Concord

Is, am or are

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is
Distance (km)
1 concept = 1st noun Amount $
Time 19:00
With, like, including, together Plural,
with, as well as. unless it is one thing, i.e.

Timmy, like Jane, is clever. Macaroni and cheese is my favourite dish.

Macaroni, cheese and milk are on the grocery list.

Singular (is) Plural (are)

+- ÷ Mathematics
Economics
Gymnastics
Crockery
Clothes
Tidings
A number of
Sports
Or, either,or, neither, nor, not
Athletics Jewellery Cattle The Olympics
only, but also, but.
Politics Fruit Spectacles
Furniture Clothing The poor
Percy or the girls are going. Gallows News The odds
Each man Luggage Folk

is
Every person

Part of one thing: Many things:

Collective Nouns THIS /THAT
singular (is) singular verb plural verb
A bunch of …
A pair of …
These/those
*bananas (plural) are. plural (are) A slice of pizza is enough. Slices of pizzas are sold.
Concord Exercise

Underline the correct answer.

1. Game is/are plentiful in the bushveld.

2. Everybody is/are always confusing those twins.
3. The excited crowd was/were not easy to control.
4. Is/are Ann and Betty coming to the party, too?
5. The party has/have found the missing child.
6. Neither he, nor I was/were talking.
7. Beyond this river lie/lies many farms.
8. How much/many hours is/are left?
9. Furniture is/are expensive.
10. Doesn’t it take little/few effort?
11. One of the boys was/were playing.
12. Jane, as well as Jen, is/are pretty.
13. This/these are/is my favourite cap.
14. Jewellery is/are expensive.
15. There were little/few children there.