FEBRUARY 13, 2023.

Tryouts!

1. Many a student speaks/speak bad English expressions.

2. Our principal and the English teacher like/likes me.

Rule 6

Coordinate Concord

When two different subjects are joined together by "and", the verb to be used should be plural:

1. Raju and Billy are (not: is) good friends.

2. The girl and her friends travel (not: travels) a lot.

Rule 7

Accompaniment Concord

When any of the subordinating conjunctions is found attaching two subjects, the first subject
determines whether or not the verb will be plural. So, if the first subject is singular, the verb will be
singular. But if it's plural, the verb will be plural.

Such subordinating conjunctions include: as well as, no less than, together with, in association with, like,
as much as, ...

Examples:

1 The girl as well as her siblings likes (not: like) orange.

"The girl" is the first subject and as such determines the tense of verb and since it (the girl) is singular,
your verb will be singular (likes).

2. My parents with my brother know (not: knows) me very well.

"My parents", which is the first subject and plural determines the tense of the verb and hence, the
choice of the plural verb "know".
Try this:

1. The man alongside his dogs goes/go hunting.

2. The lady and her friends prefers/prefer rice to/than beans. (Two answers there)

3. The staff with the principal is/are strict.

Touch on these too:

1. Many a candidate ___ to realize the difference between written and spoken English. (a) fails (b) fail (c)
have failed

2. All ___ well with Peter.

(a) are not (b) have not been well (c) is not

3. The cattle graze/grazes on the field.

Tryouts.

1. Mr Titus, the Mathematics teacher, love/loves tutelage.

2. The teacher with his students travel/travels next week.

3. My friends alongside my sibling visit/visits me often.

4. My friend together with my siblings detest/detests smoking.

5. The man and his wife come/comes here often.

SIDE ATTRACTION

1 love the surroundings/surrounding clean.

2. I have been/being favoured today, haven't you?😉

3. I live in/at Ilorin.

Amendments

1. Mr Titus, the Mathematics teacher, LOVES tutelage.

In this situation, Mr Titus is also the Mathematics teacher, which means there's only one person as your
subject and as such, your verb must be singular, following the golden rule we already established.
Had the sentence read:

"Mr Titus and THE Mathematics teacher", then, you can be sure that the there are two different persons
there and a as such, a plural verb will be adapted.

But should, by any reason, the article "THE" is omitted and no other determinant is used to precede the
"Mathematics teacher", then you can be sure that the subject is singular and the verb will be singular as
such:

Mr Titus and Mathematics teacher LOVES tutelage.

2. The teacher with his students TRAVELS next week.

Having used an Accompaniment conjunction (with), the first subject is what determines the tense of
your verb. So, since "The teacher" is singular, you can be rest assured that your verb will be singular too.

3. My friends alongside my sibling VISIT me often.

Apply the rule as above in no. 2- the first subject is "My friends" (plural) so your verb will be plural
(TRAVEL)

4. My friend together with my siblings DETESTS smoking.

Follow the same rule as above. Since the first subject (friend) is singular, you ensuing verb should be
singular (detests)

5. The man and his wife COME here often.

This is drawn from coordinating conjunction, which joins two words or phrases sharing the same
strength unlike the accompaniment (subordinating conjunction) concord.

The man + his wife (PLURAL) and so it should be added to a PLURAL verb (come)

Amendment

1. Loves

2. Travels

3. Visit

4. Detests

5. Come

1. "Surroundings" must always be in the plural. As a matter of fact it's wrong to treat it as singular. So,
you don't say:
The surroundings is dirty❌

The surroundings looks tidy❌

But:

The surroundings ARE dirty

The surroundings LOOK tidy

2. The anomalous verbs "HAS, HAVE & HAD" are accompanied by BEEN if there's any need.

I have been ...

She has been ...

We had done it ....

PS: from the three examples above, it can be deduced that:

Has: singular present

Have: plural present

Had: past participle

BEING accompanies Be- verbs: IS, ARE, WAS, WERE, AM

I am being ...

You are being naughty

He is being childish

...

3. You use "in" for big and metropolitan city but use "at" for considerably or relatively small towns.

Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, ... cam be said to be metropolitan in Nigeria so, it's fine to say:

I live in Lagos

I live at Ibadan

But, you'll be surprised to know no many people know "ILORIN" in Nigeria. That's partly because it's not
metropolitan/quite large and a centre of attraction.

1. Surroundings

2. Been
3. At

FEBRUARY 14, 2023.

Rule 8

Correlative Conjunctions in Agreement

When two subjects are joined by correlative conjunctions, the subject preceding/coming before the verb
determines its tense.

Correlative Conjunctions include: "either .... or", "neither.... nor", "not only.... but also", "no sooner ...
than", "hardly.... when",...

1. Either the boys or the girl HIT me.

The subject preceding the verb is "the girl", which is singular and as such, it determines the estate of the
ensuing verb, making it singular also (HIT).

2. Not only he but also they ARE aware.

"They" comes just before the verb and as such, determines the state of the verb, rendering it to conform
with it (in its singularity).

Rule 9

A-Pair-of Concord

When A-Pair-of trousers, shears, scissors,... is used, it attracts a SINGULAR VERB:

1. My pair of glasses IS lost.

2. His two pairs of trousers ARE burnt

[2/14, 9:45 PM] D-Beloved: Tryouts!

1. Either he or you steal/steals here.

2. No sooner had we started studying when/than/so he started sleeping.

Tryouts!

1. You are not only too kind ___ too gullible.

A. but
B. but also

C. but actually

2. Either you or he should ____

A. go

B. goes

C. went

3. Neither I nor you know/knows the man.

4. The pair of trousers is/are dirty.

5. Hardly had we entered ___ it started to rain.

A. then

B. than

C. when

FEBRUARY 15, 2023.

SIDE ATTRACTION

You'll be sending in voice notes here, please.

Pronounce the word below:

1. Sword

2. Suite

3. Island

4. Ewe

5. Yacht

1. The correlative conjunction "not only" goes with "but also" and not any other combination.
2. I know that you have been taught that as part of the rule of Proximity Concord (Correlative concord),
the subject coming just before the verb should determine the verb's tense. This means that since the
subject preceding the verb is singular (he), the verb should also be singular (goes).

However, there's the need to hint that modal verbs (shall, should; may, might; can, could; will, would,...)
also very much determine the tense of the verb, such that any verb that comes after the modal verbs
must be in its base form (plural present) irrespective of whether the subject is singular or plural.

