AGREEMENT/CONCORD

KESESUAIAN ANTARA SUBJEK & KATA KERJA

1. Kesesuaian antara Subject yang diikuti of/on/in...
+

verb

Contoh :

The study of local people in this village is necessary

to carry out
The students in the classroom are doing an English
test.
All proposals on the project have been signed up

2. Kesesuaian antara Subject yang diikuti along with,

together with, accompanied by, as well as dengan
Verbnya
contoh :
The teacher, together with his students, is waiting
for the train
Doni, along with his brothers and sisters, is going
to the concert tonight.
All people, as well as their leader, were having a
ceremony on the top of the mountain when I visited
their village.

3. Kesesuaian antara Subject yang berupa Verb +

ing dengan Verbnya
contoh :
Writing stories is my hobby.
Learning how to communicate in English is
greatly needed in this modern area.
Fishing and swimming are two interesting
activities when we have a picnic to the beach.
Reading stories and writing letters to his friend
from California make his English improve than
the others

4. Kesesuaian antara Subject yang berupa

NONE/NO dengan Verbnya.
None of the information has been got by the
applicants
None of the farmers have tried the new fertilizer
No example is relevant to this case
No water is available here
No sand was provided to build houses
No participants agree to the application of the
rules

4. Kesesuaian antara Subject yang berupa kata

ganti orang tak tentu( indefinite pronouns)
dengan Verbnya.
Contoh Subyek (indefinite pronouns):
Anybody anyone Nobody Noone Someone
Something everybody everyone everything
each .....selalu dianggap tunggal, maka Verbnya
pun juga berbentuk tunggal
Everything is under control
Each room is well decorated
Nobody speaks English better than Jane does

5. Kesesuaian antara Subject yang berupa Either....or

dan Neither......nor dengan Verbnya
Neither Rony nor Rudy is going to the party today
Either John or William likes dancing
Neither Rony nor her daughters are going to the
party today
Either John or all his daughter like dancing

6. Kesesuaian antara Subject yang berupa Kata

Benda Kolektif dengan Verb
Kata benda Kolektif berikut yang dianggap
tunggal sehingga Verbnya juga harus tunggal.
Family

Club

Team

Minority

Jury

Congres

Committe

Public

Government

Organization

Crowd

Army

Our team has become the winner of the

competition
The organization grows bigger this year
The poor family has got fund from the readers

7. Kesesuaian antara Subject yang berupa Kata Benda

Kolektif dengan Verb.
Benda-benda yang menandakan kelompok binatang
yang dianggap tunggal maka kata kerjanya juga harus
tunggal
School of fish

Pride of lions

Herd of cattle

Pack of dogs

Flock of birds

A school of fish always swims along this beach.

A flock of birds was flying to the south.
A pack of dogs was barking all days.

8. Kesesuaian antara Subject yang berupa Kata Benda

Kolektif dengan Verb.
Benda-benda yang selalu dianggap jamak kecuali di
depannya ada frasa a pair of
jeans

trousers

scissors

Contoh :
The scissors are very sharp
The pair of scissors is very sharp
The jeans were very nice
The pair of jeans was very nice

shorts

eyeglasess

9. Kesesuaian antara Subject yang berupa Kata Benda

Kolektif dengan Verb.
Benda-benda kolektif yang menandakan waktu, uang
dan ukuran yang digunakan secara keseluruhan
dianggap tunggal.
Contoh :
Ten kilometers is too much to run in one hour.
Thirthy dollars is too expensive for this king tape
recorder
Thirty minutes is not enough time to finish the English
test

10. Kalimat yang berawal 'There is/There are', Subject

kalimatnya berada setelah kata kerja.
There is
There was
There has been
There are
There were
There have been

Singular subject/non-count

Plural subject

Contoh :
There was a big storm last night
There have been many applicants coming to this office
There was enough coffee for tomorrow

1. Neither Andi nor his friends (has/have) seen the concert before
2. Every Junior High School student (has/have) to take the final
examination
3. There (has/have) been too many students who have problems in their
family
4. The army (is/are) preparing kinds of weapons to attack the terorists
5. The jury (was/were) discussing the rubrics for the competiition when I
came
6. A pack of small birds (fly/flies) over this village every morning
7. Our team always (become/becomes) the winner of the annual
competition
8. Either the students or the teacher always (work/works) together to
finish the project
9. Anybody (is/are) free to visit this interesting place
10. A pair of trousers (was/were) already bought by my son

11. Your glasses really (suit/suits) you

12. Everything (is/are) ready in three days
13. Ten dollars (is/are) the average price of the goods in this shop
14. Neither Rina nor Santi (is/are) going to visit the handicraft center
in Yogyakarta
15. No problems (occur/occurs) in the discussion
16. None of the children (was/were) allowed to play on the beach
17. Mr. Harun, accompanied by his sons and daughters, (is/are)
going to visit the Prambanan temples
18. The study of traditions done by local people in this village (is/are)
very impertant to carry out
19. Witing poems (is/are) Sinta's hobby
20. No people (is/are) allowed to enter the room