Subject and verb agreement

SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT
I) SingularVerb:
1)SingularN or UncountableN + V(singular)
	Ex: This book is very interesting.
	 Traffic is always busy at hightitme.
2) Every-any-some-no(Thing or Body) + V(singular) 
	Ex: Everything looks bright and clean.
	 Is there anybody here?
3)Subject is Noun-verb (danh động từ) or Base-verb (động từ nguyên thể) or Clause (Mệnh đề) + V(singular)
	Ex: Walking in the rain is not a good idea.
	 That you get high grades in the school is very important.
4) Subject is collective noun used as a unit (Chủ ngữ là danh từ tập hợp dùng như 1 đơn vị) + V(singular)
	Ex: The footballteam practises everday.
5) Subject is a group of quality indicators: period of time, weight, volume, money ... ( Chủ ngữ là 1 nhóm từ chỉ số lượng: khoảng thời gian, trọng lượng, thể tích, số tiền...) + V(singular)
	Ex: Twenty-two inches is a tiny waist measurement.
	 Fift dollars seems reasonable.
Fraction +SingularN => V(singular)
	Ex: A quater of the cake is used.
The majority +SingularN => V(singular)
Ex: The majority of the customer is happy.
6) Axioms books, named agencies, organizations, countries although they are written in SingularN or PluralN (Tiêu đề sách báo, tên cơ quan, tổ chức đoàn thể, tên quốc gia dù được viết ở số ít hay nhiều) + V(singular)
	Ex: Chaucer’s Canterbury includes many humorous characterizations.
7) Name of sickness, Name of courses, Names of sports, country name, the name of the capital ( Các danh từ dùng để chỉ tên môn học, tên thể thao, tên nước, tên thủ đô)
 +News
 +Diseases: Mealses, Mumps, Rickets ...
 +Subjects: Mathematics, Physic, Economies, Linguistics, Politics, ...
 +Proper nouns: Algiers, Athens, Brussels, Marseilles, The United States, The United Nations, Wales,...
	Ex: The morning news is on TV at 6.am
	 Measles is sometime serious.
	 Mathematics is fun.
8) The number of + N(plural) => V(singular)
	Ex: The number of road accidents is increasing.
9) a.No + SigularN => V(singular)
	Ex: No example is right in your notebook.
 b. None of + SingularN => V(singular)
	Ex: None of the couterfeit money has been found.
10) It + be + N/Pronoun (In the subject form)
	Ex: It is they who provide the modern medical aids.
II) PluralVerb:
1) (Both) S1 and S2 + V(plural)
	Ex: Mary and John play tennis together.
2) All/Both/Few/Afew/Many... + PluralN => V(plural)
	Ex: Both of the chairs are here.
3) Collectives nouns “The+adj” => V(plural)
	Ex: The sick need medical care and tenderness.
	 The American people don’t trust the news.
4) A number of + PluralN => V(plural)
	Ex: A number of spectators were injured.
5) PluralN + V(plural)
	Ex: The teachers are coming.
	 Three students are going.
6) Subject is collective noun for members (Chủ ngữ là danh từ tập hợp chỉ từng thành viên) + V(plural)
	Ex: The football team buy their own uniforms.
	 John has just arrived and now the family are there.
7) The noun is: Police, The military, The people, Cattle, Poultry, Clergy ... + V(plural)
	Ex: The police are questioning him.
8) a. Fraction + PluralN => V(plural)
	Ex: Half of the tables are occupied.
 b. The majority of + PluralN => V(plural)
	Ex: The majority of the customers are happy. 
9) a. No + pluralN => V(plural)
	Ex: No examples are right in this case.
 b. None of + pluralN => V(plural)
	Ex: None of students have finished the exam yet.
10) The noun is always in plural: Glasses, Pants, Scrissors, Shorts, Jeans, Tongs, Pliers, Tweezers, Eye-Glasses, Ear-rings,... + V(plural)
	Ex: Eye-Glasses are important for myope.
11) There + be + N
	Ex: There have not been many large-scale epidemies.
III) Subject and Verb agreement:
1) N1 + along with	 + N2 + V(N1)
	 Together with
	 As well as
	 Preposition
	Ex: A can of beans sits on the shelf.
	 The students, along with their teacher, were on ayard.
2)
Neither	+ N1	+ Nor	 + N2 + V(N2)
Either	 Or
Not only	 But also
Ex: Neither the dogs nor the cat is hungry.
3)
Some, alot, lots, plenty, all	+ Of 	+ UncountableN +V(singular)
Some, alot, lots, plenty, all	+ Of 	+ PluralNoun +V(Plural)
 	Ex: Some of the sugar is on the floor.
	 Some of my books are on the floor.
4) Chủ ngữ là 1 nhóm từ => Tìm từ chính => Động từ hoà hợp với từ chính
	Ex: The shops along the mall are rather small.
IV) Note:
Singular Subjects:
Noun without “s/es” but:
Children, Men, Women, People, Teeth, Feet => Plural Noun
Plural Subjects:
Noun with “s/es” but:
Mathematics, Informatics, Physics, Informations, Measles, Mumps, the Philipines, the United Nation => Singular Noun
Singular Noun = Plural Noun: sheep, fish, means, species ...
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