So, ideally, you'll have:

He DANCES well.

But, should you insert a modal verb, e.g. "can", the lexical verb must be in its base form so, you'll have:

He CAN DANCE well.

In the same vein, having inserted the modal verb "should" in the sentence, the ensuing verb must be in
its plural present (base form) irrespective of the fact that the subject preceding the verb (he) is singular:

Either you or he SHOULD GO ...

Now, let's try removing "should" and you'll notice that the structure will return to its formal estate:

Either you or he GOES...

By exploring the rule of Proximity (correlative conjunctions in agreement) we discussed, you can deduce
that the latter subject (immediately preceding the verb) determines the tense of the verb. Therefore,
you'll have:

Neither I nor YOU KNOW the man.

PS: it is important to remember that it's being said that "I" and "you" function as plural. You remember,
don't you?

4. "A pair" goes with singular verb.

If you mean to say two or more, you'll use "two/three... pairs of"

A pair of trousers IS dirty.

5. "Hardly" collicates with "when". It's that simple.

1. But also

2. Go

3. Know
4. Is

5. When

Rule 9

Collective Noun Concord

First, what are collective nouns? They are words which stands for many units that constitute that single
word. For example, congregation, audience, class, cattle, clergy, ...

As can be deduced, collective nouns are a conglomeration of many nouns. For instance, the word
"congregation" is used for "worshipers", which means it's in the PLURAL form. As a result, PLURAL verbs
should be preferred over singular verbs to accompany them:

1. The congregation CLAP (not: claps) their hands.

2. The club (consist of members) TRAVEL (not:travels) every week

But there are certain situations when a singular verb will go with a collective noun. The principle states
that: if the collective noun performs an action, a plural verb follows. But if not, a singular verb follows.
Let's take "family" (consisting of members)

1. The family IS beautiful.

(Though collective, "the family" is not performing any action and as such, the verb should be singular
(is)).

The family is taken as a single entity.

2. The family TRAVEL together.

Here, the family isn't acting as a single entity but as many entities brought together and as such, they
should be treated as PLURAL. Moreover, the subject performs the action of TRAVEL and as such, a
PLURAL verb should ensue.

"More-than" Concord

When "more-than" is used, the word or number that comes after it determines the tense of the verb.
So, if the number, for instance that comes after "more-than" is "one", the vee will be singular but if it's
"two", the verb will be plural.
More than two people HAVE gone out

The club is/are delighted about the new event.

The family love/loves me.

The clergy is/are having a meeting now.

Tryouts!

(A review of all the rules so far)

1. All of the benches is/are spoilt.

2. The man with his wives buy/buys food stuff from us.

3. My feet is/are in pain.

4. My siblings' teacher like/likes me.

5. Everyone hate/hates Chris.

(Have you watched the film 😉)

6. Mr Amos and the English language teacher on Allschool platform is/are strict.

7. None of the girls look/looks brave enough to handle the news.

8. My fiancee and confidant trust/trusts me.

(How lucky I am🤗)

9. The cattle eat/eats grass.

10. I live at/in Ogbomoso at/in Oyo State.

11. My parents as well as my tutor has/have high expectations for me.

12. Many a citizen is/are suffering right now.

(May God grant us succour🙏🏽)

13. The principal with his members of staff is/are firm.

14. All is/are not well.

(When asked about you family members)

15. The furniture seem/seems dirty.

A revisitation of all the rules we have dealt with from the beginning. So, to ace the minuscule test, you'll
have to pay the rules a visit, okay😉

Amendment!

1. "All" for ABSTRACT things is considered singular and as such, attracts singular verb (is)

2. The accompaniment "with his wives" isn't to be put into consideration. Let's focus on "the man" as
our basic determining factor. Since, "the man" is singular, your verb should be singular "buys".

3. "Feet" is plural ("foot" is singular) and as such, plural verb (are) should ensue.

4. My focus isn't the "siblings" (plural) but the "teacher" (singular). You could rephrase it as "The teacher
of my siblings" for clarity. And as such, singular verb (likes) should ensue since "the teacher" is singular.

5. Uncountable nouns such as "everyone" attracts singular verbs. So, "hates" is your most preferred
option.

6. Now, I know you may be tempted to think since I'm talking about myself, it means it's one person.
But, kindly limit yourself to the context:

There's "Mr Amos" and then "the English language teacher". We know this because of the article "the"
used before "English language teacher". So, there are two different persons there. And as such, your
verb will have to be PLURAL (ARE).

If I'd meant that Mr Amos is the same as the English language teacher, then, I would have said:

Mr Amos and English language teacher... IS (singular verb) strict.

7. "None" is actually an example of uncountable nouns, you remember, don't you? And the rule states
that you treat such as singular and so they'll attract singular verbs (LOOKS).

8. Actually, if I'd said "my fiancee" and "my confidant" then, it would mean there are two different
persons there. But for not using any determinant before "confidant", it means my fiancee is also my
confidant, and as such, you treat it as singular and it'll attract singular verb (TRUSTS).

9. "CATTLE" is a collective noun and we explained yesterday that when collective nouns perform an
action, you treat them as PLURAL and as such, they attract plural verbs (EAT).
10. "Ogbomoso" is relatively small and I told you "in" is used for metropolitan (big) cities like Ibadan,
Lagos, Abuja,... So, for Ogbomoso, you'd better use "at" and obviously, "Oyo" is larger than Ogbomoso
so, you opt for "in".

I live AT Ogbomoso IN Oyo State.

11. This is drawn from "accompaniment Concord". The use of "as well as" tells you to focus on the first
subject (and that the second subject, coming after the "as well as" isn't as important).

Now, "parents" is plural and as such, it determines your verb and renders it plural (HAVE)

12. MANY A + SINGULAR NOUN (CITIZEN) + SINGULAR VERB (IS)

13. Your focus is "the principal" and as such, your verb will be singular (is)

The principal (with his members of staff) IS firm.

14. The "all" here refers to persons and as such, it should be plural and will attract plural verb (ARE)

15. "Furniture" is another example of uncountable noun and you remember that such are treated as
singular and so, must attract singular verbs (seems)

Amendment!

1. "All" for CONCRETE things is considered PLURAL and as such, attracts PLURAL verb (ARE)

2. The accompaniment "with his wives" isn't to be put into consideration. Let's focus on "the man" as
our basic determining factor. Since, "the man" is singular, your verb should be singular "buys".

