GRAMMAR - Subject-verb Agreement

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SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

•       A verb must agree with its subject. The subject is always a noun or pronoun.
•       A singular subject takes a singular verb. For examples:

·      Mother likes to play badminton every evening.

·      Zainuddin has a big bungalow.

·      She eats rice.

•      A plural noun must have a plural verb. The word plural means more than one.

Cats are animals.	Cats – plural noun Are – plural verb
They are good boys.	They – plural pronoun Are - plural verb
They eat rice.	they – plural noun eat – plural verb

•     The table below shows how we match the subjects with the present tense form of the                                                       

              verbs ‘to be’, ‘to have’ and ‘to do’.

	Subject	Verb ‘to be’	Verb ‘to have’	Verb ‘to do’
Singular	He She It	is	has	does
	I	am	have	do
	You	are
Plural	We They

•     The table below shows how we match the subjects with the past tense form of the verbs  

              ‘to be’, ‘to have’ and ‘to do’.

	Subject	Verb ‘to be’	Verb ‘to have’	Verb ‘to do’
Singular	He She It I	was	had	did
	You	were
Plural	We
	They

EXERCISE  - UNDERLINE THE VERB THAT AGREES WITH THE SUBJECT IN THE SENTENCES BELOW.

1.        Misliah (likes, like) to sing Chinese songs.

2.        The hippopotamus (has, have) a huge mouth.

3.        Malaysia (is, are) a beautiful country.

4.        We (buy, buys) bananas from Pak Sop’s stall.

5.        My uncle (work, works) as a firefighter.

6.        Eric’s parents (was, were) killed in an accident last year.

7.        I (do, does) my homework after dinner every night.

8.        We (has, have) returned all your CDs.

9.        The children (want, wants) some more ice cream.

10.     She (wash, washes) her hair every week.