Luyện tiếng anh: Subject and verb agreement

 SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT 
I. Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to agree subject and verb properly.
II. Materials: posters, textbook, handouts
III. Procedure
Time
Content
T and Ss’ activities
5’
WARM UP
Ex: Her dress is beautiful.
 Those cars are very modern.
T writes example and explains.
Ss observe.
15’
PRESENTATION
Subject and Verb in a sentence must agree in Person and Number
1. 
S1 + and + S2 + V (plural)
 Ex: He and his friends are good students.
 John and I are going to play tennis.
2.
 with / together with 
S1 + along with / as well as + S2 + V (theo S1)
 accompanied by
 Ex: The actress, along with her manager and some friends, is going to a party tonight.
3. 
Either or
Neither + S1 + nor + S2 + V (theo S2)
Not only but also
 Ex: Either you or I am wrong
 Neither Tom’s parents nor his teacher is satisfied with his progress.
4. 
Every Noun (singular)
Each + + V (singular)
Either 
Neither of + Noun (plural)
 Ex: Every child has a toy.
 Each job needs patience.
 Each of the patients is examined every day.
5. 
Every / some
Any / no + one / body / thing + V (singular)
 Ex: Everyone is ready.
6. 
A number of + Noun (plural) + V (plural) 
The number of + Noun (plural) + V (singular) 
 Ex: A number of the applicants have already been interviewed.
 The number of days in a week is seven. 
7. 
S (N + preposition phrase) + V(N) 
 Ex: The study of languages is very interesting.
8.
Gerund / To Vo (as Subject) + V (singular) 
 Ex: Writing many letters makes her happy.
9. 
Mathematics/maths, linguistics physics, measles, mumps, athletics, the Philippines, the United States, the United Nations, news, ..
+ V (singular)
scissors, shorts ,pants ,jeans, tongs ,
trousers ,eyeglasses ,pliers, tweezers cattle, 
police,  
+ V (plural)
T delivers handouts.
T runs through the grammar points and examples.
T emphasizes some notes.
Ss listen and carefully and take notes.
Ss may make questions.
T answers.
Physics (n) 
vật lý học
Measles (n) bệnh sởi mumps (n) bệnh quai bị
Athletics (n) điền kinh
tongs (n) 
cái kẹp 
pliers (n) 
cái kìm 
tweezers (n)
cái nhíp
15’
PRACTICE
I/ Choose the right word or phrase best completes the sentence
1. Three weeks _______not enough holiday.
	A. are	B. were	C. was	D. been
2. Each of you ____ a share in the work.
	A. having 	 B. has 	C. to have	 D. have
3. Linguistics ____ out the ways in which languages work.
	A. find 	B. finding 	C. to find 	D. finds
4. The United Nations ____ its head quarters in New York city.
	A. have 	B. having 	C. has	 	D. to have
5. There ____ a few flowers in this garden last summer.
	A. being 	B. were 	C. are 	D. is
6. A large number of reporters ____ at the meeting yesterday.
	A. being 	B. were 	C. are 	D. is
7. Collecting old coins and paper notes ____ one of my hobbies.
	A. being 	B. were 	C. are 	D. is
8. Mr. Thomson with his wife and his three children ____ abroad.
	A. to be 	B. have been 	C. are 	D. is
9. Neither Daisy nor I ____ glad to do that.
	A. am 	B. has been 	C. are 	D. is
10. The police ____ come to the site of the accident.
	A. have 	B. has 	C. having 	D. to have
11. My brother together with his friends often ____ in the park.
	A. jogs 	B. jogging 	C. jog 	D. to jog
12. Neither he nor they ____ here yesterday.
	A. are 	B. were 	C. is 	D. be
13. Either John or his children ____ breakfast each morning.
	A. make 	B. makes 	C. making 	D. to make
14. Not only a dog but also two cats ____ at home in his garage.
	A. was 	B. are 	C. been 	D. is
15. Both a poem and a short story ____ been written by the young author.
	A. has 	B. to have 	C. have 	D. having
T gives instruction and runs through some new words.
Ss work alone and then share.
Ss write the answer on the board.
T checks and comments.
Ss take notes.
10’
II/ Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order to make the sentence correct
1. The professor together with his three students have been called to court.
 A B C D
2. Fifty dollars seem a reasonable price to pay for that.
 A B C D
3. One of the biggest problems facing our society are unemployment.
 A B C D
4. The unemployed really needs to be given more help.
 A B C D
5. To learn foreign languages are necessary for us to have a good job.
 A B C D
6. The police is asking him a lot of questions which he can’t answer.
 A B C D
7. Life is not easy for those who is without jobs.
 A B C D
8. The Vietnamese is hard-working, intelligent and brave.
 A B C D
9. Happiness and success depends on your ability and luck.
 A B C D
10. The poor woman with her two children were seen begging in a street corner.
 A B C D
T gives instruction and runs through some new words.
Ss work alone and then share.
Ss write the answer on the board.
T checks and comments.
Ss take notes.
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