3. "Feet" is plural ("foot" is singular) and as such, plural verb (are) should ensue.

4. My focus isn't the "siblings" (plural) but the "teacher" (singular). You could rephrase it as "The teacher
of my siblings" for clarity. And as such, singular verb (likes) should ensue since "the teacher" is singular.

5. Uncountable nouns such as "everyone" attracts singular verbs. So, "hates" is your most preferred
option.

6. Now, I know you may be tempted to think since I'm talking about myself, it means it's one person.
But, kindly limit yourself to the context:

There's "Mr Amos" and then "the English language teacher". We know this because of the article "the"
used before "English language teacher". So, there are two different persons there. And as such, your
verb will have to be PLURAL (ARE).

If I'd meant that Mr Amos is the same as the English language teacher, then, I would have said:
Mr Amos and English language teacher... IS (singular verb) strict.

Amendment

1. ARE

2. BUYS

3. ARE

4. LIKES

5. HATES

6. ARE

7. LOOKS

8. TRUSTS

9. EAT

10. AT. IN

11. HAVE

12. IS

13. IS

14. ARE

15. SEEMS

Rule 11

Pluralia Tantrums

These are nouns that in come in plural forms but aren't necessarily plural. Instances are: Mathematics,
Physics (subject), Measles (disease), Snakes and Ladders (game), The Men at Sea (book title),...

They are followed by SINGULAR VERBS:

Measles IS (not: are) not deadly.

Economics SEEMS (not: seem) interesting

Rule 12

Tantrum Plurals

Then there really are words that are not only written as plural but are actually plurals: auspices,
surroundings, premises, ashes, outskirts, particulars (documents), quarters (headquarters), thanks,
troops, wages, means, funds (money), earnings, earrings, holidays, manners, arrears, ....

When you have these words appearing as your subject, be sure that your verb will be plural:

The surroundings ARE (not: is) dirty.

I love the earrings. They (not: it) LOOK (not: looks) nice.

Kindly, note that these words can appear without an "S" but when they do, they mean something else
entirely. For one, they are no longer nouns that they are here and are adjectives.

PLURALIA TANTRUMS ARE ALWAYS PLURAL NOUNS WITHOUT SINGULAR FORMS

PLURAL TANTUM is a noun that appears only in the plural and doesn't ordinarily have a singular form
(for example, jeans, pajamas, tweezers, shears, and scissors). Also known as a lexical plural. Plural:
pluralia tantum. Jeans, scissors, trousers, and glasses are great examples of plural tantum nouns in the
English language.

A plurale tantum (Latin for "plural only"; pl. pluralia tantum) is a noun that appears only in the plural
form and does not have a singular variant for referring to a single object. In a less strict usage of the
term, it can also refer to nouns whose singular form is rarely used.

In English, pluralia tantum are often words that denote objects that occur or function as pairs or sets,
such as spectacles, trousers, pants, scissors, clothes, or genitals. Other examples include suds, jeans,
outskirts, odds, riches, surroundings, thanks, and heroics.

I'm English language, there are two kinds of TANTUMS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL

SINGULAR TANTUMS are what we have come to know as uncountable nouns. For the most part, they
are such nouns that do not take "s" at all. For instance, "information" never takes an "s", which means
you can't pluralize it even if you want to.

What we're saying is that SINGULAR NOUNS can be written in two ways:
1. They can be written the conventional way we know, which is without an "s" (the mar of plurality for
the most part). And here, we extend the discourse to say that while some singular nouns can take
plurals (boy- boys), there are some that never will no matter what and they're called SINGULAR
TANTUMS, which are just another way of calling most UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS (information, data,
furniture, water, ...), which we have discussed earlier.

2. Even though the morpheme "s" is naturally used to show plurality, there are times when it's used with
singular nouns. Now, when this happens, it must be understood that it's not attached but actually part
of the word itself. For instance, removing "s" from Mathematics won't suit neither will removing it from
NEWS.

Let's take the latter for example: when you remove "s" from NEWS, it becomes "NEW" which has an
entirely different meaning from NEWS.

This kinds of nouns (though singular) take "s" and are treated as singular still.

Now, they can be names of:

Subjects

Diseases

Games

Titles of books

...

Which we explained yesterday

Do you follow?

The latter category is what we call "Pluralia Tantums", okay?

They're singular nouns which have "s"

But then there are some nouns with "s" and can't be written any other way and they're not grouped
under Pluralia Tantums because they're PLURAL in their dispositions. For instance, the word "clothes"
can't be written as "cloth" (which has a different meaning entirely) and even when it's written as
"clothes", it's never singular but PLURAL. This kind of noun is called TANTUM PLURALS (different from
Pluralia Tantums)

It's under TANTUM PLURALS that we have nouns that can only be written in plural forms and (unlike
Pluralia Tantums) are treated as plural, hence, taking plural verbs:
Surroundings, premises, news, clothes, means, ...

And the many other I explained yesterday.

Now how do you distinct between PLURALIA TANTUMS (that you treat as SINGULAR) and TANTUM
PLURALS (that you treat as PLURAL) when the two of them are written with the suffix "s"?

I've said yesterday that you must develop your vocabulary; there's no other way around these things.

Now, try this:

1. The premises LOOK/LOOKS dirty.

2. Measles IS/ARE ravaging.

3. The news of his father's death HAS/HAVE devastated him.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023.

Rule 13

MANDATIVE SUBJUNCTIVE CONCORD

When RECOMMENDATION, RESOLUTION, DEMAND, WISH, SUGGESTION OR PRAYER is involved in a

sentence, the verb of the clause should be PLURAL, whether the subject is singular or plural.

In other words, the mandative subjunctive is used with clauses that usually, but not always, begin with
THAT and express a DEMAND, REQUIREMENT, REQUEST, RECOMMENDATION or SUGGESTION. It is
indicated by the use of the base form of the verb (love, skip, jump) with singular subjects.

E.G.

It is recommended THAT the Board APPROVE (not: APPROVES) the policy.

Now, the first and golden rule of concord we discussed states that when the subject is singular, the very
should be singular. But in this case, when you have THAT and any of the words I mentioned above
coming into the scene, your table will shake in that even if your subject is singular, your verb will have to
be in its base form (PLURAL).

Look at this:
God HELPS us everyday (it follows the Subject-Verb rule)

May God HELP (not:helps) us. (Prayer)

In the second example, even though the subject "God" is singular, since the statement is in the form of
PRAYER, your verb will have to be in its base form (PLURAL)

The board resolved THAT the secretary RESIGN (not: resigns).

