AGREEMENT

A (Singular subjects) B (Plural subjects)

The door is open. The doors are open.
The man was here. The men were here.
The child has a balloon. The children have balloons.
He does not swim well. They do not swim well.
The dog guards the house. The dogs guard the house

 Is, was, has, does not swim, guard=singular verbs

 Are, were, have, do not swim, guard=plural verbs
 Singular subjects used for singular verbs.
 Plural subjects used for plural verbs.

EXERCISE 1

Fill in the blanks with ‘is’ , ‘are’ , ‘was’ or ‘were’.

1. Green _____________ my favourite colour.

2. “When _____________you born?”.
3. “____________Peter your brother?”.
4. The children ________________ playing in the garden.
5. There ______________ a certain mystery about this man.
6. Michael and Kok Meng ____________ good friends.
7. He ____________ just a clerk five years ago but now he ________________ the manager.
8. Your dress _______________ short but hers ________________ much shorter.
9. “What ____________________ you doing? ____________ you very busy?”
10. The bunch of grapes ______________ expensive. Bananas ___________ much cheaper.
11. The driver ____________ hurt in the accident but the passengers ____________ not.
12. There _____________ a football match on television tonight. _________________ you going
to watch it?
13. He ______________ trying to push the car and the men _____________ helping him.
14. “The light _______________ still on. The ___________ not in the bed yet.”
15. It _____________ now 6 o’clock. They ______________ already back from work.
16. “Which _______________ the ones she wants? ____________ these suitable or would she
prefer those?”.
17. “Why _____________ you in such a hurry? There ___________ still a lot of time.”

Remember!!!

Singular subject She is- for present tense

He was-for past tense
It
A staff of teachers
Everybody
Everyone
Plural subject They are -present tense
We were-for past tense
You
Special I am-present tense
was-past tense
To show past tense:

J -JUST NOW

A-AGO

L-LAST

Y-YESTERDAY Bila ada perkataan ini dalam ayat, ayat itu menunjukkan past

T-TONIGHT tense

O-ONCE

R-RECENTLY

D-DURING

AGREEMENT

A (Singular subjects) B (Plural subjects)

The door is open. The doors are open.
The man was here. The men were here.
The child has a balloon. The children have balloons.
He does not swim well. They do not swim well.
The dog guards the house. The dogs guard the house

 Is, was, has, does not swim, guard=singular verbs

 Are, were, have, do not swim, guard=plural verbs
 Singular subjects used for singular verbs.
 Plural subjects used for plural verbs.