Chap' 17 SubjectVerb Agreement

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Chap. 17 Subject-Verb Agreement

• Monday, 10/15, 2007

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Subject-verb Agreement
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The head word in a noun phrase

• The boy with the trucks (singular)
• The student who has a lot of books (singular)
• E.g. The boy with the trucks goes to a
  kindergarten everyday.

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Nouns that look plural but are used with the
singular

• The news was bad yesterday.
• The United States has a large budget deficit.
• Economics is an important field of study for
  politicians.
• The lecture series sounds interesting.

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Nouns that look singular but are used with the
plural

• The people in the park look happy.
• The police have captured the criminal.

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Two nouns in the subject

• The student and teaching assistant is walking to
  the library.
• The student and the teaching assistant are
  walking to the library.

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Exercise 2

• The way Colombian teenagers act and behave
  differ a lot from teenagers in the United States.
  In my country, young people is very respectful
  with the elderly. We are taught from a very early
  age to respect our elders.
• Young people in the United States, on the other
  hand, is very cold and independent. They dont
  worry about older people. They dont mind if an
  old woman is tired or need help they just live
  their lives.

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Exercise 2

• The way Colombian teenagers act and behave
  differs a lot from teenagers in the United
  States. In my country, young people are very
  respectful with the elderly. We are taught from a
  very early age to respect our elders.
• Young people in the United States, on the other
  hand, are very cold and independent. They dont
  worry about older people. They dont mind if an
  old woman is tired or needs help they just live
  their lives.

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Exercise 3

• Oral response

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Verbs in a sequence

• He picks up the toy, throws it across the room,
  and screams.

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Tricky singular and plural subjectsSee the table
on p. 190

• Singular
• Every
• Each
• Each of
• Everyone/everybody
• Someone/somebody
• Anyone/anybody
• No one/nobody
• One
• Neither

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• Plural
• both

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• Singular or Plural
• All (of)
• A lot of
• Some (of)
• No
• None of

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• Singular
• -ing form
• Choosing furniture is difficult.
• Infinitive (toverb)
• To furnish a room takes time
• Clause
• Why we never use the room is a mystery.

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Exercise 5

• Oral Response

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Assignment

• Read Chapter 24
• Journal 4 Assigned (p. 274)