MAKING VERBS

AGREE WITH
PRONOUNS
SUBJECT I
MADE BY PIP :d
 SINGULAR THESE INDEFINITE
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS ARE
PRONOUNS SINGULAR AND
TAKE A SINGULAR
Singular indefinite VERB!
pronouns:
each, either, neither, one, everyone,
everybody, no one, nobody, anyone,
anybody, someone, somebody
EXAMPLE

1. No one is watching.
2. Someone is crying.
3. Neither one of them is correct.
 PLURAL THESE INDEFINITE
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS ARE
PRONOUNS PLURAL AND TAKE
A PLURAL VERB!
PLURAL indefinite
pronouns:
Both, few,
several, many
EXAMPLE

1. Both of them are reading.

2. Several people are joining.
3. Few of the students were sick.
 SINGULAR/ THESE INDEFINITE
PLURAL PRONOUNS MAY
INDEFINITE BE EITHER
PRONOUNS
SINGULAR OR
SINGULAR/PLURAL PLURAL.
indefinite pronouns:
Some, any, none,
all, most
 EXAMPLE

1. None of them are coming. None of the pie was

eaten.
2. Most of them are weird. Most of the cheese is
gone.
3. Some of them are mad. Some water is flushed.
 1. ALL OF THE PIE (WAS,WERE) EATEN.

2. (HAVE,HAS) ANY OF THE STUDENTS READ QUESTIONS

MACBETH?
GOOD LUCK
3. SOMEBODY (IS,ARE) COMING TO VISIT THIS
WEEKEND

4. FEW OF THE DESSERTS (WAS,WERE) GONE

ENTIRELY.

5. NO ONE (SWIM,SWIMS) IN THAT LAKE

ANYMORE

6. EACH OF THOSE POEMS BY ROBERT FROST

(TELL/TELLS) A STORY
 1. ALL OF THE PIE (WAS) EATEN.

2. (HAS) ANY OF THE STUDENTS READ

MACBETH? ANSWERS.
3. SOMEBODY (IS) COMING TO VISIT THIS
WEEKEND

4. FEW OF THE DESSERTS (WERE) GONE

ENTIRELY.

5. NO ONE (SWIMS) IN THAT LAKE ANYMORE

6. EACH OF THOSE POEMS BY ROBERT FROST

(TELLS) A STORY
MAKING
VERBS
AGREE WITH
PRONOUNS
SUBJECTS II
Doesn’t SINGULAR
Isn’t
Wasn’t SUBJECTS.

EXAMPLE:
She doesn’t know Germany.
Don’t PLURAL
Aren’t
Weren’t SUBJECTS.

EXAMPLE:
They weren’t at school today.
The verb agrees with the subject,
NOT the predicate nominative.

EXAMPLE:
One of his businesses is a chain
of Jewelry stores(Pn)