Subject – Verb Agreement

Subject – Verb Agreement

S-V agreement adalah structure dalam bahasa inggris, dimana antara subject dan verb nya harus sesuai, subject dan verb ato prediketnya itu harus sama Singular (tunggal) ato sama-sama plural (jamak).

 Sebelum kita belajar tentang subject-Verb agreement, saya akan menjelaskan sedikit tentang verb dan Subject itu. Ini supaya lebih mudah memahami subject verb agreement.

VERB

Verb, memiliki banyak pembagiannya. Ada yang membagi manjadi:

1.        Finite Verb

2.        Auxiliary Verb (Helping Verb)

3.        Linking Verb

4.        Transitive-Intransitive Verb

5.        Regular-Irregular Verb

But generally, based on the Function, ada 4 nich :

1.        Main Verb

Ex: Play, run, do, hate,dll

2.        Verb to be, kadang sering disebut sebagai helping verb.

ð   is, am ,are ,was, were, be, been.

3.        Auxiliary Verb

ð  Has, have , had ,do ,did , does

4.        Modal Auxiliary

ð  Can, may, will, shall, should, would, must, could, might, had to, etc.

SUBJECT

            It’s usually appear before verb. Biasanya muncul sebelum kata kerja. Ada beberapa bentuk subject. Some kinds, consist of:

1.      Noun

Eg        : That book is new ; The Apple is eaten by me.

2.      Pronoun

Eg        : She bought a new notebook.

3.      Gerund

Eg        : Swimming is her hobby.

4.      Noun Clause

Eg        : What she said is confusing

             How she refused the boy is unpredictable

Subject-Verb Agreement

Untuk Singular Subject, maka singular Verb. Begitu juga jika plural subject nya, maka plural pula verb nya.

Yang masuk kategori Singular =>

1.      Singular Subject + Singular Verb

Ex  : She teaches English every day.

        He has borrowed my comics.

        Mother gives me money every week.

2.      Each/Every + Singular Verb

Ex  : Each man, woman, and child in this room is sick.

Yang masuk ke kategori Plural =>

1.      Plural Subject + Plural Verb

Eg  : I teaches English every day.

              They have borrowed my novel.      

2.      (…  and … ) + plural verb

( Both . . . and . . . ) + plural Verb

Eg  : Mother and Father love me so much.

        Sinta and SIntia are my friend.

       Both dancing and Swimming are my Friends.

Exception, NIch Pengecualian nya . . yang gak pke system 2 pola di atas, yang udah diterangin sebelumnya..

1.      Kalau  “ Subject + (Phrase: In addition to, as well as, a long with, together with)+ Noun,”  => maka Verb nya tergantung Subject.

Eg        : The car (S) as well as the bike is washed.

             The students (S) together with the teachers attend to the flag ceremony.

2.     

+ Verb (TErgantung pada noun yang terdekat dengan verb (n2)

Kalau subject nya dalam bentuk correlative conjunction, Mereka tidak bisa diputuskan dalam kategori singulat saja atau plural saja. maka Verb nya depend on the nearest noun atau noun yang kedua.

Neither (noun 1) nor (noun 2)

Either (n1) or (n2

Not only (n1) but also (n2)

  Eg      : Neither the boy nor the girls are my family.

             Not only books but also the map is brought to the office.

Itu dia Penjelasan tentang S-V agreement. Semoga Bermanfaat. . .