Subject-Verb Agreement - Smrt Live Class with Shaun #9

PLURAL VERBS AND SINGULAR VERBS

SINGULAR VERB	PLURAL VERB
She works hard. He walks in the park. She has a good book. She was in the bank. He was in the movie. It was on the board. She is beautiful. He is lazy. It is funny.	They work hard. We walk in the park. They have a good book. They were in the bank. We were in the bank.
My friend lives in Boston. (She/he)	My friends live in Boston. (They)	Duas os mais pessoas devem ser utilizados com o plural verb.
	My brother and sister live in Boston.
Every man, woman, and child needs love.		Every and each serão usados com singular verb.
Each book and magazine is listed in the bibliography.
That book on political parties is interesting.	The ideas in that book are interesting.	As vezes o sujeito está longe do verbo.
The book that I got from my parents was very interesting.	The books I bought at the bookstore were expensive.
Watching old movies is fun.		O gerúndio usado como sujeito da frase requer o singular verb.
Where does your father live? (He)	Where do your parents live? (They)
Your father is/was … (He)	Your parents are/were …(they)
Woman is/was …	Women are/were …
The book is/was …	The books are/were …
She goes …	They go …
Everybody is/was… Nobody is/was … Somebody is/was …
Everybody wants to be happy. = Todo mundo quer ser feliz.
Nobody was at the party when I arrived. = Ninguém estava na festa quando eu cheguei.
verybody knows what is best for them. = Todo mundo sabe o que é melhor para si. (em português não usamos 'para eles/elas' neste caso, que seria a tradução literal p/ o 'them')
Everybody does this because they want their happiness. = Todo mundo faz isto porque quer a sua (deles) felicidade. Note que em português pode haver ambiguidade: seu = de você; ou seu = dele/dela/deles/delas.
Nobody was satisfied with their new teacher. = Ninguém estava feliz com o (seu=deles) professor novo.

A girl is on the classroom. (She)

Some girls are in the classroom. (They)

A girl and a boy are in the classroom. (They)

Every girl and boy is in the classroom. (Every usado com singular verb)

The fruit at those markets is cheap.

The apples at that market are cheap.

Vegetables are good for you.

Eating vegetables is good for you.

A lot of the stuff in tourist shops is cheaply made and overprecied.

a lot of + the stuff (singular, suff = coisa)

My stuff is my backpack.

1 - Expressões de quantidades com preposição, devemos olhar o que vem depois de of:

Some + of + singular noun = singular verb

Ex: Some of the book is good.

(É só olhar depois da preposição of – se estiver no singular você usa is, was ...)

Book is

It is

Some + of + plural noun + plural verb

Ex: Some of those books are interesting.

Most of those books are interesting.

Most of the book is interesting.

Agora essa regra tem exceção, com one of e each of:

One of those books is Linda’s.

Each of those books is yours.

2 – The number é utilizado como sujeito e sempre é com o verbo no singular (is, was ...)

Ex: The number os students in the class is fifteen.

Livro pag 87,88 e 89

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Betty S. Azar