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Bell Ringer 9
Write each sentence, choosing the correct verb for each sentence. 1. Each of the girls (sings, sing) well. 2. Every one of the cakes (is, are) gone.

Howd you do?

Write each sentence, choosing the correct verb for each sentence. 1. Each of the girls (sings, sing) well. 2. Every one of the cakes (is, are) gone.

Singular Indefinite Pronouns

Anybody Anyone Anything Each Either Everybody Everyone Everything Neither Nobody No one Nothing One Somebody Someone Something

Plural Indefinite Pronouns

Both Few Many Several

Singular or Plural
All Any More Most None Some

Quick Check-Write your answers on your

notes and Ill go over them when I get back.

1. Each of the comedians (tries, try) to outdo the other. 2. Somebody on the bus (was, were) whistling. 3. (Is, Are) all of the apples spoiled? 4. Neither of these books (has, have) an index. 5. Few of these jobs (sound, sounds) challenging.

Compound Subjects
Two or more singular subjects joined by or or nor must have a singular verb.
Sam or Beth is going to win.

Compound Subjects
Two or more plural subjects joined by or or nor must have a plural verb.
The girls or the boys are going to win.

Compound Subjects
If one or more singular subjects are joined to one or more plural subjects by or or nor the subject closest to the verb determines agreement.
Beth, Sam, or the twins are going to win. Either the twins or Sam is going to win.

Compound Subjects
A compound subject joined by and is generally plural and must have a plural verb.
Penny and Rose are going to lose. The boys and girls are going to have a rematch.

Quick Check-Write your answers on your

notes and Ill go over them when I get back.

1. The coach and the player (was, were) surprised by the referees call. 2. (Is, Are) Drew or Virgil going out for the pass? 3. Neither the quarterback nor the wide receiver (hear, hears) the referees whistle. 4. The drum major and student council president (is, are) my older sister Janet.

Other Problems
Use dont with all plural subjects and with the pronouns I and you.
I dont know. They dont give up.

Other Problems
Use doesnt with all singular subjects except the pronouns I and you.
She doesnt like tacos.

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Other Problems
A collective noun may be either singular or plural, depending on its meaning in a sentence.
The class have completed their projects. (Class is thought of as individuals.) The class has elected its officers. (class is thought of as a unit.)

Other Problems
An expression of an amount ( a measurement, a percentage, or a fraction, for example) may be singular or plural, depending on how it is used. A word or phrase stating an amount is singular when the amount is thought of as a unit.

Other Problems
A fraction or a percentage is singular when it refers to a singular word and plural when it refers to a plural word.

Other Problems
Even when plural in form, the title of a creative work (such as a book, song, film, or painting), the name of an organization, or the name of a country or city generally takes a singular verb.

Other Problems
(this isnt in your notes so fill it in.)

Subjects preceded by every or many a take singular verbs.

Every homeowner and storekeeper has joined the cleanup drive sponsored by the town council. Many a litterbug was surprised by the stiff fines.