That's a RESOLUTION and then, fortunately, there's the word THAT again.

Another way to help drive home the discourse is to add the modal auxiliary SHOULD.

And I need to explain something very important now:

After modal auxiliaries, your verb must be in plural verb irrespective of whether the subject is singular or
not:

He PLAYS well.

He SHOULD PLAY (not: plays) well.

Now, in the example above, you can actually help solve that complexity by inputting SHOULD.

The board resolved THAT the secretary (SHOULD) resign (not:resigns)

Let's this out!

1. They said she HAS/HAVE paid our money.

2. Will you BUY/BUYS orange for me?

3. Could she EXCUSE/EXCUSES us?

4. The principal suggests he LEAVE/LEAVES the school.

TRYOUTS

1. The clothes IS/ARE torn.

2. The two sets of furniture LOOK/LOOKS amazing.

3. I hope everything GO/GOES well.

4. She can DANCE/DANCES well.

5. Did he TREK/TREKS home

SIDE ATTRACTION

1. I did EAT/ATE all my food before my friend arrived.

2. The DAMAGE/DAMAGES to the vehicle IS/ARE huge.

3. Nigeria IS/ARE a joke.

4. Ghana BEAT/BEATS Nigeria 2:0 during the football match.

Amendments

1. First of all, where does "clothes" belong to?

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

PLURALIA TANTUM (which are singular nouns in plural forms and do not have plural forms), TANTUM
PLURALS (plural nouns in plural forms, which do not have singular forms), or ordinary plural noun.

Well, have you come across "clothe" to mean "wears". The moment you remove the "s", the word
changes into a verb:

She was clothed in white apparel.

So, "clothes" is an example of TANTUM PLURALS and as such, plural verb must be used- ARE

2. Yes, "furniture" is uncountable and should ordinarily take on singular verb but did you notice the use
of "the two sets of"? Shouldn't that inform you otherwise? Well, it has got to.

LOOK

4. I also explained yesterday that modal auxiliaries (can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should,
ought to, must, dare, need, ...) influence your verb tense, such that when they precede a verb, it must
remain in it plural (base) form:

She DANCES well✅

She can DANCES well❌

She can DANCE well ✅

Other examples:

He KNOWS better

He should KNOW better

It will SEIZE

It SEIZES every time

DANCE

5. In one of our side attractions, I explained that when you have "do, did, does" preceding a verb, they
ensure that the verb is in its base form (plural form):

She PLAYS well

She DOES PLAY (not: plays) well

He TREKS home

He DOES TREK (not: treks) home

TREK

Moreover, the no. 5 was even a question and you use the base form in questions. It wasn't my intention
to ask a question, though. The question should have read:

He did TREK home.

But you can still apply to the same rule

1. Are

2. Look

3. Go

4. Dance

5. Trek
1. Kindly apply the rule from the TRYOUTS no. 5

EAT

2. No matter the amount of wreckage done, you can have it in plural.

DAMAGE- wreckage done (it's uncountable; you can't pluralize it).

The DAMAGE WAS (not: were) huge.

DAMAGES also exist but it has a different meaning: it means the amount demanded for damage done:

The DAMAGE was huge. You'll have to pay for DAMAGES

Damage is the wreckage done

Damages is the fund requested. Just the same was you call money asked in school FEE, what you call the
money for damage done is DAMAGES

DAMAGE

3. You still remember COLLECTIVE NOUN concord, right. When they perform function, they're plural but
when they don't, they're singular.

"Nigeria" there stands for all of us but since no actually was performed, we say:

Nigeria IS a joke

IS

4. But, though still applying the same rule of collective nouns in agreement, you'll find that "Ghana" (the
players representing Ghana) performed the action of BEATING "Nigeria" (the team representing Nigeria)
and as such, "Ghana" is plural and should take a plural verb: BEAT

1. Eat

2. Damage

3. Is

4. Beat

Let's have you try this out:

1. If she passes her examination, her teachers, her parents, I or Tunde ___ is to praise.
A. am

B. is.

C. are

(The principle of Proximity)

2. More than one person SIT/SITS there.

(More-than concord)

3. The teacher, not his students, SWEEP/SWEEPS the school premises.

(Parenthesis in Concord)

4. Five plus five IS/ARE ten

(Mathematical facts)

5. Three weeks LOOK/LOOKS too long for holidays.

6. (Having) Two kids IS/ARE enough for me.

(Plural nouns concord)

All the questions are representatives of rules and I'll explain them as we attempt them

CATEGORIZATION CONCORD

When a collective name that implies category (not COLLECTIVE NOUN) is used, the verb to be used
should be plural. This is because the collective name represents a category and that means we're
looking at more than one person/thing.

Examples of such words are: the gifted, the rich, the less privileged, the successful, the poor, the
handicapped, the weak, the wealthy, the young, ...

For instance, it's quite glaring that THE POOR means all the people that are poor (so, poverty is what
makes people fall into that category) and as such, it sure has to be treated a plural and consequently
have a plural verb:

The poor ARE (not: is) always cheated on by the rich

The young LIKE (not: likes) experimenting.

MANY, MUCH, MOST CONCORD

Where MANY appears, it does that for COUNTABLE NOUNS and as such, the verb will be PLURAL:

MANY people LIKE (not: likes) celebrating with their loved ones.

When MUCH is used, it accompanies UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS, which are always in SINGULAR forms as as
such the verb must be SINGULAR:

Much of the water HAS (not: have) poured away.

When MOST is used, it can be used with both singular (uncountable) and plural (countable) nouns and
as such, to denote the tense of your verb, you'll have to decide whether or not the noun is countable or
uncountable:

Most of the MEN (countable) ARE(not: is) around.

Most of the MILK (uncountable) IS(not: are) spilled.

You still remember the subjunctive rule we treated yesterday, don't you?

Wishing falls into that category but HOPING doesn't (let's not confuse wishing with hoping. I almost did)
and as such, the ensuing verb must be in the singular form.

We must understand that "everything" is the determinant of our verb and since we indefinite pronouns
(like "everything") always take singular nouns, the verb will have to be singular in this case.

I really hope no one is swerved by HOPE

GOES

FEBRUARY 20, 2023.

Relative Concord

When any of "who", "which", "that", "whose" refers to a previously mentioned noun or pronoun, it is a
relative pronoun.

