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sub/ verb agreement
what is the subject? Is it plural or singular?
Question | Answer |
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What is the subject and is it plural or singular? 'one of my sisters is married.' | 'one' is the subject and it is always singular |
Is this singular or plural when used as a subject? MANY | always plural |
Some of the fruit was rotten. What is the subject? | Some |
Are prepositional phrases part of a subject? | Never |
When used as a subject, is 'most' singular or plural or both? | Both |
Which of the following are singular? nothing, both, all, none, neither or anyone | nothing, anyone and neither are singular. all and none can be both singular or plural, both is plural |
What is the subject of the sentence? Several of my friends like e-learning. | several |
What is the subject of the sentence? Some of the information is incorrect. | Some |
What are the prepositional phrases in the following sentence? Thanksgiving is a holiday in both Canada and the United States, but it is celebrated on different days in the two countries. | In both Canada and the United States, on different days, in the two countries |
Singular or Plural? Some (of the fruit) | singular -look to the noun in the prepositional phrase- fruit is non-count-singular |
Singular or Plural? A lot (of the bananas) | plural-look to the noun in the prepositional phrase -bananas is plural |
Singular or Plural? None (of the information) | singuar -look to the noun in the prepositional phrase-information - non-count- singular |
What is the subject? Some of the teachers like rock music. | Some |
What are the prepositional phrases? In Canada most of the people have breakfast in the morning, lunch in the afternoon and dinner in the evening. | In Canada, of the people, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening |
What is the subject and is it singular or plural? Each of the students gave a presentation. | Each and it is singular |