Exercise : Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise

Exercise : Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise

Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.

1. Annie and her brothers (are) at school.
2. Either my mother or my father (is) coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats (are) outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat (is) always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara (don't) want to see that movie.
6. Benito (doesn't) know the answer.
7. One of my sisters (is) going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds (lives) on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, (takes) about two hours to watch.
10. The players, as well as the captain, (want) to win.
11. Either answer (is) acceptable.
12. Every one of those books (is) fiction.
13. Nobody (knows) the trouble I've seen.
14. (Is) the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics (is) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is) Andrea's favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars (is) the price of a movie these days.
17. (Are) the tweezers in this drawer?
18. Your pants (are) at the cleaner's.
19. There (were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is) only one left!
20. The committee (debates) these questions carefully.
21. The committee (lead) very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets) the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (are) in this case.

5 TENSES WE FREQUENTLY USE

5 TENSES WE FREQUENTLY USE

1. Simple Present Tense
This tenses is used to explain fact, habitual, and event that nowadays happen.
The formula is :
(+) S + V1 (s+es)
Ex : The sun rises from the east
          S              V
        We eat three time a day
        We eats three time a day
(-) S+do/does+not+V1
Ex : The sun doesn’t rise from the west
        We don’t eat three time a day
(?) Do/does+S+V1

The question :
a) I+V1 : I take a bath twice a day
(-) I don’t take a bath twice a day
(?) Do I take a bath twice a day
b) You+V1 : You make the cake
(-) You don’t make the cake
(?) Do you make the cake?
c) They+V1 : They open the door
(-) They don’t open the door
(?) Do they open the door?
d) She+V1 (s/es) : She makes the cake
(-) She don’t makes the cake
(?) Does she make the cake?
e) He+V1 (s/es) : Egi takes a bath twice a day
(-) Egi don’t takes a bath twice a day
(+)Does Egi take a bath twice a day?
f) It+V1 (s/es) : It opens the door
(-) It doesn’t open the door
(+) Does it open the door?

2. Simple Past Tense
This tenses is used to denote that a event on the past.
The formula is :
(+) S+V2
(-) S+did+not+V1
(?) Did+S+V1?

The question :
a) I (try) my best (S:she)
(+) She tried my best
(-) She didn’t try my best
(?) Did she try her best
b) We (like) the beach so much (S:he)
(+) He liked the beach so much
(-) He didn’t like the beach so much
(?) Did he like the beach so much?
c) She always (drink) fresh water every morning (S:you)
(+) You always drank fresh water every morning
(-) You always drink fresh water every morning
(?) You always drink fresh water every morning

3. Present/Past Continous Tense
Present continuous is used to talk the action while going on now or planning on future. Whereas past continous is used to pronounce that a action while certain to time happen on the past.
The formula is :
(+) S+be+Ving
(-) S+be+not+Ving
(?) Be+S+Ving?
Ex : They are going to campus by bus
(-) They are not going to campus by bus
(?) Are they going to campus by bus?

4. Simple Future Tense
This tenses is used to explain that a action happen on future, according spontaneous or planned
The Formula is :
(+) S+will+V1
(-) S+will+not+V1
(?) Will+S+V1?
Ex : They will go to campus by bus
(-) They will not go to campus by bus
(?) Will they go to campus by bus?

5. Present Perfect Tense
This tenses is used to pronounce a activity or the situation has start on the past and has finish to a certain point in time or still continous until now.
The formula is :
(+) S+has/have+V3
(-) S+has/have+not+V3
(?) Has/have +S+V3?
Ex : They have gone to campus by bus
(+) They has gone to campus by bus
(-) They has not gone to campusby bus
(?) Has they gone to campus by bus?

The Question :
1) She (drink) coffee. (S. Past)
(+) She drank coffee
(-) She didn’t drink coffee
(?) Has she drankcoffee?
2) They (start) the course. (Pr.Perfect)
(+) They have started the course
(-) They have not started the course
(?) Have they started the course?
3) Ana and Linda (open) the account. (Past Cont)
(+) Ana and Linda was opening the account
(-) Ana and Linda was not opening the account
(?) Was Ana and Linda opening the ccount?
4) The bank (close) at 5pm. (S.Present)
(+) The bank close at 5pm
(-) The bank doesn’t close at 5pm
(?) Does the bank close at 5pm?
5) The dog (run) through the park. (S.Past)
(+) The dog ran through the park
(-) The dog didn’t run through the park
(?) Did the dog run through the park?

Your Favorite Selfi and Why

                            Your Favorite selfie and why

                Hello ladies and gentelmen. What are you today ? i hope okay. If you are not healthy i am afraid your parents worry later. Today i will explain about selfie photo, selfie photograph is a photographin front on the screen do yourself heards overlooking the front of our faces and selfie this result depends to a large no pixels a camera phone.  

        I chose this picture because this image is a picture of my new family at the Univesity Tanjung Pura especially in the Faculty of Agriculture Departement of agribusiness. Why i chose this picture because answers is very simple pleasure and sorrow in my life during a student i was always with them when one of our family there was a problem we solve with an equally whether it was a simple problem or a problem that is very difficult though.in this photo looks we were sitting together in solving a problem that i think is very difficuly to solve. But the problem was it was not a difficult thing when in finished right together. So my story why i chose this selfie photo if there is one word that i apologize profusely for agreeing to read and listen to them i say thank you.

Your Reason Choosing Your Study Major at UNTAN

         Your reason choosing your study major at UNTAN

            Halo ladies and gentelmen introduce my name Anselmus Ari Kartono Sumbang i came from KAPUAS HULU. My current age is 18 years in the KAPUAS HULU i live with my parents. My father was a Teacher and my mother was a Farmer and i was the youngest of two brother who were the oldest women and now continue studying S2 him in Semarang (University Semarang) and now i also entered the state university of pride in west Borneo, namely Universty Tanjung Pura at Universty Tanjung Pura i took on the Faculty of Agriculture, especially in Agribusiness, why i took Agribusiness ? because it may be the way over there , for example from little i’ve been taught to farm and do bussines in our farm planting pepper trees and normally we seel them to the motor water who used to come to the village  bussines us. And i started when i was 5 years old at the time of his illegal logging we open a shop in the company of illegal logging and i  took her home that’s selling me out of bussines.

            Because the farmer family background is what makes me motivated to go to the Faculty of Agriculture and also because my parents support me and the most memorable things in my life are the words my father said entered only once at the University Tanjung Pura fot the country and his charges would have been cheaper and it’s also the one that keeps me motivated to take a test at the University Tanjung Pura and thank god i self test also passed the first stage. Because this my parents are very happy and make my parents happy is the thing i want in the world. That’s why i am motivated to enter the Faculty of Agriculture so my short stories when there are any words that i say sorry. Thank you for your time.