SUBJECT- VERB
AGREEMENT
Subject
Verb Agreement
Subject Verb
Agreement adalah kesusaian antara subjek dengan kata kerja dalam sebuah
kalimat. Terdapat beberapa aturan dalam subject verb agreement.
1. Singular
& Plural
Subject
Singular :
-
Jeni goes to mall
-
Coki eats meat
-
Quina reads a book
Subject Plural
-
Jeni go to mall
-
Coki eat meat
-
Quina read a book
2. Prepositional
phrases
Dalam
prepositional pharses, subject berada sebelum preposition.
Seperti,
“The door at the houses is broken”. Prepositional
dalam kalimat tersebut adalah at the house, dan subjek dari kalimat tersebut
adalah the door.
3. Conjuction
‘and’
Saat dua subjek dihubungkan dengan ‘and’
maka gunakan verb plural. Seperti “Dika
and Rio are playing guitar together”.
4. Expression
of Quantity
Apabila terdapat expression of quantity
diikuti oleh preposition ‘of’, maka subject bisa singular atau plural,
tergantung pada kata benda setelah preposition.
Contoh
: Some of the cake has been eaten.
5. Agreement
after Certain Words
Certain words adalah kata-kata yang
berbentuk tunggal/singular secara gramatikal tapi memiliki makna jamak/plural.
Contoh
: Everybody in library is reading the book.
Terdapat beberapa certain words yang
memiliki bentuk singular, jadi harus menggunakan kata kerja tunggal, seperti :
Everybody,
everyone, everything, anybody, anyone, anything, somebody, someone, something,
nobody, no one, nothing, each, every.
Contoh
:
o
Everyone eats meatball.
o
Someone has to work hard.
o
Anything is possible.
o
Each flower in the pot grows beautifully.
o
Every boy and girl plays at playground
everyday
6. Interupting
Phrase
Interrupting pharse adalah phrase yang
menggangu dalam penentuan subject. Beberapa Interrupting phrase : Together
with, along with, especially, as well as, including, in addition to.
Contoh : Ade, together with he friends, is
cleaning the room.
7. There
and Here
Contoh
:
·
There is a blackboard
·
Here is the pencil
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