Subject Verb Agreement

Subject Verb Agreement.

Subject verb agreement adalah keterangan antara subjek terhadap predikat (to be, verb, quantity)
Terdiri dari 3 jenis, yaitu : 
1. Subjek terhadap to be (is/are, was/were, have/has)

• Freya (was/were) a smart girl.
• We (has/have) arrived at home.

2. Subjek terhadap verb:

•  Marco (study/studies) in high school.
• We (discuss/discusses) about english. 

3. Subjek terhadap quantity (jumlah)

• Every/half of/all of (seluruh)

1. Every student are read a novel.
2. Every student were read a novel.
3.  Every student, parents, teacher have read a novel.
4. Every student, parents, and teacher is reads a novel.
5. Every one of student was reads a novel.
6. Every of student have read a novel. 

➜ Keterangan.

1. Jika kata every dan and disatukan dalam satu kalimat artinya kalimat tersebut berubah menjadi singular atau tunggal.
2. Kata one of  adalah ciri ciri dari singular.
3. Subjek singular memakai akhiran -s/-es.
4. Subjek plural atau jamak tidak memakai -s/-es. 

• Each of/ one of (tiap- tiap atau masing-masing)

1.  Each students is reads a novel.
2. Each student was reads a novel.
3. Each student, parents, teacher has reads novel.
4.  Each student, parents and teacher has reads novel.

• Some of/a lot of/ half of (beberapa)

1. Some students are read a  novel.
2. Some student was reads a novel.
3. Some student, parents, teacher have read a novel. 
4. Some student, parents and teacher are read a novel.

➜ Cara menentukannya dapat dilihat dari second subject nya.

• The number/ A number (sejumlah)

1.  A number of student are read a novel (a number digunakan untuk kalimat plural)
2. The number of student was reads a novel (the number digunakan untuk kalimat singular)

➜ Cara menentukannya dapat dilihat dari first subject nya.

• Some irregularaties

a. Singular (Tunggal)

1. United States is locates in American.
2. Phillipines was stays in Asia.
3. News has gives to the viewers.
4. Mumps is spreads in Moscow.
5. Economics was studies at school.
6. Three plus two is five.
7. Ten dollars was money.

b. Plural (Jamak)

1. The police are rich.
2. The police are arrest terorist.

➜ Fungsi "The"

1. Bisa menjadi singular apabila keterangannya spesifik, contohnya : The president of Indonesia is  Mr. Jokowi.
2. Bisa menjadi plural apabila keterangannya tidak spesifik, contohnya : The president of the world are attend the conference.