KIFL English for Hospitality Industry 1 class Tues 13:40-15:15 & Fri 11:05-12:40 - more subject-verb agreement patterns

Hello all!

Here is my blog post for you about some more subject-verb agreement patterns. I hope these sentences will help you with your subject-verb agreements. See you in class next time!

1) BASIC REVIEW WITH EXAMPLES

I sing songs
You
We
They

He sings songs
She
It

I work hard
You
We
They

He works hard
She
It

2) REVIEW WITH TWO OF THE SAME PATTERNS

I work hard, and you work hard too.
We always work hard, and they usually work hard too.

He works hard, and she works hard too.

3) NEW: MIXING PATTERNS

Now when you know the patterns, you can mix different subject-verb agreement forms
in the same sentence:

They work hard, but he never works hard.

You do what you want, but she never does what she wants.

4) PATTERNS WITH NAMES OF PEOPLE, THINGS AND PLACES

The same patterns still follow with names of people, things and places

Ryoichi plays sports. (Ryoichi is a man, so = he)

Michelle comes to school early. (Michelle is a woman, so = she)

Now, the pattern changes back for two or more people or things, and for two or more groups or types of people or things:

Tomoyo and Rena leave KIFL at the same time. (Tomoyo and Rena = they)

Chisato's friends and Ryoichi's friends like the same kind of music. (Chisato's friends = one group of people = they; Ryoichi's friends = another group of people = they)

Cats and dogs fight sometimes. (Cats = one group of animals = they; dogs = another group of animals = they)

The patterns follow in the same way for places and areas too:

Shinjuku gets dangerous in some parts at night. (Shinjuku = it)

Kyoto looks like a nice place to visit in spring. (Kyoto = it)

The Amazon and Nile rivers run deep into many countries in their parts of the world. (Amazon and Nile rivers = they)

Many of the Yamanote line stations have interesting buildings around them. (Many of the Yamanote line stations = they)

The old parts of Nerima-ku take a long time to walk around in, but one part in
Arakawa-ku takes even longer to walk around in. (The old parts of Nerima-ku = they; one part in Arakawa-ku = it)