Subject-verb agreement adalah persesuaian antara verb (kata kerja) dengan subject kalimat dalam hal number, yaitu: singular (tunggal) atau plural (jamak).
Subjek dapat berupa noun (kata benda), pronoun (kata ganti), atau konstruksi lain yang berakting sebagai noun, seperti gerund dan infinitive. Pada dasarnya, singular subject (subjek tunggal) menggunakan singular verb (kata kerja tunggal), sedangkan plural subject (subjek jamak) menggunakan plural verb (kata kerja jamak).
Contoh :
The cat eats fish
- cat = singular subject
-
eats = singular verb
The cats eat fish
- cats = plural subject
- eat = plural verb
Exercise
- John, along with twenty friends, (is/are) planning a party.
- The picture of the soldiers (bring/brings) back many memories.
- The quality of these recordings (is/are) not very good.
- If the duties of these officers(isn't/aren't) reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project.
- The effects of cigarette smoking (have/has) been proven to be extremely harmful.
- The use of credit cards in place of cash (have/has) increased rapidly in recent years.
- Advertisements on television (is/are) becoming more competitive then ever before.
- Living expenses in this country, as well as in many others, (is/are) at an all-time high.
- Mr. Jones, accompanied by several members of the committee, (have/has) proposed some changes of the rules.
- The levels of intoxication (vary/varies) from subject to subject.
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