This document provides examples of subject-verb agreement and verb conjugation in English. It addresses rules for verbs in the present simple, present continuous, simple past, and past continuous tenses. Various time expressions that are commonly used with different tenses are also listed. The document aims to clarify correct subject-verb pairing and verb forms across tenses in English sentences.

1. 1. Everyone (has/have) done his or her homework.
2. Each of the students (is/are) responsible for doing his or her work.
3. Either my father or my brothers (is/are) going to sell the car.
4. Neither my sisters nor my mother (is/are) going to sell the house.
5. The samples [on the tray] [in the lab] (need/needs) testing.
Subject-Verb Agreement

2. 6. Mary and John (they) usually (plays/play) together.
7. Both of the dogs (has/have) collars.
8. Neither the dogs nor the cat (is/are) very hungry.
9. Either the girls or the boy (walk/walks) in the evening.
10. Either the boy or the girls (walk/walks) in the evening.

3. 11. At the end of the fall (comes/come) the hard tests.
12. The slaughter [of animals] [for their fur] (has/have) caused controversy.
13. The student, as well as his teacher, (was/were) going on the field trip.
The student, together with his teacher, (was/were) going on the field trip.
14. The hard tests (comes/come) at the end of the fall.
15. Both of my roommates (has/have) decided to live in the dorms.

4. Present Simple (play (s)) ing
1. Peter and his friends go to school by bus. (go) Routine
2. Elephants eat leaves and grass. (eat) Fact
3. David's father works in a hospital. (work) Fact
4. The bank (it) opens at 9.30 and closes at 4.30. (close) Routine
5. Tom and Jim (they) play football every day after school. (play) Routine
6. Mr. Jones is a teacher. He teaches History. (teach) Fact
7. Our lessons start at 9.00 and finish at 3.30. (start / finish)
Scheduled Action
8. My pen friend (he) lives in Japan. (live) Fact
9. Mary and her brother (They) watch cartoons every Sunday morning. (watch)
Routine
10.John (he) tidies his room every day. (tidy) Routine

5. Time Expressions
The most common time expressions in the present simple are:
usually, always, never, sometimes, often, rarely, on
Wednesdays, every Wednesday, twice a week, once
a month, in general, every other day, daily, monthly,
weekly, every year, every month, etc

6. Present Continuous
1. Listen! The birds are singing (sing). Be + Verb + ing
2. My sister is watching (watch) TV and I am reading (read) a great novel.
3. We are having (have) a very good time this holiday.
4. She is working (work) at the moment but she finishes at 6.
5. Is it raining (rain) now? Yes, it is.
6. James is playing (play) football in the park at the moment.
7. Harry and Anne (they) are going (go) to the cinema tonight.
8. They are cleaning (clean) the whole house at the moment.
9. I am flying (fly) to London this Thursday.
10.My sister (relocate) is relocating this weekend.

7. (Time) expressions we use with the
present continuous
Now, right now, at present, presently, for the time
being, currently, at the moment, at the present,
nowadays, this year, look!, Listen!, Be quiet! Etc.)

8. The simple past
1. My neighbor (buy)___________ a new car last week.
2. They (go)___________ to Italy on their last summer holiday.
3. My family and I (see)___________ a comedy movie last night.
4. The Wright brothers (fly)___________ the first airplane in 1903.
5. I think I (hear)___________ a strange sound outside the door one minute
ago
6. When I was ten years old, I (break)___________ my arm. It really (hurt)
__________.
7. The police (catch)___________ all three of the bank robbers last week.

9. Past Continuous: Be(was/ Were) + Verb + ing

10. Past Continuous
Yesterday, at 2 p.m. I ____________ (teach) English.
She _________________ (have) her dinner last night at 9
p.m.