Subject Verb Agreement and Exercise

Subject Verb Agreement adalah kesesuaian antara subjek dengan kata kerja dalam sebuah kalimat.

Sebuah kata kerja harus sesuai dengan subyeknya.

» Jika subject singular, maka gunakan verb singular.

• Novita goes/go to school.
• The cat eat/eats fish.
• She read/reads a book.

» Jika subject plural, maka gunakan verb plural.

• The students goes/go to school.
• The cats eat/eats fish.
• They read/reads book.

Exercise : 1. John, along with twenty friends, are planning a party. 2. The picture of soldiers brings back many memories. 3. The quality of these recordings is not very good. 4. If the duties of these officers aren't reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project. 5. The effects of cigarette smoking has been proven to be extremely harmful. 6. The use of credit cards in place of cash has increased rapidly in recent years. 7. Advertisements on television are becoming more competitive than ever before. 8. Living expenses in this country, as well as in many others, is at an all-time high. 9. Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members of comittee, have proposed some changes of the rules. 10. The levels of intoxication vary from subject to subject.