subject verb agreement

Subject and
Verb
Agreement
Welcome to our class

Sing. S + Sing. V
Daisy does her homework every day.
Peter likes swimming a lot.
Plural S Plural V
They live in a very nice flat.
Children need to have a good education.
S (Uncount. Noun) Sing. V
The news makes her sad
do
do
like
like
live
live
need
need
make
make
1
1

S + [Prepositional phrase] + V
The danger of forest fires is not to be taken lightly.
The study of languages is very interesting.
The ideas in that book are interesting.

(Prepositional phrase has no effect on the Verb)
be
be
be
be
be
be
2
2

S
1
with S
2
+ VS
1
together with
along with
as well as
accompanied by
( these expressions have no effect on the Verb)
The actress, along with her manager and
some friends, is going to a party tonight.
Mr. Robbins, accompanied by his wife and
children, is arriving tonight.
be
be
be
be
3

3


Every body has to study hard
If anyone calls, tell him I’ll be back later.
anybody
anyone
anything
any + sing. N
no one
nobody
nothing
each
somebody
someone
somethin
g
every
everybody
everyone
everything
S(indefinite pronoun) Sing.V
have
have
call
call
4
4

none

+
of the
+ Uncount. N +
sing.V
None of the news is believable.
none
+
of the
+ plural count N +
pluralV
None of the students have finished
the exam yet.
sing. N
uncount. N
{
}
no +
sing.V
no + plural N + plural V
No example is relevant to this case.
No examples are relevant to this case.
5
5