SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
A. Sentence
==> Subject + Verb
Example
: -
I work
-
She works
-
The car in the garage is mine
B. Basic Rule
/ Principle :
·
Singular
Subject need Singular Verb
·
Plural
Subject need Plural Verbs
Example : - My brother is a nutricionist
- My sister are mathematicians
C. Indifinite
Pronouns. ( Kata ganti tidak tentu/jelas )
1. Anyone,
everyone, someone, no one, no body, therefore adalah selalu singular.
Example : - Everyone has
done his or her homework
- somebody has left her purse
- no body is in the room
*Pengecualian*
1. All dan
Some kadang bisa tunggal dan jamak, tergantung jenis bendanya apakah itu countable atau uncountable.
Example : - Some of the books are
missing
- Some of the water is gone
2. None bisa
jadi tunggal dan jamak, tergantung kata benda yang mengikutinya.
Example : - None of the students are
in the class
- None of the food is fresh
3. Each
selalu tunggal
Example: - Each of the student is
responsible for his/her homework
- Each of the cars has different colour
2. Kalimat dengan together with, as well as,
along with tidak sama dengan an, maka kata-kata tersebut tidak menambahkan
subjectnya.
Example : - The mayor, as well as
his brothers, is
going to prison
“Berbeda
dengan”
- The mayor and his brothers are
going to prison
- My friends, together with Roni, are
at school
*Penjelasan Tambahan*
Kadang subject terpisah dari verb, seperti along with, besides, or not.
Verb tergantung subject.
Example : - The politician, a long with the newsmen, is
expected
shortly
- Excitement,
as well as nervousness, is the cause of her shaking
3. Subject
yang terpisah dengan Verb / Appositives
Example : -
The mayor,
who has been convicted along with his four brothers
on Counts of various crimes but who also seems, like a cat, to have Several
political lives, is finally going to jail.
4.
Pronouns of Adjective Clause
Example
: - Salma
is the scientist who writes the reports.
- he is one of the men who does the work
5.
Either + or dan Neither + nor
Ketika nor
atau or
digunakan, kata kerja bergantung pada subject yang berdekatan dengan kata kerja.
Example : -
Either my father or my brothers, are going to sell the house.
- Neither my brothers nor my father is going to sell the house
- Are
either my
brothers or my father responsible
- is
either my
father or my brothers responsible
*Pronouns
‘either’ dan ‘neither’ adalah singular, maka kata kerja selalu singular*
Example : - Neither of the two traffic
light is
working
- Either of us is capable of doing the job
- Which shirt do you want for chrismast ?
Either is
fine with me
*HATI –
HATI*
‘Neither’ dan ‘either’ bisa berbentuk
plural
di informal
writing. ( dijembatani dengan kata ‘of’ )
Example : -
have either of you two clowns read the assignment ?
- are either of you taking this seriously ?
6.
PSEUDO SUBJECT
‘there’
and ‘here’ bukanlah subject. Subject ada di setelah kata tersebut.
Example
: - there are two
reasons for this
- there
is no reason
for this
- here are two apples
7.
Third Party Singular
Ending
s/es hanya pada ‘Present Tense’
Example
: - She teaches English
- Rani teaches English
- He has good personality
8.
Words end in –s
*
Kata ‘singular’ yang memang berakhiran ‘s’
Example
: - The news
from the front is bad
- Measles is a dangerous disease for pregnant
women
*
Tapi, kata yang berakhiran ‘s’ adalah plural
Example
; - My assets
were wiped out in the depression
- Our thanks go to the workers who supported the
union
SINGULAR
|
PLURAL
|
Diseas : measles, rabies, Fields of study and
|
·
Customs ( at the airport, not practices )
|
Occupation : economics, ethics, linguistics, politics, physics,
gymnastics
|
Guts ( courage, not intentines )
|
Games : domines, darts, cards
|
Quarters ( lodgings, not ¼ s)
|
Clothes ( garment, not fabrics)
|
|
Goods ( merchandise, not the opposite of bad)
|
|
Ams ( weapons, not limb )
|
* Nouns yang selalu plural*
Pants, clothes, binoculars, jeans, forceps, trousers, tongs,
shorts, tweezers, pajamas, polices, shorts, glasses, scissors, goggles, shoes,
sandals, etc.
Example : - the scissors are on the table
-
the pair at the jeans needs to be washed
9. Fractional Expressions ( hall of, a part of,
a percentage of, so forth )
*amati
subject setelah kata-kata tersebut. Apakah tunggal atau jamak. Verb akan
mengikutinya
Example : - fifty percent of the pie has
disappeared
- fifty percent of the pies have disappeared
- one – thirds of the city is unemployed
10.
Negative & Positive Subject
Jika
kalimat terdiri dari positif & negatif subject dengan masing-masing adalah
singular dan plural, maka kata kerja mengikuti positive subject
Example : -
the department
members, but not the chair have diceded not to
teach on Valentine’s Day
(+) The department
members
(-) The chair
- it was
the speaker,
not his ideas, that has provoked the students the riot
(+) speaker
(-) ideas
- it is not the faculty members
but the
president who, decides this issue
(+) precident
(-) faculty members
11.
Sum Of Money or Periods
Subject
yang berhubungan dengan waktu dan uang, verb selalu bentuk singular
Example
: - ten
dollars is a high price to pay
- five years is the maximum sentence for that
offense
