Materi kuliah bahasa inggris terapan pertemuan kesatu. Subject verb agreement

1. INTRODUCTION
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
MEETING 1

3. VARIATIONS TO SAY ‘HOW ARE YOU’
•How are you doing?
•How is it going?
•How’s life?
•How are things?
•How’s everything?
•How’s life treating you?
• any other versions that you know?

4. VARIATIONS TO SAY ‘I AM FINE THANK
YOU, AND YOU?’
• Never been happier / never been better
• Couldn’t be happier / couldn’t be better
• Great / very well / terrific
• Nothing much / not much / so-so
•  anything other responses that you
know?

5. FIRST TIME MEETING (SMALL TALK)
•A: how do you do?
•B: how do you do?
•A: nice to meet you
•B: nice to meet you, too

6. OSHIMA BOOK PAGE 11

10. ANSWER KEY

12. ANSWER KEY

14. ANSWER KEY

15. SINGULAR VERB
•Has
•Is
•Was
•Verb1+s/es

16. ALWAYS SINGULAR
• One of…
• Example: One of the students does the assignment
• Each of….
• Example: Each of the boats needs to be fixed
• -body  anybody, everybody, nobody
• Example: Everybody comes
• -one  everyone, anyone, no one
• Example: no one has a ship

17. ALWAYS SINGULAR
• Much
• Example: much water was needed for the carburetor
• A little
• Example: a little money is given to buy the machine
• Neither of
• Example: neither of the cadets has a scooter
• Either of
• Example: Either of the students goes to the
auditorium

18. PLURAL VERB
•Have
•Are
•Were
•Verb1

19. ALWAYS PLURAL
• Many
• Example: many vehicles are given the new tires
• A few
• Example: a few vessels were on the water
• Several
• Example: several cadets practice for the competition
• Both…and…
• Example: Both the lecturer and the student have
laptops

20. • 1. Either of the mechanics …. (know) how to fix the machine
• 2. No one … (be) allowed to enter the construction site
• 3. Each of the fishmongers … (not) work
• 4. Many employees …. (ride) electric motorcycles
• 5. Much time … (have) been given to all cadets
• 6. one of the motorboats … (run) well
• 7. Several boats … (be) here yesterday
• 8. A few engineers… (be) needed to build the harbor
• 9. Neither of the fishermen … (not) have proper equipment
• 10. everyone …. (visit) Bali
COMPLETE THE SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT VERB

21. ANSWER KEY
• 1. knows
• 2. is
• 3. does not
• 4. ride
• 5. has
• 6. runs
• 7. were
• 8. are
• 9. does not
• 10. visits

22. TASK
• Make 2 sentences by using subject-verb
agreement (singular and plural noun)
• For example: 1. one of the fishes was caught
yesterday. 2. Some fish were dead last night
• After that, say the sentences out loud or write
them on the white board. Analyze and discuss
together whether the structure (grammar) is
correct