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6 MOST COMMONLY

OF SV AGREEMENT


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Education is the ability tolisten to almost anything

or your self-

confidence. ~Robert Frost


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SANTA


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According to legend, Santa Claus is a fatold man who visits every house on ourplanet in about eight hours on one of thecoldest nights of the year. Santa, aseverybody knows, stop for a glass of milkand a cookie at each house along the route.

He prefer to work unnoticed, so he wearsluminous red suit and travels with a pack ofbell-jangling reindeer. For reasons thatmost people does not understand, this jollyold man enters each house not by the


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front door but through the chimney (whether you has a chimney or not ). Hecustomarily gives generously to children in

wealthy families and he usually

remind poorer children that its the thought

t at counts. anta aus s one o t eearliest beliefs that parents try to instill intheir children. After this absurdity, its a

wonder that any child ever believe inanything again.


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THE BASIC RULE Singular subject takes a singular verb

Example:

The girl plays the clarinet.The dog barks.

Plural subject takes the plural verb.

Example:

We walk in going to the market.

Justin and Joshua play badminton.


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SIX MOST COMMONLY

SV AGREEMENT


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CASE 1The verb agrees only with its subject,

thus, not affected by any word or phrases

.


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EXAMPLEThe graduate, together with his parents,marches down the auditorium aisle.


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CASE 2Words such as either, neither, everyone ,everybody

, anyone, anybody, someone, none or each are

singular and need a singular verb. Both, many, few,n v r r r r v r . , ny , m r ,

most, none, and some may be singular or pluraldepending on the noun or pronoun they refer.


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EXAMPLE Because of lack of expertise, neither of the

students wants to perform in the culinary Art

competition.

Many of them are joining the declamation contestinstead.

All of her money was gone. Some of her expensiveaccessories were stolen, too!


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CASE 3A relative pronoun (who , whom, which, that)

used as the subject of a clause takes a singular or

plural verb depending on its antecedent. In otherw r , y v n w w w r r n nrefers to before you decide which verb to use.


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EXAMPLE Phil is one of the Soccer team player who admits

to having a girlfriend .

Anything that celebrities say is usually subjected toscrunity.


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CASE 4Subjects joined by and usually take a pluralverb. But if the two subjects refer to the

same person or thing or words like each,every, many, or no come before the subject,the verb is singular.


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EXAMPLE My brother and his children were playing golf all

afternoon.

The owner and manager of the convenience storenext to our block was robbed last night.

Every boy and every girl at the concert was given anautographed souvenir photo.


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CASE 5 Some nouns that end in s take singular verbs

(news, measles, mumps). Also title of books ,

movies, short stories, newspapers and magazinesr , m , y , n m m n ,

and geographical entities are treated similarly. Butthere are words ending in ics that may either be

plural or singular (ethics, politics, athletics). Theyare singular if they are referred to as subject or ageneral practice and not usually precede by amodifiers like his, some, the and all.


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EXAMPLE Politics has always been a favorite of tabloid

headlines.

His politics are known to everyone.


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CASE 6Although the subject of a sentence usually occur

or near the beginning of a sentence, this is not

always the case. Usually, difficulty arises if n n n w w r w , w y, w r ,

what, and how. Be keen to spot the subject .


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EXAMPLES Beneath the building flows an underground river.

Here is the box of pizza that you ordered.

Which of these shoes do you like the most?


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rect ons: nc rc e t e ver t atwill make each sentence correct.


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The bus, loaded with passengers, (is , are) lying in theditch.

The leaders of our country (needs, need)our help.

Everyone in the barrio (was, were) decorating thestreets for fiesta.

Since I got sick, none of my friends (has,have) called

me.

Three Bills and magazines ( is, are) all we got in themail


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( Has, Have) either Ms. Russel or his assistantscome in yet?

The paintings in the gallery (is , are) his works.

Where ( is , are) the directions for operating thevideo projector?

This is one of those stories that (seems, seem) tohave no ending.


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There are four men in our community who(has, have) bagged the prestigious award.

James Pattersons Sundays at Tiffanys (is,are a erfect read.

Statistics ( is ,are) not offered this semester

The mans ethics (is ,are) worth emulating.


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His partner and business associate (records,record) the minutes of the board meeting.

The group of lecturers (has, have) begun to, .


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DIRECTIONS: Provide the correct form of the.


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1.The students from Cebu normal University , as wellas the teachers, ________ (walk) from OsmeaBoulevard going to Fuente Osmea Circle.

2. Each of the students ________(be) responsible foro ng s or er wor n t e rary.

3. Here _______(be) two apples.

4. Each dog and each cat ________(have) beenimmunized


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5. Macaroni and cheese _________ (be) my favoriteFriday night dinner.

6. No talking and no laughing ______(be) permittedin the Library.

7. Homo sapiens _________(be) often misspelled.


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8. She ________(be) a competent employee who________(be) expected to succeed.

9. I bought the peach that________(be) ripe.

10. Strawberries and cream ________(be) added tothe menu.


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ASSIGNMENT


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On a short sized bond paper make a letter

for someone that captures your attentionnowadays (secret letter). Use the sixcommon confusing cases of SV agreementthat you are using in your letter.

Rubrics

Creativity-5

Grammar-10Neatness-5

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=20 pts

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