Subject – Verb Agreement

Ch . 6

6-2 Basic SV Agreement:

Sometimes a phrase or clause separates a subject from its verb. These interrupting structures don’t affect basic agreement:

– That magazine about tennis is very interesting.– Those magazine _____ are very interesting.– The article that I read was very interesting.

Exercise 8, p. 87-88

1. is2. are3. astounds4. are5. is 6. agree7. approves8. has 9. are…is

10. is11. do 12. was 13. were 14. Is15. is

Exercise 11, p. 89

2. apples…are3. movie…is4. movies…are5. students…are6. clothing…is7. students…are

Exercise 11, p. 89

8. clothing is9. One of ... is10. Each…has11. Each... has12. Every one…is13. Animals…are…. All…are

14. A number of (many/a lot) are15. The number is17. Do ... students18. Does ... homework19. were ... students20. was ... one of

There + be

Introduces the idea that something exists in a particular place. • There + is + singular subject – There’s a fly in the room. – There’s two sides to every story (informal)

• There + are + plural subject– There are two windows in this classroom.

Exercise 14, p. 91

1. aren’t 2. isn’t3. are4. is 5. are6. isn’t7. was

8. is9. are10. has been

Irregularities

Ex. 19, p. 942. The news ... is3. NY Times is4. Physics seeks5. Statistics is6. The statistics... are7. 50 mins is8. $20 is 9. people ... do 10. The police are11. Rabies is

12. The French are13. French is14. Japanese commute15 Portuguese is ... isn't it16. The poor are...17. The blind want...18. effect ... depends people are there have been instances