Verbal Ch 3 - Subject/Verb Agreement

Question 1

Appositive

Answer 1

modifies another element of a sentence by renaming it. E/ My brother John loves hiking (John is the appositive)

Question 2

Compound subject

Answer 2

subject composed of multiple nouns joined by the coordinating conjunction “and” or “or”. Ex/ the boy and girl. Make sure to match the verb to the subject as a whole

Question 3

Additive phrases

Answer 3

phrases that begin with “along with”, “as well as”, “in addition to”, “together with”, “accompanied by”. The subject of the sentence is not within these phrases

Question 4

Or, either..or, and neither..nor

Answer 4

Sentences and clauses with compound subjects that are joined by these conjunctions must have a verb that agrees with the subject noun closest to the verb

Question 5

Inverted sentence

Answer 5

sentence where the finite verb comes before the subject

Question 6

Collective nouns

Answer 6

nouns that name groups of people or things. They are almost always considered singular. Ex/ team, crowd, choir, crew, etc

Question 7

Majority and minority

Answer 7

Collective nouns that are considered singular or plural based on the context of the sentence

Question 8

Every, each, many a, many an

Answer 8

when a subject begins with these words, the subject always takes a singular verb

Question 9

Antecedent

Answer 9

a pronoun that refers to a noun

Question 10

Relative pronouns

Answer 10

refer to a noun and also is singular or plural

Question 11

Indefinite pronoun

Answer 11

pronoun that does not refer to any one thing in particular

Question 12

Singular indefinite pronoun examples

Answer 12

anybody, anyone, anything, everybody, everyone, everything, nobody, nothing, somebody, whoever, whatever

Question 13

Plural indefinite pronoun examples

Answer 13

both, few, many, several

Question 14

SANAMM

Answer 14

unique indefinite pronouns. when a SANAMM refers to a singular noun its singular and when it refers to a plural noun its plural

Some, Any, None, All, More, Most

Question 15

Subject/verb agreement - “the percentage of”

Answer 15

singular

Question 16

Subject verb agreement - “a percentage of”

Answer 16

takes a verb that agrees in number with what the % is a % of

Question 17

Subject verb agreement - fractions

Answer 17

subjects that begin with a fraction take a singular or plural verb depending on what the fraction is a fraction of

Question 18

Subject verb agreement - number

Answer 18

“the number” = singular
“a number” = plural

Question 19

Subject verb agreement - percent

Answer 19

subjects that begin with a percent take a singular or plural verb depending on what the percent is a percent of

Question 20

Unusual singular forms

Answer 20

datum, medium, nucleus, syllabus, alumnus, phenomenon

Question 21

Unusual plural forms

Answer 21

data, media, nuclei, syllabi, alumni, phenomena

Question 22

Nontraditional subject rule

Answer 22

If the subject is an infinite, gerund, or noun phrase/clause, it takes a singular verb