SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

SITI HAJAR BINTI ZAID @ SAHID SITI NABIHAH BINTI MUSTAFFA

 These colour indicates: - Green colour = Subject.

- Yellow colour = Verb. - Orange colour = Present tenses - Blue colour = Past tenses - Turqoise colour = future tenses. - Red colour = Coordinator and subordinator.

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
1) Singular verb. - Verb agreement of singular verb in a sentence can be achieve when it has a singular subject and a singular verb. They must agree in number. But, if there is singular subject and plural verb, it is called verb disagreement or the disagreement in number. Either the subject or the verb must be change to make it agree in number.

EXAMPLE : -He hypnotizes his clients. -The book is a fascinating read for those of you who need to know the whys. -I heal the world. -I can really accept. -I attract as my silver platters in life.

2) Plural verb. - Verb agreement of plural verb in a sentence can be achieve when it has a plural subject and a plural verb. They must agree in number. But, if there is plural subject and singular verb , it is called the verb disagreement or the disagreement in number and either the subject or the verb must be change to make it agree in number.

EXAMPLE : -We spend so much time. - Many of us dont even want to talk about our families. -Then there are those of us that are trying to forget our families. -Why, because our families are our greatest teachers. -We must realize that we are with our families for a reason.

-We pick our bodies to incarnate our souls into. -When we learn a lesson from them we break Karma. -We stop playing out a certain familiar and fearbased dynamic with them. - If you are interested in reading. - we need to create surrogate healthy families.

-We ironically are able to appreciate them more. -For others, they may need to cut off their families for a period of time. -When we have no back doors to slip out. - We find ourselves fully accountable for everything.

-Remember, we get only one family of origin per lifetime. -We can gain an appreciation for our family. -We can see the forest through the trees. -When we heal our family stuff . -They are my mirror of who I truly am.

SIMPLE TENSES
1) Simple Present.
The simple present tense is used to discuss the actions that happening now, permanent situations and the event that happen frequently.

EXAMPLE: - Why, because our families are our greatest teachers and ultimately our silver platter Saviors. - The lessons with our families dont end until we take full responsibility for everything . - As we evoke a healthy separation with our family we ironically are able to appreciate them more and see the lessons we have willfully attracted more clearly.

2) Simple Past.
The simple past tenses is used to show the event that happened in the passed, an action that was wholly completed, and also used to speak in polite.

Example: -We can chose to create as many surrogate families, as we like. -Some of us will swear on our graves that we didnt pick our families. -We picked our mother, father, and other family members.

3) Simple Future. The simple future tenses is used to show an action that will be done or will happen in time to come. Formula: subject + will + base form of the verb.

EXAMPLE: -Some of us will swear on our graves that we didnt pick our families.

COMPOUND SENTENSES
A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. (FANBOYS.) Except for very short sentences, coordinators are always preceded by a comma.

EXAMPLE: - It all begins with our incarnation into our families, and the lessons with our families dont end until we take full responsibility for everything we attract to into our experience from our families. - One voice is of the ego and one voice is the higher self. - Many times in order to gain a different perspective with our families we need to create surrogate healthy families and learn to get our needs met outside of our family of origin.

COMPLEX SENTENSES
A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.

EXAMPLE: - They are our teachers, just as we are their teachers. - As we evoke a healthy separation with our family, we ironically are able to appreciate them more and see the lessons we have willfully attracted more clearly. - We can chose to create as many surrogate families, as we like.

- When we have no back doors to slip out of we find ourselves fully accountable for everything. - When we heal our family stuff we heal ourselves.

REFERENCES
http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/agre ement_sv.htm http://www.eslbee.com/sentences.htm http://www.swadulted.com/workshops/eslco urse/verbsimple.html http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/subvera g.html

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