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Subject/Verb Agreement. The Four Problem Areas. Prepositional Phrases. Prepositions are words that show position. A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition and its object. In the spring , I always vow to plant tomatoes but end up buying them at the supermarket.
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Subject/Verb Agreement The Four Problem Areas
Prepositional Phrases • Prepositions are words that show position. • A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition and its object. In the spring, I always vow to plant tomatoes but end up buying them at the supermarket.
Some Common Prepositions about beneath inside without above beside into with after between near in among beyond toward across around during through at between except under like below for upon near before from within to
A prepositional phrase can never be a part of the main subject.** It is very important to remember that a plural verb gets no “s.”Angel and Tom play in the yard.**A singular verb gets an “s.”Angel plays in the yard.
Complete The Following Sentences Correctly My sister, along with her six friends, (is/are) on the way from the beach. The old house, including the yard and driveway, (is/are) in good condition. Jonathan, along with his two friends, (threaten/threatens) the stability of the office. In the early evening, a tall man with two Great Danes (jog/jogs) through the park.
My sister, along with her six friends, is on the way from the beach. The old house, including the yard and driveway, is in good condition. Jonathan, along with his two friends, threatens the stability of the office. In the early evening, a tall man with two Great Danes jogs through the park.
Collective Nouns Collective nouns refer to more than one person or thing. Most of the time, collective nouns take a singular verb. Collective nouns take a plural verb only when the members of the group are acting individually, not as a unit.
A Few Collective Nouns team jury class council committee government audience group company crowd corporation army family club
Complete The Following Sentences Correctly The family from Nevada (is/are) looking for a house to rent for at least one year. Some members of the jury (was/were) falling asleep in the late afternoon sessions. The Green Corporation (give/gives) all its full-time employees ten vacation days. The most popular team in baseball history (is/are) divided on the issue of steroids. My son’s kindergarten class (sing/sings) songs at the start of each day.
The family from Nevada is looking for a house to rent for at least one year.Some members of the jurywere falling asleep in the late afternoon sessions. The Green Corporationgives all its full-time employees ten vacation days.
The most popular team in baseball history are deeply divided on the issue of steroids.** It is important to note that a team cannot be divided since it is a singular unit. In this example the individual members of the team are divided. My son’s kindergarten classsings songs at the start of each day.
Indefinite Singular Pronouns Certain pronouns that come from a group called indefinite singular pronouns always take a singular verb. If you want to write clearly and correctly, you must memorize these words and remember that they always take a singular verb. HINT: You can memorize the indefinite pronouns as the -one, -thing, and -body words pluseach, either, neither.
The Indefinite Singular Pronouns one nobody nothing each anyone anybody anything either someone somebody something neither everyone everybody everything
Complete The Following Sentences Correctly Each of the one thousand four hundred girls in the school (is/are) receiving a vaccination for H1N1. One of the sixteen boys (know, knows) how to open the safe. Nobody in your group of friends (act/acts) happy to see me. Everybody except the lawyers (was/were) having a great time at the beach. One of the kindest nurses at the hospital (was/were) predisposed to helping the man end his suffering.
Each of the one thousand four hundred girls in the school is receiving a vaccination for H1N1.One of the sixteen boys knows how to open the safe.Nobody in your group of friends acts happy to see me.Everybody except the lawyers was having a great time at the beach.One of the kindest nurses at the hospital was predisposed to helping the man end his suffering.
Compound Main Subjects A compound subject is two or more subjects joined by and, or, nor. When a compound subject is joined by and it always takes a plural verb. When a compound subject is joined by or or nor the verb takes the form of the part of the compound main subject it is closest to.
Complete The Following Sentences Correctly The house or the garden (need/needs) attention. The house or the gardens (need/needs) attention. The house and the garden (need/needs) attention. Here (is/are) a picture of your father and a copy of his birth certificate. Either the tenants nor the landlord (care/cares) about the parking situation. Either the tenants nor the landlords (care/cares) about the parking situation. There (is/are) a big hairy spider and some beetles under the porch. Neither a steel rod in his leg nor a fear of heights (keep/keeps) Adam from climbing mountains.
Answers The house or the garden (need/needs) attention. The house or the gardens (need/needs) attention. The house and the garden (need/needs) attention. Here (is/are) a picture of your father and a copy of his birth certificate. Either the tenants nor the landlord (care/cares) about the parking situation. Either the tenants nor the landlords (care/cares) about the parking situation. There (is/are) a big hairy spider and some beetles under the porch. Neither a steel rod in his leg nor a fear of heights (keep/keeps) Adam from climbing mountains.
