Subject / Verb Agreement WHAT IS AGREEMENT? As you know‚ when words agree they are of the same number. This concept means that take singular . subjects take plural verbs. Singular means one; plural means more than one. CHOOSE BETWEEN SINGULAR AND PLURAL VERBS To decide whether to use a singular or a plural verb‚ first determine whether your subject is singular or plural. Most plural nouns end in –s or –es. Singular: Plural: horse‚ dress horses‚ dresses With singular nouns‚ use verbs that end in
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Subject-Verb Agreement The following are common rules on subject-verb agreement: 1. Nouns in plural form but singular in meaning take a singular verb. a. Statistics is my favorite subject. b. Measles attack the whole town. 2. Plural titles of the books‚ periodicals‚ films‚ and the like take a singular verb. a. Great Expectations is our favorite. b. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is my favorite book. 3. Use do for plural subjects and does for
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[in] which I did not do very well on it. There were twenty questions and twenty minutes to finish. So I decided to write faster [as fast] as I could. After accomplishing[completing the test] I was feeling as if I had written {good choice and use of verb tense here!} very well but when I received my grade I was shocked. There were also many questions that I missed since I had not seen them. Concisely‚ haste makes the things in opposite. {this is unclear to me} Last but not least‚ haste can even
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doilie she had made herself. (5)There is no doubt that TV was as central to our lives as it was to the lives of all our friends during that period. (adapted from an essay by Angeline Chan‚ used with permission.) Notice the writer’s use of action verbs (knocked‚ glued) and her use of sensory words (19inch‚ black and white‚ huge‚ talk‚ sound‚ flickering)) to paint a picture of the scene in her living room. In the final sentence‚ she states the main point of the paragraph: that TV was central in families’
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but on the other hand it is a reference to mythology. Where thread means destiny and they knit to change their fate. Knitting indicate a transparent very strong connection between wife’s actions and an accident. Collocations of "knitting+ phrasal verb" have some intertextual meanings. The repetitions create a certain effect. " continued knitting‚ stopping her knitting (It means that the accident happened) ‚ set the knitting aside‚ sat down to her knitting once more‚ setting her knitting to
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TOO SOON A WOMAN LITERARY ANALYSIS Title: TOO SOON A WOMAN suggests the subject of the story‚ because the character of the story is a young girl of 18 but mature enough to her age. THE DAY BEFORE THE SUN CAME OUT suggests the end of difficult days‚ distressful situation and the beginning of happy good days. Author: Dorothy M. Johnson In her writing about the West she takes a realistic look both at the white settlers and the Indians they displaced (changed their places) and frequently battled
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Sample lesson Plan Time Assessment Strategies Materials Activities objectives Phase 3 minutes Answers are checked and discussed by the teacher Awareness raising. Associating word with its context. Sheets of papers with the passage written on it. One copy for each student. Ss scan a given passage and notice what comes before and after words given. At the end of the session students will be able to: 1. notice different collocates of a given word. Observe 3 minutes Answers are checked
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Most people don’t realize how many definitions every word has. There is one main definition that comes to mind‚ but never the smaller and less common uses. In order to find out all the definitions one can research in an online dictionary such as the Oxford English Dictionary. An example of one of these words is hand. It not only has more than one definition‚ but it is also more than one part of speech. People use their hands every day‚ probably without realizing how useful they are; this essay goes
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Writing an Effective Statement of Interest As part of the application process for certain positions‚ you may be asked to write a statement of interest. Before proceeding‚ please take a few minutes to review this information on how to write an effective statement. Effective statements of interest: 1. Answer the question or address the issues to which you are asked to respond. (E.g.‚ “Of the three projects stated‚ identify the one which is of greatest interest to you and detail the skills that
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even if you don’t look at it again. Your thoughts are like dreams‚ if you don’t write it down‚ you will probably forget it later. • Adverbs tell instead of show—“She is happy.” vs. “She smiles.” • Show‚ NOT tell! Showing uses more words. Use action verbs and not adjectives or adverbs. • Detail is the life of the work. Avoid unnecessary detailed descriptions such as weight‚ height‚ etc. • Don’t worry about language‚ but get to the point/story. Don’t worry about poetic words; don’t let them get in
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