BAHASA INGGRIS BISNIS 2 : SUBJECT + VERB AGREEMENT

SUBJECT + VERB AGREEMENT

	Rumus	Contoh
Simple Present Tense	S + Verb 1	She go to school.
Singular	Singular Subject + Vs/es/ies	The boy plays football.
Plural	Plural Subject + Verb1	They play football.

EACH AND EVERY 

Untuk kalimat yang diawali “ Each / Every “ diikuti dengan “ Singular Noun “ lalu “ Singular Verb “.

Each/Every + Singular Noun + Singular Verb

·         each book at the library is listed

(book  = singular noun, is = to be ) 

·        every women, man, child needs refreshing

(women, man, child = sungular noun, needs = singular verb )

Jika tidak ada “Verb” maka diganti dengan “ to be”

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE

Prepositional phrase, atau frasa preposisi adalah frasa yang terdiri dari preposisi dan objek preposisi. Objek preposisi dalam frasa preposisi dapat berupa noun, pronoun, atau non phrase.

Dalam kalimat terdiri subject + prepositional phrase verb dari kalimat tersebut lihat dari subjeknya.

·         the historical book on that table is interesting.

(The historical = Singular Subject, is = Singular Verb )

·         The leather jackets on the cabinets are mine. 

(the leather jackets = Plural Subject, are = Plural Verb )

GERUND

Gerund phrases adalah frase yang terdiri dari gerund ditambah dengan objek dan/atau modifier. Seperti halnya gerund, gerund phrase juga berperan sebagai nomina dalam kalimat.

Dalam membuat kalimatnya  bila Subject Gerund (Verb ing) maka verbnya harus singular. 

·         Your singing is very beautiful.

(Singing  = gerund, is = singular verb )

·         Playing basket is healthy

(Playing = gerund, is = singular verb )

SOME OF, A LOT OF, MOST OF, A HALF OF

Jika diikuti “Singular Noun”, maka Verb-nya  Singular .

Jika diikuti “Plural Noun”, maka Verb-nya Plural.

·         One of my Parents is coming

(parents  = Singular Noun, is = Singular Verb )

·         Some of car in the show room is luxury

(some of = Plural Noun, is  = Plural Verb )

ONE OF, EACH OF, EVERY ONE OF

Selalu diikuti “ Plural Noun” dan Verb-nya Singular.

·         One of my friends is beautiful

(my friends = Plural Noun,  is = Singular Verb )

·         Each of my firends is not same

(my firends = Plural Noun, is = Singular Verb )

THE NUMBER OF , A NUMBER OF

 The number of plural = Jumlah -----> Singular Verb
A number of plural = Sejumlah -----> Plural Verb

·         The number of plants in each plot was 25

(plants = Plural Noun, was = Singular Verb )

·         A number of students in this class are man

(students = Plural Noun, are = Plural Verb )