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NF1- A NOUN
A word/ a group of words  call someone/ something answer Who/What

Singular With a/an/the

COUNTABLE
NOUN No a/an
Plural
NOUN
with e/es
UNCOUNTABLE - No a/an
NOUN - No numbers

 IRREGULAR PLURALS
Danh từ thay đổi khi ở số nhiều
a man men a mouse mice
a woman women a louse lice
a tooth teeth a goose geese
a foot feet an ox oxen
a child children a person people
Danh từ không thay đổi khi ở số nhiều
a sheep  sheep a deer  deer
a sheep  sheep a fish  fish
Danh từ tận cùng bằng “s” không thay đổi khi số nhiều
means – phương tiện species – loài
works – nhà máy crossroads – ngã tư
series – dãy, chuỗi headquarters – trụ sở
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 SUBJECT – VERB AGREEMENT

1. Singular Verb
1.1. Singular Noun/ Uncountable Noun Singular Verbs
Ex:
This book is very interesting.
My hair is short.
1.2. Noun and Noun  cùng chỉ về 1 người/ 1 vật/ 1 ý tưởng Singular Verb
Ex:
Bread and butter is my favorite breakfast food.
My best friend and adviser, Tom is arriving tonight.
1.3. Each/ Every/ Either/ Neither + Singular Noun  Singular Verb
Ex:
Every seat has a number.
Either dress is OK with me.
Each person has different hobbies.
1.4. Each/ Every/ Either/ Neither*/ Any* / None* + of + Plural Noun  Singular Verb
Ex:
Each of the houses is slightly different.
Either of the books is worth reading
Neither of the bananas is/are ripe.
None of my friends lives/live near me.
1.5. Each/ Every + Singular Noun + and + each/ every + Singular Noun  Singular Verb
Ex:
Each boy and each girl has an English book.
1.6. More than one + Singular Noun  Singular Verb
Ex:
More than one person has known the news.
1.7. One of + Plural Noun  Singular Verb
Ex:
One of my friends is a model.
1.8. Đại từ bất định (any/every/some/no + thing/body/one)  Singular Verb
Ex:
Someone is watching over me.
Everybody has a ruler.
1.9. Danh từ có dạng số nhiều nhưng nghĩa số ít  Singular Verb
 News (tin tức)
 Subject/ Sport: Mathematics (toán học)/ physics (vật lý)/ economics (kinh tế học)/ politics (chính
trị học)/ linguistics (ngôn ngữ học)/ genetics (di truyền học)/ athletics (môn điền kinh)/ gymnastics
(môn thể dục),…

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 Games: Billiards (bi-da)/ darts (ném phi tiêu)/ dominoes (đô mi nô)
 Disease: Measles (bệnh sởi)/ mumps (bệnh quai bị)/ rickets (bệnh còi xương),…
 Nation: Philippines/ The United States….
Ex:
Physics is my favorite subject.
The news was worse than I had expected.
1.10. Name/ Title of the book/ magazine/ film… Singular Verb
Ex:
Tom and Jerry is a famous cartoon all over the worlds.
1.11. A clause/ a gerund  Singular Verb
That she went to class early today makes everyone surprised.
Exercising every day is good for health.
1.12. Distance/ Time/ Money  Singular Verb
Ex:
2 years goes by.
A thousand dollars is a large amount of money.
2. Plural verbs
2.1. Plural Noun  Plural Verb
Ex:
These tables are old.
2.2. Noun and Noun  chỉ 2 người/ vật khác nhau  Plural Verb
Ex:
My best friend and her husband are going to come to my house tonight.
Water and oil don’t mix.
2.3. The +Adj  Noun  Plural Verb
Ex:
The rich are not always happy.
The young now tend to wear jeans more regularly.
2.4. Some/ a few/ both/ many/ a lot of…+ Plural Noun  Plural Verb
Ex:
Some books are in English.
2.5. Danh từ tập hợp – Collective Nouns (police/ people/ cattle)  Plural Verb
The police have come for 5 minutes
The cattle are suffering from a disease call BSE.
3. Others
3.1. Collective nouns (family/ team/ class/ club/ band/ The BBC/ crowd/ staff…)  Singular/Plural Verb
Ex:
Our team is the best.  đội bóng
Our team are wearing gloves.  Tất cả các cầu thủ trong đội
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3.2. Noun 1+ with/ along with/ as well as/ accompanied by/ together with + Noun 2  Verb – Noun 1
Ex:
Job, together with his sisters, is coming to the countryside.
The children as well as their teacher are attending the contest.
3.3.
Either or
Neither nor
+ Noun 1+ + Noun 2  Verb – Noun 2
No but
Not only but also
Ex:
Jane or her friends have to leave now.
Either you or I am right.
Not only Tom but his parents live here.
3.4. The number of + Plural Noun  Singular Verb
Ex:
The number of books has stolen.
3.5. A number of + Plural Noun  Plural Verb
Ex:
A number of problems have come up.
3.6. Noun1 + preposition + Noun 2  Verb – Noun 1
Ex:
A box of cigarettes contains 20 pipes.
The effects of stress are very serious.
3.7.
All/ some/ plenty + of + Singular Noun  Singular Verb
Half/ part/ a lot
+ Plural Noun  Plural Verb
Ex:
Some of apples are rotten.
Some of milk is sour
3.8. No + Sing.N  Singular Verb
Ex:
No student is to chat in the class
3.9. No + Plu. N  Plural Verb
Ex:
No people think alike.
3.10.There + be + N
Ex:
There is a lot of water in the cup
There are a lot of people in this room.

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