Subject and verb

Common nouns

Common nouns refer to unspecific people ,places and things.Common nouns are not capitalized. Examples:City,company,boy,and college.

Verb

A word that expresses an action of being. Example:run, jump, go ,quick, fast ,am ,were , and I'm.

Collective noun

Collective nouns refer to groups that are composed of members.Like animals, people ,and things. Examples:group,couple,faculty,councils,families,and colonies.

Tricky Scenario #5: Indefinite Pronouns that Depend on the Context.

Example:All/Some/None of the cake (has / have) been eaten. All/Some/None of the pieces (has / have) been eaten. Neither the cats nor the dog (is / are) here. Either the cats or the dog (is / are) guilty. Neither the cat nor the dogs (is / are) here. Either the cat or the dogs (is / are) here.For the indefinite pronouns all, some, and none, we need to see if what they are referring to is singular or plural. In our examples here, "cake" is singular and "pieces" is plural. For the indefinite pronouns "either" and "neither," they will almost always take singular verbs, even though we will be very tempted to give them plural verbs, since they are referring to more than one thing. The only scenario where they take plural verbs is if the second noun is plural.

Tricky Scenario #4: Singular Indefinite Pronouns.

Example:Everyone (is / are) sitting in his seat. Nobody (has / have) fallen down. Each of the animals (is / are) unique.

Tricky Scenario #2: Collective nouns can be either singular or plural

Example:The group of students (is / are) walking to class.Here, "group" is the subject. "Group" is singular, so it should match with the verb "is." It can be easy to get confused here because the word "group" looks like it should be plural because a "group" includes more than one thing. There are several other words like "group" that usually take singular verbs, such as "class," "family," "committee," and "staff." But unfortunately, it gets even more tricky because sometimes these collective nouns can actually be plural if they're referring to individuals in the group, such as in the sentence, "The class (is / are) tuning their instruments." But here's a trick: if you can add the word "members" after the verb, the verb will be plural. For example, "The class members (is / are) tuning their instruments."

Tricky Scenario #3: A plural subject joined by and separated by a lot of words.

Example:The old store at the corner of the street that sold delicious muffins and the building at the far end of the university (is / are) going to be renovated next year.Here, there are two subjects that are joined together by the conjunction "and," so they should take the plural verb "are." This example can be tricky because there are so many words that separate the subjects from one another and from the verb.

Tricky Scenario #1: The subject and the verb are separated by several words.

Example:The room with the flowers (is / are) absolutely beautiful. "Room" is singular, so it should match with the singular verb "is." The noun that you should match the verb with should be the first noun in the subject phrase, so make sure you always trace the subject Here, if we're not careful, we might think the subject is "flowers," which is plural and would match with the verb "are." However, the actual subject here is "room," which is the first noun in the subject phrase. phrase back to the beginning.

Tricky Scenario #6: The subject comes after the verb

Example:There (is / are) a man in the house. There (is / are) men in the house. Over the hills (is / are) an enormous cloud. In the first example, "man," which is singular, is the subject, so the verb should be the singular "is." In the second example, "men," which is plural, is the subject, so the verb should be the plural "are." And in the third example, "cloud," which is singular, is the subject, so the verb should be the singular "is."

Phrases and clauses

Examples:

perfect past tense

Examples: Abdul teaches math. Abdul has taught math for ten years. Abdul taught math. The present perfect tense indicates that an action began in the past and continues to the present. To indicate how long an action has been occurring sentences in the present perfect tense often include prepositional phrases such as Abdul has taught math for ten years. For regular verbs past participles are the same as past tense.

Future tense

Examples: I will order my books tonight. The dogs will get exercise after we eat dinner. perfection will be vial after tonight performance. I will study. You will study. She will study. Jason will study. Everyone will study. They will study. we will study. Al and sue will study. The future tense indicates that an action will occur in the future. The future tense is created with Will + present tense verb. Subject verbs agreement is not concern when verbs are in the future tense. The future perfect tense indicates that an action will have been completed at a specific time in the future. whether the subject is singular or plural, the words will have come before the past participle.

Past tense

Examples: Quinlan and josh worked together on the project. I walked. He walked. They walked. Nobody walked. The girls walked. Beth and Heidi walked. with action verbs, the past tense indicates that an action started and ended in the past.With be verbs the past tense indicates that something was or things were. Plural and compound nouns agree with the verb were .

subject verb agreement rules 2

In plural subjects end in "S" Plural verbs do not end in "S" The dogs run. The whales swim. In the present tense

Plural common nouns

It's the same thing but it's more than one thing. Examples: cities,boys,colleges,and companies

Linking Verbs

Linking verb link subjects to words that modify or rename subjects. Example:Am is are were be being been will be, smelled

Count Nouns

Noun can be pluralized only words that can be singular or plural. A number of the word many can come before a count noun. Examples: leaf, animal, company, student, and rock

Concrete Nouns

Nouns that can be seen, touched, smelled, tasted, and felt.. Examples: Bug, rice ,blood, table, monkey, and plate.

Subject verb agreement rules

Singular subjects do not end in "s" Singular verbs end in "S" • The dog runs. • The whale swims In the present tense

Proper nouns

They refer to a specific person,place,and thing.It is always capitalized. Examples: Denver,Microsoft ,Burger King,Richar, Saint Paul College,and Lily.

Compound Verbs

Verb that can be joined by and.,or,and nor. Example: run and swim, sit or stand, write or speak,eat nor drink, throw or catch.

Abstract Nouns

are not concrete they cannot be seen, touched, smelled ,tasted, or felt. Example: Intelligence , humor, happiness, freedom.

Plural collective nouns

collective nouns refer to groups that are composed to a group member but its more than one thing. examples: groups, councils , couples , families, and colonies.

Plural Concrete Nouns

same meaning but more than Example: bugs, monkeys, tables , plates ,

Plural Count Noun

same thing but its more than. Example: leaves, animals, rocks, students, and companies

Mass Nouns

since mass cannot be counted they cannot be pluralized. Examples: Air, Gasoline,water, strength, freedom.