Olesya English Teacher

11/07/2022

Titles of books, movies, novels, etc. are treated as singular and take a singular verb.
The Burbs is a movie starring Tom Hanks.

11/07/2022

When sentences start with “there” or “here,” the subject will always be placed after the verb, so
care needs to be taken to identify it correctly.
Examples:
There are four hurdles to jump.
There is a high hurdle to jump.
Here are the keys.
There is a problem with the balance sheet.
Here are the papers you requested.

07/07/2022

When the word ENEMY is used in the sense ‘Armed forces’ of a nation with which one’s country
is at war, we have to use the plural verb.
The enemy were forced to Retreat.

05/07/2022

Collective nouns indicating time, money and measurements used as a whole are Singular and
take a singular verb.
Twenty-five rupees is not such a big amount for him.
Two miles is too much for this man to run.

05/07/2022

The number/A number
The number is singular:
The number of acres destroyed by wildfires has increased dramatically over the past several
years.
A number is plural:
A number of students are standing outside the office.

05/07/2022

25/06/2022

Many words indicating a number of people or animals are singular.
The following nouns are usually singular. (If the individual members are acting separately, they
are plural and take plural verb.)
[Congress, Family, Group, Committee, Class, Organisation, Team, Army, Club, Crowd,
Government, Jury, Minority, Public]
Ex.- The family was happy at the news.
The family were fighting over inheritance.
Our team is certain to win the match.
The committee have arrived by different trains.
The crowd was wild with excitement.