Here are the corrections: 1. Neither money nor power satisfies Tom's needs. 2. Julie asks a lot of questions in class. 3. Every Tom, Dick and Harry seems to have an opinion on how to solve the problem faced by the economy. 4. A new bed, in addition to new cabinets, is needed. 5. The trouble is that this company has too many leaders, too few followers.

1. Singular/ Plural verbs
6 February 2015

2. 1. The frightened duckling
quacks incessantly.
2. The child sings joyfully.
1. The frightened ducklings
quack incessantly.
2. The children sing joyfully.
SINGULAR VERB
PLURAL VERB

3. When do we use singular?
1. Compound subjects taken as single units
• Time and tide waits for no man
2. Amount/ quantity/ distance/ number
• $200 is what I have been able to save.
• 20 is enough.
• 2 km is too far to walk.
3. Titles, names of countries
• Malaysia produces a lot of palm oil.

4. When do we use singular?
4. Words ending in ‘s’
• Politics is interesting.
• Mathematics is fun
5. Many a…
• Many a kind man has led fruitful lives.
6. The number…
• The number of dengue cases has
increased this week.

5. When do we use singular?
7. With, together with, like, as well as
• Examples?
8. Each, everybody, anybody, nobody, one of,
every
• Examples?
9. The only
• Hady is the only one who understands
Fairouz.

6. When do we use plural?
1. A compound subject
2. Multiple number
3. People
4. A number of…
5. One of those…

7. Collective
nouns
•As a single unit, use singular verbs:
• My family has five members in total.
• The Mendaki class is huge.
•As several units, use plural verbs:
• Since their last match, the soccer team
have not decided on their next
schedule.
• The class were moved by their
teacher’s farewell speech.

8. Either…or &
Neither…nor
-linked to a singular subject, use singular verbs
• Either Nuryn or Nisa
likes the colour pink.
• Neither Mikhail nor
Irfan knows where
Ahmad’s pencilbox is.

9. Either…or &
Neither…nor
-linked to plural subjects, use plural verbs
• Either the coach or the
players have the right to
decide the jersey colour.
• Neither the girls nor the
boys know the name of
their teacher.

10. None
In formal use, use singular verbs:
I wanted to buy an iPhone 6
cover for my mother but none
was available at the shop.
In Literary use, colloquial, use plural
verbs:
There are none so cruel as
those who abuse animals for
hobby purposes.

11. All, half, means, a lot of
All is well.
All are welcome into the museum.
Half a loaf of bread is given to each
refugee.
All means have been thought of to fight
the forest fires.
Every means was tried to save the dying
patient.
A lot of practise has to be done to
improve my Mathematics.
A lot of cats were killed in Yishun lately.

12. QUIZ TIME!
Editing

13. 1. Neither money nor power satisfy Tom’s needs.
2. Julie ask a lot of questions in class.
3. Every Tom, Dick and Harry seem to have an opinion
on how to solve the problem faced by the economy.
4. A new bed, in addition to new cabinets, are needed.
5. The trouble is that this company have too many
leaders, too few followers.

14. 1. Neither money nor power satisfy Tom’s needs.
2. Julie ask a lot of questions in class.
3. Every Tom, Dick and Harry seem to have an opinion
on how to solve the problem faced by the economy.
4. A new bed, in addition to new cabinets, are needed.
5. The trouble is that this company have too many
leaders, too few followers.