Name : Edgar Arga Sopar M.
NPM :
12210240
Class : 4EA09
· SUBJECT & VERB AGREEMENT
Salah
satu ketentuan yang paling penting dalam Bahasa Inggris adalah bahwa antara
subject
dengan verb
harus in agreement.
Artinya, jika subject-nya singular maka verb-nya juga harus singular.
Demikian pula sebaliknya, jika subject-nya
plural maka verb-nya juga harus plural.
Singular
subject yaitu subject pronoun seperti He, She, dan It, dan semua singular nouns (tunggal). Sedangkan, plural subject
yaitu subject pronouns seperti I, You,
We, They, dan semua plural
nouns (jamak).
Example :
-
She
works. (Singular)
-
They
work. (Plural)
-
She is working. (Singular)
-
They are working. (Plural)
-
She was working. (Singular)
-
They were working. (Plural)
-
She has worked. (Singular)
-
They have worked. (Plural)
* Jika terdapat kalimat berbentuk noun + prepositional phrase, cara menentukan bentuk verb-nya dilihat dari bentuk noun-nya.
Example :
-
The
flower in the
garden is beautiful. (Singular)
-
The
flowers in the
garden are beautiful. (Plural)
-
The
food in the restaurant is
delicious. (Singular)
-
The
foods in the
restaurant are delicious. (Plural)
* Jika terdapat kalimat yang subject-nya memakai Each / Every, maka verb yang digunakan adalah verb singular.
Example :
-
Every
patient needs
medicine.
-
Each
ticket at the
theater is sold.
*
Jika pada kalimat terdapat kata some of, a lot of,
none of, half of, dan most of, maka bisa menjadi singular tetapi bisa juga menjadi plural,
hal ini tergantung pada noun-nya.
Example :
-
Some of my shoe is broken.
(Singular)
-
Some of my shoes are
broken. (Plural)
-
A lot of vegetable in the
refrigerator is rotten. (Singular)
-
A lot of vegetables in the
refrigerator are rotten. (Plural)
-
None of my friend is
arrogant. (Singular)
-
None of my friends are
arrogant. (Plural)
-
Half of student in this class is
diligent. (Singular)
-
Half of students in this class are
diligent. (Plural)
-
Most of my dog is tame. (Singular)
-
Most of my dogs are tame.
(Plural)
* Jika pada kalimat terdapat kata each of, every of, dan one of maka
diikuti oleh plural noun, namun verb tetap singular.
Example :
-
Each of my brothers is here.
-
Every of my projects is interesting.
-
One of my friends is not
here.
* The number (Singular) - A number (Plural)
Example :
-
The number of my dogs in the kennel is 5.
(Singular)
-
A number of my dogs are hungry. (Plural)
·
TUGAS
1. Some
of the fruit in this bowl is rotten.
2. Some
of the apples in that bowl are rotten.
3. Most
of the movies are funny.
4. Half
of this money is yours.
5. A
lot of clothing in this stores is on the sale this week.
6. Each
of the boys in the class has his own notebook.
7. None
of the animals at the zoo are free to room.
8. The
number of employees in my company is approximately ten thousand.
9. Does
all of this homework have to be finished by tomorrow?