Most often than not, they refer to the noun or pronoun the follow immediately:
One of the boys who...

"Who" there isn't referring to "one" but "the boys" and so the verb that will be coming after it will have
to reflect the plurality of "boys" and not the singularity of "one". But, eventually, the singularity of "one"
will also be justified:

One of the children who PLAY (not: plays) here IS (not: are) not anymore.

Let's break it down:

There are children who PLAY here.

But ONE of them IS dead.

Only ONE is dead so, if you're not careful and dash the sentence a plural verb "are", you'll murdering
more than one child.

In essence, we can have both singular and plural verbs in a sentence:

Two of the teachers that TEACH us HAVE (not: has) left.

Now, notice that "two" which should determine which to use between "have" and "has" is plural already
and as such, you go with "HAVE".

SO LET'S BREAK IT DOWN:

The teachers TEACH

TWO of them HAVE left

CHECK!!!

1. If Remi performs poorly in her forthcoming examination then, either her mother or her siblings
IS/ARE/HAS/AM to blame.

2. Each of the contestants HAS/HAVE/GET a chance to win.

3. The only set of loudspeakers available IS/ARE/HAVE to be connected according to instruction.

4. I recommend she LEAVE/LEAVES now.

5. Many a candidate FAIL/FAILS to study hard.

6. Neither the tutor nor the parents IS/ARE/HAVE to blame for his failure.

7. One of the ladies who LIVE/LIVES in the premises HAS/HAVE been asked to leave.

8. Two-third of the church LOVE/LOVES the pastor.

9. Three quarters of the mosque WAS/WERE painted by the members.

10. English as well as Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry IS/ARE core to studying Medicine.

11. Either the girl or her friends IS/ARE to be held responsible for the nuisance.

12. Three quarters of the English class IS/ARE females.

13. Our principal and chairman of the occasion HAS/HAVE just arrived.

14. The helpless NEED/NEEDS our help.

15. All the cattle LOOK/LOOKS healthy.

16. His chances to travel out HAS/HAVE been truncated.

17. Neither my siblings nor my mum VISIT/VISITS me.

18. Three weeks IS/ARE fairly too much for a break.

19. Two kids IS/ARE all I want.

20. The surroundings IS/ARE dirty.

Kindly, listen to the voice notes accompanying them for hints

"Each" in Concord

"Each" refers to "one". When you say "each of them", you mean "each one of them". In that case, you
treat "each" as singular.

EACH.... + Singular verb:

Each of the students LIKES (not: like) reading.

But, when you now have TWO coming in the place of EACH, the situation changes:

TWO of the students HAVE (not: has) gone.

So, we're saying that "each" or "two" determines your ver

"Every" in Concord

The verb of a sentence precided over by "every" is dependent on its attachment:

EVERY+ PLURAL NOUN= PLURAL VERB

Every ten men GO (not:goes) this way.

EVERY+ SINGULAR NOUN= SINGULAR VERB

Every man GOES (not: go) this way

FEBRUARY 21, 2023.

Amendment!

1. ARE

2. HAS

3. IS

4. LEAVE

5. FAILS

6. ARE

7. LIVE. HAS

8. LOVE

9. WAS

10. IS

11. ARE
12. ARE

13. HAS

14. NEED

15. LOOK

16. HAVE

17. VISITS

18. IS

19. IS

20. ARE

ADJECTIVE PLACE ORDERING

You know adjectives are words that DESCRIBE, QUALIFY & AND INFORMATION to what we already know
about NOUNS.

For instance, we can use the word LAZY to describe a girl: A lazy girl, right?

But then, you know we can ascribe more than one qualities to the lady: she might not only be LAZY but
also FAIR, TALL, FAT, UGLY, and the list could go on.

The bane, however, is how to go about rightly arranging these adjectives that are describing the noun
"girl". There's a format of description we must follow to arrive safely.

In a way of testing your knowledge of this topic, let's have you arrange the adjectives below:

1. The FAT, BEAUTIFUL, OLD, NIGERIAN lady.

2. TWO THOSE ROUND GREEN tables.

Now, I did say there's a rule to it and I'll be explicating that by and by as we move on.

I'll therefore need your rapt attention as I proceed:

Let's start this way:

Adjectives are primarily divided into two forms:

Subjective & Objective

An adjective is SUBJECTIVE if it can be debated:

The lady is BEAUTIFUL (we can debate over the issue of "beauty" because what/who is beautiful to one
may not necessarily be beautiful to another)

Mr Tunde is NICE (perhaps, you call him nice because he always dashes you money. But his wife may
have a different view because he never live up to his responsibility at home. So, you see how that your
conclusion that he's NICE is subjective (one -sided)

An adjective is OBJECTIVE if it can't be debated:

The lady is TALL (Tallness is relatively constant and as such we can conclude that it is absolute.

You can't compare that to INTELLIGENCE, which can be one-sided. Someone brilliant in your class may
be the poorest when he transfers to another school.

"GREEN" is OBJECTIVE because anything you call "green" is that colour everywhere you go

So, let's have you decide whether the following are SUBJECTIVE OR OBJECTIVE.

If they're subjective, write S and if they're objective, write O.

1. Dull

2. Fair (complexion)

3. Blue

4. Rectangular

5. Cool

FEBRUARY 22, 2023.

TRYOUTS!!!

So, let's have you decide whether the following are SUBJECTIVE OR OBJECTIVE.
If they're subjective, write S and if they're objective, write O.

1. Fine

2. Fat

3. White

4. Sweet

5. Large

6. Big

7. Stubborn

8. White

9. Innocent

10. Pink

Amendment!

1. Subjective

2. Objective

3. Objective

4. Subjective

5. Objective

6. Objective

7. Subjective

8. Objective (repetition )

9. Subjective

10. Objective

Having clarified the difference between SUBJECTIVE & OBJECTIVES ADJECTIVES (for the purpose of our
discourse), it's about time we BEGIN/BEGAN/BEGUN explicating the formula.
Which do you go for?

Begin

Began

Begun

The fundamental formula for dealing with the placement of adjectives is DOENH and each unit will be
explained in turn:

1. DEICTIC: it denotes determinants.

Determinants cause NOUNS to be of a particular kind.

Examples abound:

Kindly note that the arrangement of adjectives will be done hierarchically. So, we'll have the
determinants (deictics) coming first before others will ensue.

So in: LAZY TWO TALL GIRLS

We can conclude that the first place will be dedicated to the determinant, which happens to be TWO.

