This document provides guidance on subject-verb agreement rules and tricky cases in English. It explains that the verb must take an 's' form with a singular subject but drop the 's' for a plural subject. However, collective nouns like "team" or "army" are considered singular subjects even though they refer to multiple people. The document also outlines the different question types that may appear in an open-ended reading comprehension assessment, including short answer questions, sentence/phrase selection, word matching, fill-in-the-blank, sequence ordering, true/false with reasons, and long answer questions. Readers are advised to carefully follow instructions for each question.

1. ENGLISH REVISION NOTES
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT SVA
Singular Subject – verb with “s” except for special pronouns like “You”
and “I”
Plural Subject – verb no “s”
Tricky SVA rule:
(1) Neither of my siblings knows how to dance.
“Neither of ……” = “None of…….” = Nobody -> singular subject 
verb with “s”  hence “knows”
(2) Neither he nor his friends know the answer.

2. ENGLISH REVISION NOTES
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT SVA
Singular Subject – verb with “s” except for special pronouns like “You”
and “I”
Plural Subject – verb no “s”
Tricky SVA rule:
(1) Neither of my siblings knows how to dance.
“Neither of ……” = “None of…….” = Nobody -> singular subject 
verb with “s”  hence “knows”
(2) Neither he nor his friends know the answer.

3. ENGLISH REVISION NOTES
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT SVA
Tricky SVA rule:
(2) Neither he nor his friends know the answer.
“Neither…… nor……. “ rule – you always refer to the subject nearest to the
verb (see arrow above) to determine if it is a singular or plural subject.
“Friends” is a plural subject  verb without “s”  know

4. ENGLISH REVISION NOTES
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT SVA
Tricky SVA rule:
Everyone, everybody, collective nouns eg a team of players, a deck of cards, an
army of soldiers are considered as SINGULAR subjects and thus the
accompanying verb will be with an “s”:
Everyone cheers for the team.
Everybody has to leave the classroom by 10 am.
The deck of cards is only made of cardboard.
An army of soldiers marches past the VIPs.

5. ENGLISH REVISION NOTES
What are the different parts of an Open-Ended
Comprehension? (new format)
 Short answer questions (some require just one word / several
words as the answer).
 Answer sentences/ phrases are given. There are a few options
and you need to tick ONE
(only a guideline, may comprise other variations of
questions, be prepared for a wide ranging type of
questions, always read the instructions carefully!)

6. ENGLISH REVISION NOTES
What are the different parts of an Open-Ended
Comprehension? (new format)
 Identify a word from the passage that has the same meaning as the
given word in the question. (only ONE word please if the question
asks for one word)
 Fill in the blank questions. There are a few options and you need to
tick ONE.

7. ENGLISH REVISION NOTES
What are the different parts of an Open-Ended
Comprehension? (new format)
 Questions where you need to order the sentences according to the
sequence of events (3 events must be correctly ordered to get a
mark).
 True/ False questions where you need to tick “T/F” and must
support with a correct reason.

8. ENGLISH REVISION NOTES
What are the different parts of an Open-Ended
Comprehension? (new format)
 Long answer questions (remember to answer in complete sentence)
 Punctuation marks (remember to end every sentence with a FULL-
STOP).
(only a guideline, may comprise other variations of
questions, be prepared for a wide ranging type of
questions, always read the instructions carefully!)