Subject Verb agreement
Pengertian :
Subject Verb Agreement adalah penyesuaian antara subject dengan
verb atau kata kerja dan pada
dasarnya, singular subject (subjek
tunggal) menggunakan singular verb (kata kerja tunggal), sedangkan plural subject (subjek
jamak) menggunakan plural verb (kata kerja jamak).
Subject Verb
Agreement dibagi menjadi 2 jenis, Yaitu :
1.
Singular Verb
2.
Plural Verb
Penjelasan :
1.
Singular Verb
Merupakan bentuk dasar dari verb yang ditambahkan
dengan akhiran –s atau –es. Aturan ini diberlakukan pada subjet yang merupakan
orang ketiga dan semua kata ganti personal atau personal pronoun kecuali I dan
You.
Contoh :
-
Jamak :
They, We
-
Tunggal :
He, She
Contoh Kalimat Subject Verb
Agreement Singular Verb :
·
My Grandmother brings me a new toy
·
He buys me a bag
2.
Plural Verb
Untuk Plural verb tidak perlu ditambahkan s pada verbnya, tapi sebaliknya
jika pada plural subjectnya maka ditambah dengan s.
Contoh Kalimat Subject Verb
Agreement Plural Verb :
·
They like eating out
·
The stars shine
7 Aturan Subject-Verb Agreement
1.
Dua
singular subjects yang dihubungkan dengan kata or atau nor membutuhkan singular
verb, contoh:
-
My
father or my my mother is visiting your house.
-
Neither
Danny nor Siska does not want to work with me.
2.
Gunakan plural
verb untuk singular project yang dihubungkan ke
plural subject menggunakan or atau nor.
-
The
president or the
armies are available to defend for our country.
3.
Gunakan plural
verb untuk dua subjek atau lebih ketika mereka dihubungkan
dengan conjunction ‘and’.
-
A pen and a pencils are the tools to write.
4.
Gunakan singular
verb untuk pronoun seperti each, everyone,
every one, everybody, anyone, anybody, someone, dan somebody.
-
Each of the boys runs
5.
number’ yang berarti jumlah, diikuti
oleh singular verb. Sementara kata ‘a number’ yang
berarti sejumlah diikuti oleh plural verb.
-
The number of people that submit work application to us has been enough.
-
A number of kids come to
my shop and buy ice
cream
6.
Bila
kata neither dan either menjadi subjek dalam
kalimat, maka gunakan singular verb.
-
Neither of us is capable to write a good essay.
-
Either of us is able to speak English.
7.
Kata who, which,
dan that biasanya diletakkan di tengah kalimat. Kata kerja
setelah who, which, dan that menggunakan
kata kerja yang bergantung pada kata yang dideskripsikan. Ketika kata
tersebut singular, maka gunakan singular verb, namun
ketika kata tersebut adalah plural, maka gunakan plural
verb.
-
Rizal
is the teacher who is loved
by all his students.
Exercise 10
1.
John, along with twenty friends, (is/are) planning a party.
2.
The picture of the soldiers (bring/brings) back many
memories.
3.
The quality of these recordings (is/are) not very good.
4.
If the duties of these officers (isn’t/aren’t) reduced, there will not
be enough time to finish the project.
5.
The effects of cigarette smoking (have/has) been proven to
be extremely harmful.
6.
The use of credit cards in place of cash (have/has) increased
rapidly in recent years.
7.
Advertisements on television (is/are) becoming more competitive
than ever before.
8.
Living expenses in this country, as well as in many
others, (is/are) at an
all-time high.
9.
Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members of the
committee (have/has)
proposed some changes of the rules.
10.
The levels of intoxication (vary/varies) from subject to subject.
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