Subject-Verb Agreement (Umum)
Secara umum pada bentuk present tense, singular verb berupa base form (bentuk dasar) dari verb dengan ditambahkan suffix (akhiran) -s. Adapun pada plural verb tanpa ditambahkan suffix -s (sebaliknya, plural subject ditambahkan suffix-s). Aturan kata kerja ini berlaku pula pada subjek berupa third person (orang ketiga, contoh: Ricky, Anna) dan semua personal pronoun (they, we= jamak; he, she, it= tunggal), kecuali I dan you. Walaupun berupa subjek tunggal, I dan youdipasangkan dengan kata kerja bentuk jamak.
Subjek tunggal harus mempunyai kata kerja tunggal. Begitu pula subjek jamak harus mempunyai kata kerja jamak. Ini kita sebut sebagai kesesuaian subjek-kata kerja (subject-verb agreement).
contoh :
Miss Anita is our English teacher.
She goes to school everyday.
The stars shine.
The stars shine.
Miss Anita and Miss Yuana love their student.
Miss Yuana was sick yesterday.
We went to her house.
Miss Anita is going to go to Miss Yuana’s house tonight.
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CONTOH SOAL:
1.John along with twenty friends (is / are) planning a party
2. The picture of the soldiers (bring / brings) back many memories
3. The quality of these recordings (is / are) not very good
4. if the duties of these officers (isn't / aren't) reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project
5. the effects of cigarette smoking (have / has) been proven to be extremely harmful
6. The use of credit cards in place of cash (have / has) increased rapidly in recent years
7. Advertisements of televisions (is / are) becoming more competitive than ever before
8. Living expenses in this country , as well as in many others (is / are) at an all-time high
9.Mr.Jones, accompanied by several members of committee, (have / has) proposed some changes of the rules
10. The levels of intoxication (vary / varires) from subject to subject
