英语基础BasicEnglishLectureSubjectVerbAgreementGwyn.pptVIP

Lecture 9 Prepositions Subject Verb Agreement Consider the following… Which is correct? 1. She turned her paper in to the teacher. 2. She turned her paper into the teacher. My car ran out of petrol, so I turned in to a petrol station. My car ran out of petrol, so I turned into a petrol station. Some special cases In the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, but at night In the morning/afternoon/evening (duration) At morning-time, evening-time, night-time/night/noon. (specific times) Exception: Something happens during the night e.g. I heard a strange howl in/during the night and couldn’t go back to sleep after that. At night is a shortened form of (at the time of night) 8.Words such as “glasses, trousers” pants, scissors” are regarded as plural unless they are used with the phrase a “pair of…” My glasses are missing. Now I can’t see anything. Tom’s trousers were torn by the bike’s peddles. The pair of pants that was stolen was found in the trash can. 9. Unit of money/time/distance – singular before verb BUT plural after verb (usual case). Eight hours is the standard working duration per day. There are eight more hours of work to be completed. He says one million ringgit is nothing to him. There are one hundred dollars inside his pocket. Two kilometres is a short distance to run. There are two kilometres more ahead of us. 10.a) Some words end in “s” but are singular in meaning. In this case a singular verb is used - subjects of study (e.g. statistics/ physics/ mathematics) - activities (e.g. aerobics /gymnastics/athletics) - diseases (e.g. mumps / measles) - nouns (e.g. news / comics) Example: Physics bores me to death Statistics is a difficult subject to handle. The good news has been told to the public 10b)Some nouns are singular in form but plural in meaning. In this case, a plural verb is used. The police have caught the culprit. Poultry continue to rise during festive seasons. 10c)Some words indicate plurality. In this case a plural verb i