SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT / CONCORD

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT / CONCORD

  

TEORI 

Concord adalah kesesuaian antara subjek kalimat dengan kata kerja (predikat) kalimat tersebut. Jika suatu kalimat memiliki subjek tunggal (singular) maka kata kerja (predikat) kalimat tersebut harus tunggal (singular) juga. Dan jika suatu kalimat memiliki subjek jamak (plural), maka kata kerja (predikat) kalimat tersebut juga harus jamak (plural).

1.      Hubungan antara Subjek dan Predikat

Subject	Predicate
	to do	to be	to have	present
He, She, It	Does	It, was	Has	Comes, sleeps
You, We, They	Do	Are, were	Have	Come, sleep
I	Do	Am, was	have	Come

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      He is reading the reports now

2.      There were 2 pens on the table

3.      They have finished their assignment

4.      Ensyclopedia contains information about many things

2.      Kata-Kata berikut dianggap singular sehingga harus diikuti oleh singular predikat

Anybody	Somebody	Nobody
Anyone	Someone	No one
Anything	Something	Nothing
Everything	everyone	Everybody

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      Something happens on our car

2.      Nobody works in that school anymore

3.      Everybody likes her children

4.      Every man, woman, and child needs food

5.      Each of the students likes reading

3.      Ungkapan berikut tidak mempengaruhi hubungan subjek dengan predikat

-          Accompanied by -          As well as

-          Along with -          Together with

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      The singer, together with the dancer, is showing off at that stage now

2.      Mr. Anang, accompanied by his wife and children, ordersmeatball every weekend

4.      Jika Subject dan Predicat dibatasi oleh prepositional phrase (sekelompok kata yang dimulai dengan preposition/kata depan), prepositional phrase itu tidak mempengaruhi hubungan subjek dengan predikat.

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      The effects of this medicine are very well to make people feel asleep

2.      Theorieson Pancasila have been considered good by Indonesian people

3.      The ideas in the book are very superb and inspiring

5.      Berikut adalah kata benda yang mempunyai bentuk jamak (plural) tidak beraturan

Man – men	Child – children
Mouse – mice	Ox – oxen
Foot – feet	Goose – geese
Tooth – teeth	Person – people
Woman – women

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      My sister has one child, but my brother has two children

2.      My grandmother has four teeth left

Ada juga kata benda yang mempunyai bentuk singular dan pluralnya sama

Deer	Means	Sheep
fish	Series

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      I see a deer over there

2.      Two deer are standing

Kata-kata berikut selalu plural:

Glasses	Pliers	Trousers
Jeans	Shoes	Shorts
Scissors	Shocks	Pants

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      My glasses are broken

2.      The shoes have been sold

6.      Gerund dianggap singular

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      Readinga lot of books is his hobby

7.      Ungkapan waktu (time), uang (money), dan jarak (distance) menggunakan predikat singular

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      four hours of studying is enough for me to pass the test

2.      five dollars is too cheap for that smart handphone

8.      Kata-kata berikut berakhiran S tapi dianggap singular

-          News	-          The Philippines	Physics
-          The United States	-          The United Nations	Civics

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      Japan is a great country

2.      Mathematics is easy for me

9.      The police dan people dianggap plural

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      These people are my family

2.      The police have arrested the thief

10.  Pronoun (kata ganti)

Subjective Pronoun	Objective Pronoun	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun	Reflexive Pronoun
I	Me	My	Mine	Myself
You	You	Your	Yours	Yourself
He	Him	His	His	Himself
She	Her	Her	Hers	Herself
It	It	Its	-	Itself
We	Us	Our	Ours	Ourselves
They	Them	Their	Theirs	Themselves

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      This is your pen. This is yours

2.      They eat their breakfast themselves

3.      My sister has a dog. Its tail is black.

11.  A number of berarti sejumlah, dianggap plural, sedangkan the number of (jumlah) dianggap singular

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      A number of children are playing at the yard

2.      The number of children is six

12.  Kalimat yang dimulai dengan there, subjeknya muncul setelah verb/to be

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      There isa thief stealing a jewellery in that house

2.      There aresome pens on the table

13.  Either/Neither/Not only/both

-          Either … or … (salah satu)	-          Not only … but also … (tidak hanya tapi juga)
-          Neither … nor … (tidak keduanya)	-          Both … and … (keduanya)

Yang dianggap subjek adalah noun yang terdekat dengan verbnya.

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      Either Anang or his friends plays football every week

2.      Not only we but also Fazrin likes swimming

14.  Every, Each, Each of (diikuti plural) tapi dianggap singular

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      Every student is ready for national examination

2.      Each of the students has left the classroom

Pada kalimat nomor 2, each of diikuti oleh plural, tapi dianggap singular

15.  Neither of dan Either of (diikuti plural) tapi dianggap singular

Contoh subject-verb agreement / concord :

1.      Neither of the pens is good. (tidak satupun pulpen yang bagus)

2.      Either of the parents is sad now. (salah satu dari orang tua sedih sekarang)