Tugas (1) & (2) Bahasa Inggris Bissnis 2

BY : Jettira Vetty

Tugas (1)

Subject-Verb Agreement

The subject and verb must agree in number: both must be singular, or both must be plural. Problems occur in the present tense because one must add an -s or -es at the end of the verb when the subjects or the entity performing the action is a singular third person: he, she, it, or words for which these pronouns could substitute.

Notice the difference between singular and plural forms in the following examples:

Singular

The student sings. (He or she sings)

The bird does migrate. (It does)

Plural

Your children sing. (They sing)

Those birds do migrate. (They do)

In order to find out if your subject and verb agree, you need to be able to identify the subject of your sentence. Here are some helpful hints that will help you to decipher where your subject is and where it is not.

1. Singular subject – singular verb

The meaning of singular subject is subject pronoun he , she , and it , nouns or can , he had been replaced by she or it , while the meaning of verbs is singular verb1 + / s ice , is / was , and verb phrase is such as : / / was + verb-ing verb3 , has + verb3 , has been verb-ing and has been verb3 .

Patterns of singular subject-singular verb is presented in the following table :

 If the sentence does not use verb, we used to be:

2. Plural subject – plural verb

The meaning of plural subject is subject pronouns like i , we , you , they , and all the plural nouns . While the meaning of verbs and verbs plural verb phrase is singular in addition to verbs in the top .

Patterns-plural verb plural subject presented in the following table :

 

If the sentence does not use the verb (a nominal sentence), then it used to be:

Tugas (2)

Example :

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