Do we follow?

As you can see from the examples above, the determinant houses numbers too, right?

But, we will actually have to distinguish them to the end that we get our analysis done smoothly.

DEICTICS (determinants) consist of possessives (my, our, its, their, ...), articles (the, a, an), quantifiers
(many, enough, lot of, little, ...), and predeterminers (quite, such, double, both, ...).

The next stop within DOENH is the "O" which stands for ORDINALS (numbers)

Now, you'll recall that numbers are inputted as under DEICTICS in the diagrams but can I counsel that we
shouldn't use them for better understanding; let's treat then separately.

So, after the DEICTICS (determinants), we'll stop by ORDINALS (numbers with ORDINALS (e.g. first, last,
third, ...) coming before CARDINALS (e.g. five, three, four, ...)

Now, let's arrange with DEICTICS & ORDINALS settled:

Boys the two last=

First, the determinant (the) will come first. Then, it'll be followed by ORDINALS (numbers) and in this
case, we have two of such. We then have to decide which comes first and if you'd followed my
explanation, you'll realize that ORDINALS (first, second) precede CARDINALS (three, one, ...).

So, we can have:

The last two boys✅

The two last boys❌

Do you agree?

Can we have you arrange these then?

1. Ladies three some.

2. Two first the candidates.

So, if DOENH is an abbreviation for:

DEICTICS (determinants)

ORDINALS (numbers)

EPITHETS (adjectives)

NOMINALS (origins)

HEAD (the noun you're describing)

Then, now, we're at EPITHETS, right?

EPITHETS are ADJECTIVES and yesterday, we explored the two types:

SUBJECTIVE (always coming first)

OBJECTIVE (following after)

So, in:

LADY THE BOYS FAT, you'll have:

The (deictics) 1st

Lazy (subjective EPITHET) 2nd

Fat (objective EPITHET) 3rs

So, we'll have:

THE LAZY FAT BOYS

Let's see if you remember our explanation yesterday?

1. Two those green fine tables.

2. Ugly tall last the three girls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023.

TRYOUTS!

1. Tiny blue round eyes two the

2. Small empty of some the containers black

3. Green the cute books two

4. White poor background the

5. Shy little girl ten the

Amendment!

1. The (deictic) two (ordinal) tiny (subjective EPITHET) round (objective EPITHET) blue (objective
EPITHET) eyes (head word)

So, we'll follow suit for the rest of the questions:

2. Some of the small black empty containers

3. The two cute green books

4. The poor white background

5. The ten shy little girls

So, yesterday, we stopped at the explanation that EPITHET, which is the third of the abbreviation:
DOENH is divided into SUBJECTIVE (coming first) and OBJECTIVE (coming after the subjective).

We've also cleared the ground that SUBJECTIVES are ARGUABLE, while OBJECTIVES aren't.

But just under the OBJECTIVES, we've got a whole lot of divisions:

E- S & O (SISHACOMAPA)

From the foregoing, it can be deduced that after selecting your Deictics, Ordinals and you're now at
EPITHET, care must be taken to first select your SUBJECTIVE and just afterwards, explore your OBJECTIVE
(which is divided further)

Now, let's explore the divisions of the OBJECTIVES- SISHACOMAPA:

SI- Size (big, large, small, little, great, huge, enormous, minuscule, minute, ...)

SH- Shape (rectangular, circular, oval, round, square,...)

A- Age (new, old, contemporary, aged, young, ...)

CO- COlour (blue, light, white, dark, fair, ...)

MA- MAterial (silk, cotton, wood, iron, ...)

PA- Participle (a word formed from a verb (e.g. going, gone, being, been ) and used as an adjective (e.g.
working woman, burnt toast )

So, let's analyse this:

Round fine two white little the coats

The (Deictics)

Two (Ordinals)

Fine (subjective EPITHET)

Now, let's analyse the OBJECTIVE EPITHET:

Size? Little

Shape? Round

Age? ❌

Colour? White

Material? ❌

Participle? ❌

So, we now have:

THE TWO FINE LITTLE ROUND WHITE COATS

Is it a bit clear?

Let's arrange this:

1. Fat cute two the blue pens

2. Beautiful old lady fair that

3. Wooden four last the tables brown

4. Green leaves coloured those eight charming

5. Huge black gates iron old the three first

Amendment!

1. THE TWO CUTE FAT BLUE PENS

2. THAT BEAUTIFUL OLD FAIR LADY

3. THE LAST FOUR BROWN WOODEN TABLES

4. THOSE EIGHT CHARMING GREEN COLOURED LEAVES

5. THE FIRST THREE HUGE OLD BLACK IRON GATES

FEBRUARY 24, 2023.

Test

1. The man with his wife VISIT/VISITS us often.

2. Either you or he IS/ARE to blame.

3. My dad and my confidant LIKE/LIKES me.

4. Everybody HATE/HATES lying.

5. All of them PLAY/PLAYS

6. The goats EAT/EATS grass.

7. Many a girl LOVE/LOVES fashion.

8. I saw the thief JUMP/JUMPING over the fence

9. We left her WASH/WASHING the plate.

10. Each of the students WAS/WERE given a gift.

11. May God HELP/ HELPS us.

12. I recommend he LEAVE/LEAVES now.

13. The man and my friend TRAVEL/TRAVELS a lot.

14. She KNOW/KNOWS my name.

15. It's about time we EAT/ATE/EATEN

TRYOUTS!

1. Pale fine rectangular iron sheet new

2. Interesting those bulky neat five novels

3. Drums big blue three last the some of cute

4. Young tall stubborn dark few the complexioned boys

5. Iron ancient blue sharp knife

Amendment!

1. Visits

2. Is

3. Like

4. Hates

5. Play

6. Eat

7. Loves

8. Jump

9. Washing

10. Was

11. Help

12. Leave

13. Travel

14. Knows

15. Ate

TRYOUTS!

1. Fine rectangular new pale iron sheet.

2. Those five neat bulky interesting novels

3. Some of the last three cute big blue drums.

4. The few stubborn tall young dark-complexioned boys.

5. Sharp ancient blue iron knife.

Having settled our

E (S & O{SISHACOMAPA})

Our next stop is N & H

N- Nominal (origin)

H- Head (the noun being described)

Your origin (NOMINAL) entail:

NIGERIAN dress, ITALIAN shoe, YORUBA attire

So, after explicating your SISHACOMAPA, the last stop is at NOMINAL (ORIGIN)

Let's try this out:

Green American new rough metal jug

And this:

Short beautiful girls precocious the two Nigeria fat dark

FEBRUARY 25, 2023.

