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Fadli Muhamad Yulsa
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Skill 20
MAKE VERBS AGREE AFTER
PREPOTIONAL PHRASES
WHAT IS PREPOSITION?
A prepositional phrase is a group of
words consisting of a preposition, its
object,
and any words that modify the
object. Some of the most common
prepositions
that begin prepositional phrases are:
 SUBJECT / VERB
The key (to the doors) are* in the AGREEMENT AFTER
drawer. PREPOSITIONAL
PHRASES
Subject (Singular) +Verb (Plural)
The keys (to the door) is* in the
Subject + [prepositional
drawer.
phrase] + Verb
Subject (Plural) +Verb (Singular)
*Ketika prepositional phrase
(* berada di antara subject dan
terindikasiadanyakesalahanatau verb, pastikanbahwa verb
error) sesuaidengan subject.
 Exercise
20:
1. The climbers on the sheer face of the
mountain need to be rescued. ( C )

2. Theinterrogation, conducted by three police

officers, have lasted for several hours. ( I )
karena = subjek interrogation merupakan
noncountable noun maka harusdiikutidengan
singular verb, maka verb have diganti has
Skill 21
MAKE VERBS AGREE AFTER
EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTIT
1. All ( of the book ) was interesting. [singular]
2. All ( of the book ) were interesting. [plural]
3. All ( of the information ) was interesting. [uncountable]
pada contohpertama, subjek ‘all’ mengacu pada singular noun (kata
benda tunggal)
pada contohkedua, subjek ‘all’ mengacu pada plural noun (kata benda
jamak) ‘books’, jadi kata kerja yang benaradalah plural verb ( kata kerja
jamak) ‘were’
pada contohketiga, subjek ‘all’ mengacu pada uncountable noun (kata
kerja yang tidakdapathitung) ‘information’, jadi kata kerja yang
benaradalah singular noun (kata kerja tunggal) ‘was’
contoh lain dari uncountable noun seperti : sand, sugar, honey, money,
tea, music, water, rice.
 Exercise
1. The21:
witnesses saw that most of the fire in the hills
was extinguished ( C )
2. Some of the animals from the zoo was released into
the animal preserve ( I )
karena = subjeksome of diikutidengsn plural noun
(animals) maka verb harusberupa plural verb, yaitu
were
Skill 22 : MAKE INVERTED
VERBS AGREE
1. (Behind the house) was* the bicycles I wanted.
( incorrect)
2. (Behind the houses) ware* the bicycle I wanted.
( incorrect)
pada contohtersebut, ‘house’
bukanlahsubjekkarenaiaadalahobjekdaripreposisi
‘behind’.
- subjekkalimatadalah ‘bicycles’. Karena subjek
‘bicycles’ berbentuktunggal,
makakatakerjanyaharusdiubahmenjadibentuktunggal
‘ware’
(Behind the house) ware the bicycles I wanted
- subjekkalimatadalah ‘bicycle. Karena subjek
Exercise
21:
1. Only once in the morning were the letters delivered
1
by the campus mail service ( C )

2. Around the corner and to the right is the room that

have been assigned to that program ( I )
karena = verb is diubah menjadi are karena subjek
berbentuk plural rooms
Thank You
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