Verb Tenses: Subject- Verb Agreement

Question 1

No s, es, d, ed

Verb only

Answer 1

Single/Base Form

Question 2

• singular noun with s
• singular verb with s

Answer 2

Singular Verb

Question 3

Nom S in verb

Answer 3

Plural Verb

Question 4

V3

go - gone

ginagamit sa perfect tenses

Answer 4

Past Participle

Question 5

Singular or Plural

Answer 5

Number

Question 6

When?

Answer 6

Time expression

Question 7

Rules of SVA

Answer 7

1. Titles of books, movies, somgs, etc. are SINGULAR
2. Remove prepositional phrases after the subject.
   Ex: The tray of cookies looks delicious. (remove of cookies)
3. Remove prepositional phrases before the subject.
4. The verb agrees with the subject of the sentence
5. Two or more subjects joined by ‘and’ are considered plural.
6. If the subjects are joined by ‘or’, ‘nor’, or ‘but’, the verb must agree with the subject that is closest to it.
7. For sentences that start with ‘here is/are’, ‘there is/are’, look ahead to determine the subject.
8. Indefinite pronouns have different rules on number.
9. Some nouns are always plural/always singular

Question 8

Verb Tenses (ilan)

Answer 8

12

Question 9

1. Simple Tenses

Answer 9

1. Simple Present
   - is, are, am, get, reads,
   - habitual
   - scientific facts/general truth
2. Simple Past
   - was, were, read, caught
   - one timeline (last night)
   - one moment in the past
3. Future Tense
   - will/shall + base form
   - one moment in the future

Question 10

2. Progressive Tenses
   - an action that continues to happen

Answer 10

1. Present Continuous
   - is/are/am + -ing v.
   - ongoing, now
2. Past Continuous
   - was/were + -ing v.
   - ongoing in the past but was interrupted
   - ex: I was. reminiscing memories when you called my attention
3. Future Continuous
   - will/shall + be { -int v.
   - ongoing in the future
   - ex: She will be checking our attendance starting tomorrow

Question 11

3. Perfect Tenses

Latin: ‘perfectum’
- are an action is ‘completed’ or ‘perfected’

Answer 11

1. Present Perfect
   - has/have +pp
   - began in the past, still true now
   - I have seen everything about you.
2. Past Perfect
   - had + pp
   - action completed before another past action
   - two past action. nayari yung isa tas nayari rin yung isa
   - ex: Mom had watered the plants whe. the rain poured.
3. Future Perfect
   - will/shall + have + pp
   - completed before some point in the future
   - ex: by the time you realize how much you love hi,, he will have forgotten you.

Question 12

4. Perfect Continuous Tenses
   - action started in the past, continues to present

Answer 12

1. Present Perfect Continuous
   - has/have + been + -ing
   - started in the past and is continuing at the present time
   - ex: she has been fighting for her life for three years.
2. Past Perfect Continuous
   - had+ been +-ing
   - started, continued, ended at some time in the past
   - ex: they had been operating for 20 years when they closed in 2020
3. Future Perfect Continuous
   - will/shall + have been + -ing
   - looking back to the past from a point in the future and we wamt to emphasize the lenght or duration of an activtiy or event
   - ex: On march 2, she will have been staying in her aunt’s house for 5 months.

Question 13

Felicitous

Answer 13

pleasant