SUBJECT - VERB AGREEMENT

Singular Verb (động từ số ít)

(is, was, has, Vs/es,...)

Plural Verb (động từ số nhiều)

(are, were, have, Vinf,...)

1. Danh từ không đếm được/ danh từ đếm được số ít

Milk is good for your health.

This book is mine.

1. Danh từ số nhiều

Students are playing football now.

Those tables were moved to another room.

2. Mệnh đề, To V, V-ing

What he told was interesting.

Smoking is harmful to your health.

To find the book is necessary for him.

2. The + tính từ => Danh từ tập thể chỉ 1 nhóm người

After the accident, the injured were taken to hospital.(the injured – những người bị thương)

3. Each/ Every/ Either/ Neither + N (số ít)

Every teacher likes teaching.

Each student in the class has to have a book.

4. Each/ either/ neither/ any +of+the+N (số nhiều)

Each of the students observes all the regulations.

Neither of the oranges is ripe.

5. Each/ every +N (số ít) and (+ each/ every) +N (số ít)

 Every man, woman, and child is protected under the law.

3. Some, a few, both, many, a lot of, lots of, several, all, ...+ N (số nhiều)

Some books I bought are in English.

All the seats have a number.

Some rivers here are polluted by chemicals from

that factory.

A few people graduate with two degrees.

Many schools ask students to wear uniforms

6. Đại từ bất định (Someone, somebody, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, everyone,...)

Everything looks bright and clean.

Nobody works harder than John does.

4. The police/ the sheep/ the fish

The sheep are breaking away

The police come only to see the dead.

The fish aren't biting today.

7. Một số danh từ có hình thức số nhiều nhưng mang nghĩa số ít

– News (tin tức)

– Môn học: Physics, Economics, Mathematics, Politics,...

- Môn thể thao: athletes, gymnastics,...

– Bệnh tật: measles (sởi), mumps (quai bị), rickets (còi xương),…

- Quốc gia: the Philippines, the United States,...

The United States is located in North America.

Economics is Peter's favorite subjects.

5. Các danh từ luôn ở hình thức số nhiều 

The trousers you bought for me don't fit me.

These scissors are very dull.

- Nhưng khi sử dụng ”a pair of” trước các danh từ này thì động từ chia theo số ít

The pants are in the drawer.

A pair of pants is in the drawer.

8. Các từ chỉ số lượng, thời gian, khoảng cách và tiền:

Three months is a long time to wait.

Twenty miles is a long way to walk.

Five dollars is too much to pay for that book.

9. Tên một bài báo, một cuốn sách, một câu chuyện, một bộ phim, ..

“Tom and Jerry” is very well known all over the world.

10. More than one + N (đếm được số ít)

More than one person has known the news.

11. Các cụm từ chỉ một nhóm động vật hoặc gia súc.

 (flock of birds/ sheep, school of fish, herd of cattle, pride of lions, pack of dogs,...)

The flock of birds is circling overhead.

Singular Verb (động từ số ít)

(is, was, has, Vs/es,...)

Plural Verb (động từ số nhiều)

(are, were, have, Vinf,...)

 Hai danh từ nối với nhau bằng “and” cùng chỉ về một người, vật hoặc một ý tưởng.

My friend and adviser, Tom, is arriving tonight.

Bread and butter is my favorite breakfast food.

Hai danh từ nối với nhau bằng and chỉ hai người, hai vật hoặc hai sự vật khác nhau

The pen and paper are on the desk.

Water and oil don't mix.

S + Preposition + Noun +V(chia theo chủ ngữ phía trước)

The teacher in front of the children is very good.

Several theories on this subject have been proposed.

S1 + with/ as well as/ together with/ in addition to/ along with/ accompanied by/ no less/ including + S2 +V(chia theo chủ ngữ thứ nhất)

My son, as well as my daughter, likes reading.

Maria together with her sister is going to France.

Singular Verb (động từ số ít)

(is, was, has, Vs/es,...)

Plural Verb (động từ số nhiều)

(are, were, have, Vinf,...)

None of the + N (không đếm được/ số ít) + V (số  ít)

None of the counterfeit money has been found.

None of the+N (đếm được số nhiều) + V (số nhiều)

None of the students have finished the exam yet.

No + N (không đếm được/ số ít) + V (số ít)

No example is relevant to this case.

No + N (đếm được số nhiều) + V (số nhiều)

No examples are relevant to this case.

Singular Verb (động từ số ít)

(is, was, has, Vs/es,...)

Plural Verb (động từ số nhiều)

(are, were, have, Vinf,...)

Động từ chia theo chủ ngữ gần nhất

Neither he nor she likes playing chess.

Either John or Bill is going to the beach today.

Mary or her manager is going to answer the press

interview.

Not only John but also his brother is helping me.

Neither Bill nor his friends are going to play tonight.

Either the mayor or the elder men are to blame.

The manager or workers are going to answer the press interview.

Not only Tom but his parents live here.

Singular Verb (động từ số ít)

(is, was, has, Vs/es,...)

Plural Verb (động từ số nhiều)

(are, were, have, Vinf,...)

1. A couple/ the couple

A couple + V (số ít).

A couple is walking on the path.

A couple is standing at the bus stop.

The couple +V (số nhiều)

The couple are quarreling about money and the way to teach their children.

2. A number of/ the number of

The number of + N (số nhiều) + V (số ít)

The number of days in a week is seven.

A number of + N (số nhiều) + V (số nhiều)

A number of students are going to the class picnic.

3. There + be

There is +N (số ít).

There was an accident last night.

There are +N (số nhiều)

There have been a number of telephone calls today.

There is + N (số ít) + and + N (số nhiều)

There is a table and two chairs.

There are + N (số nhiều) + and N (số ít)

There are two chairs and a table.

Percent, fraction, part, some, all, plenty, half, a lot, most, the last, the rest, the remainder + of

+N (số ít) +V (số ít)

+N (số nhiều) + V (số nhiều)

Fifty percent of this money has been stolen.

One-third of the city is unemployed.

All of the pie is gone.

Some of the milk was sour.

A lot of time is needed to learn a language.

Fifty percent of the pies have disappeared.

One-third of the people are unemployed.

All of the pies are gone.

Some of the apples were rotten.

A lot of my friends want to emigrate.