Primary 5 English Grammar Subject-verb-agreement

There are still some schools which have not had their Primary 5 English SA2 so I thought that the list of Primary 5 English Grammar: subject-verb-agreement below may be helpful in their subject-verb-agreement revision.

The list below are common mistakes students may make when deciding which number (singular and plural) agree(s) with the subject and verb.

1) Neither of/Either of

singular

Examples

• Either of the students is right.
• Neither of the doctors has arrived.

2) Neither..nor / Either..or

– depends on the noun closest to the blank

Examples:

• Neither Jane nor the boys have arrived.
• Either the tigers or the elephant is making all that noise 

BE CAREFUL

*Neither Jane nor I am going for the show

3) Each / everyone / every / no one

singular

Example

Each of the buildings is surrounded by a high fence.

Every table has a tablecloth

4) All of / Some of / A lot of

In sentences beginning with all of or some of, the true subject follows the verb

Examples

• All of the equipment has been moved
• Some of the pies are burnt
• A lot of pie has disappeared

5) None of

singular

Example

• None of the elephants is pink
• None of the girls plays the violin

6) Here/ There

Subject follows the verb

Example

• There is a pie
• There are five pies
• Here is a ladder
• Here are the ladders