SUBJECT + VERB AGREEMENT
Pengertian Subject-Verb
Agreement
Subject-verb agreement adalah persesuaian
antara verb dengan subject dalam hal number, yaitu: singular (tunggal)
atau plural (jamak). Subjek
dapat berupanoun, pronoun, atau konstruksi
lain yang berakting sebagai noun, seperti gerund daninfinitive. Pada dasarnya, singular subject (subjek
tunggal) menggunakan singular verb (kata
kerja tunggal), sedangkan plural subject (subjek
jamak) menggunakan plural verb (kata
kerja jamak).
Rumus
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Contoh
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Simple Present Tense
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S + Verb 1
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She go to school.
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Singular
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Singular Subject + Vs/es/ies
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The boy plays football.
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Plural
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Plural Subject + Verb1
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They play football.
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Singular à she/he/it
menggunakan verb ies/es/is
Plural à they/we/i/you menggunakan verb 1
Contoh :
1. he go to school
( singular karena ada kata he
dan verb dari kata go menggunakan tambahan kata es)
2. they play basketball
( plural karena ada kata they
dan play nya menggunakan verb 1)
EACH AND EVERY
Untuk kalimat yang diawali “ Each / Every “
diikuti dengan “ Singular Noun “ lalu “ Singular Verb “.
Each/Every + Singular Noun + Singular Verb
·
Each people in the world is different .
(people =
singular noun, is = to be )
·
Every boy and girl is in here.
(boy and
girl = sungular noun, is = singular verb )
Jika tidak ada “Verb” maka diganti dengan “ to
be”
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE
Untuk subjek yang dikuti “Prepositional Phrase”,
maka untuk menentukan Verb-nya Singular / Plural itu ditentukan oleh Subjeknya
·
the
historical book on that table is interesting.
(The historical =
Singular Subject, is = Singular Verb )
·
The
leather jackets on the cabinets are mine
(The leather =
Plural Subject, are = Plural Verb )
GERUND
Jika “ Gerund “ sebagai Subjek, maka Verb-nya
Singular.
·
Cooking cake is very fun.
(Cooking =
gerund, is = singular verb )
·
Playing football is healthy
(Playing =
gerund, is = singular verb )
SOME OF, A LOT OF, MOST OF, A HALF OF
Jika diikuti “Singular Noun”, maka
Verb-nya Singular .
Jika diikuti “Plural Noun”, maka Verb-nya
Plural.
·
Some of student in this class is slacker.
(student =
Singular Noun, is = Singular Verb )
·
Most of our exam questions are very difficult.
(our exam
questions = Plural Noun, are = Plural Verb )
ONE OF, EACH OF, EVERY ONE OF
Selalu diikuti “ Plural Noun” dan Verb-nya
Singular.
·
One of my friends is singer.
(my friends =
Plural Noun, is = Singular Verb )
·
Each of my firends is different.
(my firends =
Plural Noun, is = Singular Verb )
THE NUMBER OF , A NUMBER OF
The Number Of diikuti “Plural Noun”
kemudian “ Singular Verb”
A Number Of diikuti “ Plural Noun” kemudian “
Plural Verb”
·
The number of players football is eleven
(players football =
Plural Noun, is = Singular Verb )
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A number of students in this class are women.
(students =
Plural Noun, are = Plural Verb )
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