1. Agreement of Subject and Verb
Agreement of Subject and Verb
Verb)
1. Present Simple Tense
( s es)
( s es)
He is absent from school today.
Dang goes to school early.
They are good boys.
2. collective noun
a)
The football team is playing well. (a unit)
This family has decided to move to Boston. (a unit)
b)
The football team are having their dinner. (individuals)
The family are very pleased about the news of Mr.Brown's
promotion. (individuals)
3. 2 and
John and Jim are close friends.
The boy and his friend are here.

2. a) and
Bread and butter was all he asked for. (
Whisky and soda is my favourite drink.
Truth and honesty is the best policy.
Ice cream and cake is our dessert.
b) 2
article
The author and lecturer is arriving tomorrow. (
The poet and state man is dead. (
The black and white cat is mine. (
The horse and carriage is at the door. (
c) 2
article 2
The headmistress and the manager of this school are very
young.
( 2
The secretary and the accountant of the company are ill.
(
4.

3. The boxes of candy are on the table.
The package of cigarettes is in my study.
The bottles of beer are on the counter.
5. or, either-or , neither-nor , not only-but also
(
Mary or her sisters are going to help me make a dress.
Neither my handbag nor my shoes go with this dress.
Either Dang or I have finished the work.
Not only John but also I am ill today.
6. 2 with , together with , as well as
Father with his children is playing football.
The queen together with her servants was in the
garden.
My sister as well as her friends is going to the cinema.
7. enough , none some
None has returned from the shopping. (=no one)
None were on time, for they all missed the bus. (not any
of them)
Some of the milk is spilt. (Some of +uncountable
noun+singular verb)
Some of the men are killed on the road. (Some
of+countable noun +plural verb)
Enough are here to celebrate Christmas. (=enough
members)

4. 8. each , everybody,
everyone , everything, any , anybody, anyone, anything, somebody,
someone, something, one , no one, nothing, nobody, either, another,
the other, many a , every
Each student wears uniforms.
Everybody needs air, water, food and medicine.
Anything is good for me if it is of use.
Someone is knocking at the door.
One of my dogs is all white.
No one is absent today.
Either of the road leads to the post office.
Many a man has come here.
One of them is Mary's ; the other is mine.
Neither is correct.
Neither of the pens is red.
9. all , both , few , many, several, some
All were on the table.
Several have already written to me.
Some of these books are quite useful.
How many of them were absent?
10.
The Arabian Knights is a well-known book.
A hundred dollars is too much to pay for that handbag.
Forty miles on that road seems like two hundred.

5. Two months is a long time to wait.
11.
Mathematics is my favourite subject.
Physics is a required subject foe science students.
12. people , police
The people were excited about the news.
The police come where there is a robbery.
13. number article
The number of students coming to the class is 30.
A number of books are missing from the library.
14. some of , half of , all of , most of , none of one-third, a
quarter etc..)
of noun of noun
of uncountable noun
One - third of the oranges are yours.
Half of the time was spent in foreign countries.
All of the money has been spent on books.
Most of the books in this library are old.
None of this money is mine.