a) When we make sentences the subject must agree with the verb
b) A singular subject takes a singular verb. The verb ends with an‘s’
Singular Subject | Singular Verb | |
He | eats | an orange |
She | drives | to school |
It | bites | its tail |
My brother | takes | the book |
Example:
c) A plural subject takes a plural verb. The verb is without an‘s’
Examples:
Plural Subject | Plural Verb | |
We | climb | the hill |
They | shoot | the bear |
My brothers | take | the books |
d) ‘I’ and ‘You’ takes the plural verb
Examples:
Subject | Plural verb | |
I | go | home |
you | kick | the ball |
e) These words take the singular verbs:-
Each Every Anyone Anybody Everyone Everybody Someone | Something Everything Anything No one Nothing Nobody Somebody |
Examples:
๏ Each boy eats an apple
๏ Every pupil in the class goes to the library
More examples:
i) Has anyone seen my pen?
ii) Everybody marches on the spot.
iii) Something is in the drawer.
iv) Everything goes well.
v) Is there anything to eat?
vi) No one goes to that haunted house.
vii) Nothing is good for her.
viii) Nobody wishes to be poor.
ix) Somebody has taken my spoon.
f) Uncountable nouns take Singular Verb
Water quenches our thirst |
More examples:
i) Oil is for cooking. ii) Cement is used for building houses. iii) Rubbish attracts flies. iv) Salt gives taste to food. |
g) Collective nouns in the singular takes singular verbs. Collective nouns in the plural takes plural verbs.
The brood of chicken is under its mother’s wings.
More examples:
i) The swarm of bees is flying over the tree. ii) The swarms of bees are flying over the trees. |
TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING
FORMATIVE EXERCISE 1
Separate the subject and verb
1. She lives in Muar.
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2. Hassan and Han Meng are good friends.
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3. He has a story book.
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4. They do their work well.
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FORMATIVE EXERCISE 2
Fill in the blanks with suitable verbs in the following statement.
1. The mice __________ (run) into the holes.
2. She __________ ( stand) near the window.
3. We __________ (do) our duties.
4. My cousins ________ (go) to Singapore.
5. I __________ (shift) to a new house.
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