Khusus untuk verb 1 pada kalimat present tense, bentuk kata kerja dibagi menjadi dua yaitu plural dan singular layaknya noun. Bentuk dasar verb 1, digunakan untuk Subject plural. Sedangkan untuk Subject singular, verb 1 mendapat imbuhan s/es.
Contoh :
Subject Plural + verb1 | Subject Singular + verb1 |
go | goes |
do | does |
take | takes |
turn | turns |
watch | watches |
buzz | buzzes |
Hal ini berlaku juga untuk “to be” verb. Semua bentuk “to be” memiliki 2 bentuk yaitu singular dan plural.
Contoh Predicate Linking To be:
Subject Singular + to be *( I ) he/she/it | Subject Plural + to be you/they/we | |
present | *(I) am | are |
(he/she/it) is | ||
past | was | were |
present perfect | has been | have been |
past perfect | **had been | **had been |
Subject Singular + aux verb | Subject Singular + aux verb | |
present simple | does / does not has / has not | do / do not have / have not |
past simple | **did / did not | **did / did not |
*(am digunakan khusus hanya untuk I)
**(khusus untuk to be past perfect had dan kata kerja bantu did bentuknya sama antara singular dan plural)
Yang dimaksud dengan Subject Verb Agreement adalah kesesuaian bentuk Subject dan Verb. Verb selalu harus menyesuaikan bentukknya sesuai dengan bentuk Subject yang ada.
NB : Khusus pronoun “I” bentuk verb tidak menggunakan imbuhan s/es meskipun bentuknya singular.
Contoh
Singular | Plural | |
Action Verb | /My dog/ always growls at the postal carrier. | /Basketballs/ roll across the floor. |
*/I/ don’t understand the assignment. | /My friends/ go to school together. | |
/She/ doesn't know this news. | /They/ don’t like vegetables. | |
/She/ has a new car. | /My brothers/ have their own cars. | |
To be | /I/ am a teenager. | /There/ are seven clean plates in the dining room. |
/My dog/ is a domestic breed. | How are /the employees/ enjoying the new building? | |
/She/ is a beautiful woman. | /Birds/ are winged animals. |
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