TRYOUTS!

Re-arrange the adjectives below.

1. Our dog is____ (a brown, big, scary, German) shepherd.

2. They borrowed ____ (my, evening, silk, black and white) dress.

3. She got me ______ (a, leather, stylish, brown) jacket.

4. The lady is wearing ______ (yellow, long, a) dress.

5. I bought _____ (white gold, two, old, beautiful) necklaces.

6. We watched ______ (the, French, boring) film.

7. She went home and sat on her ____(comfortable / old / wooden) bed.

8. (pretty / A / young) girl walked into the room.

9. He has (interesting / a lot of / old) books.

10. He saw (writing an French old) desk.

11. He has (silver old beautiful a) ring.

12. We wanted (metal / a / grey) table.

13. They bought (new / a / red) car.

14. He bought a (British / fabulous / woolen) suit.

15. He wants (French / delicious / some) cheese.

16. She dropped (old beautiful the) plate and it smashed.

17. I want (silk amazing an green) dress.

18. I need (computer a comfortable) desk.

19. We ate ( green some English round) apples.

20. Today, Nigeria DECIDE/DECIDES

Just answers alone will do. Thanks

Take your time to analyse the questions very well before concluding on them

Amendment!

1. A SCARY BIG BROWN GERMAN SHEPHERD

2. MY BLACK AND WHITE SILK EVENING DRESS

3. A STYLISH BROWN LEATHER JACKET

4. A LONG YELLOW DRESS

5. TWO BEAUTIFUL OLD WHITE GOLD NECKLACES

6. THE BORING FRENCH FILM

7. COMFORTABLE OLD WOODEN BED

8. A PRETTY YOUNG GIRL...

9. A LOT OF OLD INTERESTING BOOKS

10. AN OLD WRITING FRENCH

11. A BEAUTIFUL OLD SILVER RING

12. A GREY METAL TABLE

13. A NEW RED

14. A FABULOUS WOOLEN BRITISH SUIT

15. SOME DELICIOUS FRENCH CHEESE

16. THE BEAUTIFUL OLD PLATE...

17. AN AMAZING GREEN SILK

(I know this can be confusing. But will this be suitable: GREEN SILK AN AMAZING DRESS? Surely, not. The
article "an" will definitely come first and coincidentally, it can only go with "amazing". Well, that already
settles the confusion of whether "amazing" should be a subjective adjective or participle)

18. A COMFORTABLE COMPUTER DESK

(You really can't have A COMPUTER COMFORTABLE DESK, can you?)

19.SOME ROUND GREEN ENGLISH APPLES

20. NIGERIA (Collective noun) DECIDE

Let's have a final touch on the topic:

1. Ugly dancing the four girls Nigerian short adolescent

2. Cute little baby that fat

3. American cotton red shirts long blue awesome last the three
Amendment!

1. The four ugly short adolescent (Age) dancing (participle) Nigerian girls.

2. That cute fat little baby

Or

That cute little far baby.

3. The last three awesome (subjective) long (size) red/blue cotton American shirts

FEBRUARY 27, 2023.

So, having gone through CONCORD AND ADJECTIVE PLACE ORDERING, our next fare haven is QUESTION
TAGS.

It's my utmost desire that we'll not only understand but also find it applicable in our daily endeavours

To do justice to Question Tags, VERBs (the two/three kinds must be explained over again)

So, we've been taught that Verbs are ACTION words. But you'll recall that I said that definition isn't
adequate; Verbs are words that:

1. Show action (lexical/main verbs)

Dancing, reading, ...

2. Show state of being (auxiliary/helping verbs) And these auxiliary verbs are further divided into two:

A. Primary auxiliaries (is, are, am, was, were)

B. Modal auxiliaries (will, would, can , could, shall, should, may, might, ought to, must, dare, need). They
show the MOOD of the referent(s).

Question Tag concern itself with two of the components of the sentence:

The subject (the performer of an action) and the verb (the action performed)

Furthermore, question tags have two parts:

Statement and question.

The beautiful part is that the questions are derived from the statements.
The statement comes first and then, the question follows.

AN OPERATOR is the word used in changing a statement to a question.

Verbs are basically the operators that are deployed to change statements to questions.

But not all verbs can act as an operator. While auxiliary verbs (both primary and modal) and the
anomalous verbs (has/have/had) can function as OPERATORS, main/lexical verbs can't. This is why it's
possible to have:

He WILL dance, WON'T (WILL NOT) HE?✅

But we can't have:

He TRAVELLED yesterday, TRAVELLEDN'T he?❌

As we go by and by, we'll understand how to deal with such statements

I strongly think it's only proper, at this juncture, to explain CONTRACTION.

Will not- won't

Shall not - shan't

Are not- aren't

Would not- wouldn't

Should not- shouldn't

Cannot- can't

May not - mayn't

Ought not - oughtn't

Is not - isn't

Am not- ain't

Are not - aren't

Was not- wasn't

Were not- weren't

...

The abridgement of these words with apostrophe is called CONTRACTION (the omitting of letters from a
word ad attachment of apostrophe ' to join the word to another)

Let's now begin to explore the rules binding QUESTION TAGS

But just before then, let's explain the positivity or negativity of a statement. A statement is POSITIVE if
the negator "NOT" or any other related word (e.g. never, hardly, scarcely,...) isn't used:

She is serious.

He always pays attention.

And of course, the opposite is the case: when the negator "NOT" or any of its relative word is used, the
statement is NEGATIVE:

She is NOT serious.

He NEVER pays attention.

Rules of Question Tags:

1. When the statement is positive, the question should be negative. But how do you make the question
negative?

Let's explore that:

All we need do is to add "NOT" to the question we've formed from the statement.

Paul is brilliant (positive statement)

Now, to form your question, you'll need your verb (is) and the subject (Paul) with the verb coming first
(and the negator "not" following ut closely) before the subject.

So, you have:

Is (verb) + not (negator) + Paul (subject)?

But, one thing hasn't been settled and that's the fact that in the question part, NOUNS don't feature. So,
to represent the subject, PRONOUNS will have to represent NOUNS.
Singular male pronoun: he,

(Masculine)

Singular female pronoun: she

(Feminine)

Singular neutral pronoun:

It

Plural pronoun:

They

So, in the case of the example above, since "Paul" is male, "HE" will be used to replace him:

Is not he?

