BACK TO BASICSUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Easy pizzy quiz to get your brain back to business!!

She ______(seem/seems) happy to get that Oreo cheese cake from him.

Kobe Bryant______(is/are) definitely taller than Amirul Hakim from D1B1 .

Pian and Miss Dia______(speak/speaks) a little bit of Javanese.

The Atikahs ______ (confuse/confuses) Miss Dia because their names _____ (is/are) alike.

Nice try! So you think you’re already good? Wait till you do this…

All of Miss Dia’s students (love/loves) to play around.

One of Miss Dia’s students (is/are) a fan of Dorothy Perkins.

Every BEL120 student (grumble/grumbles) a lot. The news (is/are) too good to be true. Syafina, together with her rabbit (is/are) playing

at the park. Fasihah, as well as the jokers (is/are) making my

days difficult. The best fish and chips (is/are) available at

Secret Recipe.

That’s why you’re stuck here with me. I shall clean the mess in your head

CASE 1 Names of subjects, countries and diseases use singular

verbs. Economics is my favourite subject. Statistics does not seem easy Mathematics requires critical thinking Physics has the ability to make me sleep The Phillippines is not far from Malaysia The Maldives is one of the destinations in Amazing

Race The United States has a motive to launch the war AIDS makes people scared of drugs Measles attacks human’s respiratory system Mumps is common among children Rickets affects a child’s growth

subjects

countries

diseases

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Case 2 Each Every Everyone Everybody Anybody Somebody Anyone Nobody One

E.g each girl is wearing baju kurung Nobody likes that milk because it tastes bad

+ singular noun

Singular verb

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CASE 3 One of the +plural nouns + singular verb

One of the best shopping complexes in Malaysia is Sunway Pyramid

One of my favourite nephews loves to eat Each of the + plural nouns + singular verb

Each of the girls has troubles finding the ticket Each of Japanese hates durian

Do you want me to stop now? Not so soon CASE 4 In sentences with “either, or” and “neither,

nor”, the second subjects (bolded words) determine the verb group Either Faizal Yaakub or Faizal Md Noor loves

Tomok. Either Miss Dia or her friends love sleeping in

class Either the cars or that house belongs to Miss Dia Neither Michael Jackson nor Janet Jackson

knows Tok Penghulu Neither Michael Jackson nor his children love

roti canai Neither MAS airplanes or his new Exora attracts

me

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CASE 5 First subject, as well as / together with /

accompanied by second subject + verb (determined by the first subject) The rain, as well as the fog makes driving

difficult Fuad, together with his friends steals Miss Dia’s

Oreo. Big Apple donuts, accompanied by a cup of coffee

are perfect for Miss Dia

Hang on there, we’re almost done!!

CASE 6 Fractions / percentages

Half of the class is missing 2 ½ of the birthday cakes are eaten by a

monster 20% of my marks are given by Chef Jamie Oliver 78% of my time is spent for work

Okay, okay, two cases left

CASE 7 Names of meal

Bacon and eggs is non-halal for Muslims The best fish and chips is available at Secret

Recipe Bread and butter was what I had for breakfast

yesterday Rice and curry is simply delicious

Aaahhh…We’re done with the cases

CASE 8 Words that refer to people and language

The English love to travel around the world English has never been this boring The Japanese do not like being under the sun Japanese is my third language