. My mothet together with her friends often (jog) in this park
17. Five hundred miles (be) a long distance
18. Neither you nor I (be) here yesterday
19. In the middle of the room (be) four chairs and a table
20. Everyone in both cars (be) injured in the accident last night
21. The books borrowed from the library (be) on my desk
22. The boy who won the two medals (be) a friend of mine
23. Bread and butter (be) our daily food
24. The quality of the candies (be) poor
25. Gold, as well as platium, (have) recently risen in price
26. I don’t think either of them (be) at home
27. Both of these oranges (be) bad
28. Everything I like (be) not available in the shops
29. I find that everywhere (be) booked up
30. The Tv news (is/are) at 10p.m

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* Choose the right answer:
1.The picture of the soldiers (bring/brings) back many memories
2. Anything (is/are) better than going to the play tonight
3. A number of reporters (was/were) at the conference yesterday
4. There (was/were) some people at the meeting last night
5. Each student (has/have) answered the first three questions
6. Either John or his wife (make/makes) breakfast each morning
7. The army (has/have) eliminated this section of the training test
8. The numbers of students who have withdrawn from the class this quarter (is/are) appalling
9. These pictures as well as photograph (brighten/brightens) the room
10. Gymnastics (is/are) my favourite sport
11. The trousers you bought for me (doesn’t/ don’t) fit me
12. Where (do/does) your family live?
13. Three days (isn’t/aren’t) long enough for a good holiday
14. What he told you (seem/seems) to be of no importance
15. Measles (is/are) cured without much difficulty nowadays
16. Neither the moon nor stars (is/are) visible in this dark night
17. Wheat (is/are) used to make flour
18. The staff (was/were) opposed to any change
19. Fortunately the news (wasn’t/weren’t) as bad as we expected
20. I don’t like very hot weather. Thirty degrees (is/are) too warm for me
Teacher: Nguyen Thu Trang