And when you check with CONTRACTION, "IS NOT" changes to "ISN'T"

ISN'T HE?

POSITIVE STATEMENT, NEGATIVE QUESTION.

(+ S, - Q)

NEGATIVE STATEMENT, POSITIVE QUESTION.

(- S, + Q)

1. You can go alone (statement),

_____? (question)

2. You didn't kill the goat (statement),

______? (question)

3. He shouldn't have gone, _____?

4. You're beautifully created, ____?

5. The final election result hasn't been announced yet, ____?

Amendment!

1. Can't you?
2. Did you?

3. Should he?

4. Are you?

5. Has it?

FEBRUARY 28, 2023.

1. You are a student, ___?

2. It isn't too cold today, ___?

3. He was at the concert, ___?

4. You like chocolate, ___?

5. She arrived too late, ___?

6. Tom couldn't find the place, ___?

7. Henry and Juliet have just arrived, ___?

8. Your little Angie can't walk yet, ___?

9. When you arrived, she had already left, ___?

10. You would never tell him, ___?

1. He's still sleeping, ________?

2. You do go to school, ________?

3. Let's go for a walk, ________?

4. We won't be late, ________?

5. Nobody called, ________?

6. They will wash the car, ________?

7. We must lock the doors, ________?

8. I'm right, ________?

9. So you bought a car, ________?

10. You wouldn't like to invite my Dad, ________?

Amendment!

1. Aren't you?

2. Is it?

3. Wasn't he?

4. Don't you?

5. Didn't she?

6. Could he?

7. Haven't they?

8. Can she?

9. Hadn't she?

10. Would you? ("Never" already renders the statement negative so, your question will have to be
positive)

Amendment II

1. Isn't he?

2. Don't you?

3. Shall we? ("Let's go..." Always takes "shall we?")

4. Will we?

5. Isn't it? (Following the formula, the closest to use is "didn't it?" But obviously, that doesn't suit at all).

6. Won't they?

7. Mustn't we? (By extension, "needn't we?" can also feature here depending on the context as I might
have explained earlier)

8. Ain't I?
9. Didn't you?

10. Would you?

FEBRUARY 28, 2023.

Yesterday, we stopped our discourse after establishing the fact that WHEN THE STATEMENT IS POSITIVE,
THE QUESTION SHOULD BE NEGATIVE.

(You can dance (positive statement), can't you? (negative question)

&

WHEN THE STATEMENT IS NEGATIVE, THE QUESTION SHOULD BE POSITIVE.

(You can't dance (negative statement), can you? (positive question).

Let's then take it up from there, shall we?

It's quite easy for us to form the questions of all the statements we treated yesterday because we'd
OPERATORS (auxiliaries and anomalous verbs {has, have, had}) in them.

But what happens when we have a sentence that doesn't have an operator? How do we form the
question when the sentence has only lexical/main verbs, which we've agreed can't act as operators.

Apparently, we can't have this:

You saw me yesterday, sawn't you?❌❌

So, that ushers us into the second rule:

2. If there's only a lexical verb and no operator in the statement, DO, DOES or DID is used.

Now, let me explain something quickly:

Do- plural present

Does- singular present

Did- past tense

So, when the verb in the sentence is a singular present, then "does" will be used in the question:

He DRINKS too much (statement)

DOESn't he?

(Question)

But if the verb is PLURAL, then DO will form the question:

You KNOW me (statement)

DOn't you?

(Question)

And should the verb be past tense, then DID will be deployed:

He KNEW what to do (statement)

DID he? (Question)

Does it seem clear a bit?

So, in a typical sentence:

PLAYS will attract DOES;

PLAY will attract DO;

PLAYED will attract DID

👌🏽

Rule 3

When MUST, OUGHT TO, SHOULD is used in the statement or question (as the case may be) to mean
NECESSARY, the following question or statement will be NEED or NEEDN'T (depending on the context):

MUST you greet everyone? (Is it necessary that you greet everyone?)

No, I didn't?

It's different from this:

She must travel (that's more of a command)

Mustn't she?
Rule 4

In YES/NO question, you don't use NOT with YES or POSITIVE with NO:

Do you know me?

A: No, I don't ✅

B: Yes, I do✅

C: No, I do❌

D: Yes, I don't ❌

You'll notice that from the third rule, it can be deduced that there are times when the question will
precede the statement, right? Well, it's all structure. The rule still binds that when the statement is
positive, then the question will be negative and vice versa.

Rule 5

When the group of words "DO YOU MIND" is used, it's imperative you understand what it means.

"Do you mind" means "do you think it's a bad idea if ..." So that should inform your response.

Imagine having trekked for about two hours, you then reached a fare haven (perhaps, a friend's house)
and you're ushered water:

Do you mind a cup of water?

And then, you said:

Yes, I do.

Sorry to disappoint you but you'll not be given anything to quench your thirst. When you force yourself
to ask about the water you thought should have been brought, you'll to you shock hear your friend say:
but you said you don't want it. And you'll not only be mesmerized but also confused.

Well, know now that the question: Do you mind a cup of water? Means:

Do you think it's a bad idea if I get you a cup of water?

And since water seems to be the most important thing to you at that moment, you'd better say:

No, I don't (think it's a bad idea if you get me, perhaps five cups of water).
But, if that's not the case and you're not tasty, kindly say:

Yes, I do (think it's a bad idea for you to give me a cup of water. Thanks, though)

What will your response be having trekked for two hours and you're ushered a cup of water?

Do you mind a cup of water?

A. Yes, I do

B. No, I don't

Rule 6

If a statement starts with LET US, the second part will be SHALL + SUBJECT:

LET US leave, SHALL WE?

LET'S go, SHALL WE?

It's a fast rule

Rule 7

If THERE is the subject of the clause, it should be used in the second part also:

THERE is no one here (negative statement)

Is THERE? (positive question)

Rule 8

If the statement involves USED TO, DID or DIDN'T should be used in the question part:

You USED TO visit us more frequently, DIDN'T you?

He USED TO do that, DIDN'T he?

Let's have this worked on:

1. She didn't see me, ___?

2. Your legs are in pain, __?

3. Life is beautiful, ___?

4. The man saw us, ___?

5. Nigeria is a beautiful country, ___?

Amendment!

1. Did she?

2. Aren't they?

3. Isn't it?

4. Didn't he?

5. Isn't it?