EXERCISE

Exercise : Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise

Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject:
1. Annie and her brothers (is, ARE) at school.
2. Either my mother or my father (is, ARE) coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats (is, ARE) outside.
4.  Either my shoes or your coat (is, ARE) always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara (DOESN'T, don't) want to see that movie.
6. Benito (doesn't, DON'T) know the answer.
7. One of my   (IS, are) going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds (LIVE, lives) on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, (TAKE, takes) about two hours to watch.
10. The players, as well as the captain, (want, WANTS) to win.
11. Either answer (IS, are) acceptable.
12. Every one of those books (IS, are) fiction.
13. Nobody (KNOW, knows) the trouble I've seen.
14. (IS, Are) the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics (IS, are) John's favorite  subject, while Civics (is, ARE) Andrea's favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars (IS, are) the price of a movie these days.
17.  (Is, ARE) the tweezers in this drawer?
18. Your pants (is, ARE) at the cleaner's.
19. There (WAS, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, ARE) only one left!
20. The committee (debates, DEBATE) these questions carefully.
21. The committee (LEAD, leads) very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, GREET) the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, ARE) in this case.

5 TENSES SIMPLE TENSE

5 Tenses Simple Tense

Simple Present Tense

Simple Present Tense is a sentence that declares an act or activities that take place / occur at the current time in the form of a simple or a job done repeatedly, daily habits, events or acts that have nothing to do with time, and to express general truths.

(+) S + V1

(-) S + do,does + not + V1

(?) do/does + S + V1

exsample:

I am a singer (+)

I am not a singer (-)

Am I a singer (?)

Simple past tense

Simple past tense is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. Duration is not important. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past.

(+) S + V2

(-) S + did + not + V1

(?) dit + S + V1

Present/past Continous Tense

The present/past continuous describes actions or events in a time before now, which began in the past and is still going on at the time of speaking. In other words, it expresses an unfinished or incomplete action in the past.

(+) S + be + Ving

(-) S + be + not + Ving

(?) be + S + Ving

Simple future tense

The simple future refers to a time later than now, and expresses facts or certainty. In this case there is no 'attitude'.

(+) S + Will + V1 i will go

(-) S + Will + not + V1

(+) Will + S + V1 

Present perfect tense

The present perfect of any verb is composed of two elements : the appropriate form of the auxiliary verb to have (present tense), plus the past participle of the main verb. The past participle of a regular verb is base+ed, e.g. played, arrived, looked. For irregular verbs, see the Table of irregular verbs in the section called 'Verbs'.

(+) S + has/have + V3(-) S + has/have + not + V3

(?) has/have + S + V3

EXERCISE

1.He (buy) a cake. (Simple Past Tense)

Answer :

(+) He bought cake

(-) He didn’t buy cake

(?) Did He buy cake?

2. Agus  (forget) a key. (Present Perfect Tense)

Answer :

(+) Agus has forgotten a key

(-) Agus hasn’t forgotten a key

(?) Has Agus forgotten a key?

3. Yeri (make) the cake (Past Continous Tense)

Answer :

(+) She were making a cake

(-) She weren’t making a cake

(?) Were she making a cake?

4.The cafe (open) at 6am (Simple Present Tense)

Answer :

(+) The cafe open at 6am

(-) The cafe doesn’t open at 6am

(?) Does the cafe open at 6am?

5. Andri (drink) lemon tea (Simple Future Tense)

Answer :

(+) Andri will drink lemon tea

(-) Andri will not drink lemon tea

(?) Will Andri drink lemon tea?

THE REASON I CHOOSE UNTAN

My name Marselinus Wiro,studying in university tanjongpura,precisely in the faculty of agriculture agribusiness course.Or you want my friends to know that my choise or my ideals of course i have prepared from the begining,ie since i was sitting in class 7 SMP fitting coindence in the village it selp and that,from SMP in my home town i often go to the fields with my parents,and i do not only just come to the fields alone,but i was told to work as well as plant cassava , rubber and other as his.certainly things i often do it to be my reference for thingking and home my ability to be able to realize the goal of becoming a successful farmers.not just be farmerswhose income such as income people said cap hole dug hole,such a course of is speech demanded myself to think ahead of her,so that i can continue school to high school up to college as it is today,and is final thank God i can move on to college. Namely to be a successful farmer in the future. I plan the next 3 years was so that i could graduation or a bachelor's degree in agriculture right of my name could be achieved namely Marselinus Wiro,SP. it certainly was not easy to accern plish if no intention and embroidery, people who are definitely his intention and determination begins with prayer and effort in order to intention and resolve it before it can be realized in the future, go that i can build a family economy or society can prosper his specialty in my own once that is still relotively intact forests. make or region is still intact was at work on by out own hand and produce the results of our own hand.