Subject – Verb Agreement

Subject – Verb Agreement
Subject-verb agreement adalah struktur dalam bahasa inggris, dimana antara subject dan verb nya harus sesuai, subject dan verb ato prediketnya itu harus sama Singular (tunggal) ato sama-sama plural (jamak).

1. Singular subject – singular verb

Yang dimaksud dengan singular subject adalah subject pronoun he, she, dan it, atau nouns yang dapat digantikan dengan he, she atau it; Sedangkan yang dimaksud dengan singular verbs adalah verb1+es/s, is/was, serta verb phrase seperti: is/was + verb-ing/verb3, has +verb3, has been verb-ing dan has been verb3.

Pola-pola singular subject-singular verb disajikan pada tabel berikut:
Singular subject Singular verb Tenses
1
He/She/it

verb1 + es/s

simpe present
2
He/She/it

is + verb-ing

present continous
3
He/She/it

was + verb-ing

past contonous
4
He/She/it

has + verb3

present perfect
5
He/She/it

has + been + verb-ing

present perfect continuous
6
He/She/it

is going to + verb1

simple future
7
He/She/It

is going to + be verb-ing

future continuous
8
He/She/it

was going to + verb1

past future
9
He/She/It

was going to + be verb-ing

past future continuous

Jika kalimatnya tidak menggunakan verb, kita gunakan to be :
Singular subject Singular verb Tenses
10
He/She/it

is

simple present
11
He/She/it

is + being

present continuous
12
He/She/it

was

simple past
13
He/She/it

was + being

past continuous
14
He/She/It

has been

present perfect
10
He/She/it

has + been + being

present perfect continuous
16
He/She/it

is going to + be

simple future
17
He/She/it

is going to + be being

future continuous
18
He/She/it

was going to + be

past future
19
He/She/it

was going to + be being

past future continuous

2. Plural subject – plural verb

Yang dimaksud dengan plural subject adalah subject pronouns seperti I, we, you, they, dan semua plural nouns. Sedangkan yang dimaksud dengan plural verbs adalah verbs dan verb phrase selain singular verbs di atas.

Pola-pola plural subject-plural verb disajikan pada tabel berikut:
Plural subject Plural verb Tense
1
I/we/you/they

verb1

simple present
2
I/we/you/they

am/are + verb-ing

present continuous
3
I/we/you/they

was/were + verb-ing

past continuous
4
I/we/you/they

have+ verb3

present perfect
5
I/we/you/they

have + been + verb-ing

present perfect continuous
6
I/we/you/they

am/are going to + verb1

simple future
7
I/we/you/they

am/are going to + be verb-ing

future continuous
8
I/we/you/they

was/were going to + verb1

past future
9
I/we/you/they

was/were going to + be verb-ing

past future continuous

Jika kalimatnya tidak menggunakan verb (kalimat nominal), maka digunakan to be :
Plural subject Plural verb Tense
10
I/we/you/they

am/are

simple present
11
I/we/you/they

am/are + being

present continuous
12
I/we/you/they

was/were

simple past
13
I/we/you/they

was/were + being

past continuous
14
I/we/you/they

have been

present perfect
10
I/we/you/they

have + been + being

present perfect continuous
16
I/we/you/they

am/are going to + be

simple future
17
I/we/you/they

am/are going to + be being

future continuous
18 I/we/you/they
was/were going to + be

past future
19 I/we/you/they
was/were going to + be being

past future continuous

Contoh:
Singular subject-singular verb Plural subject-plural verb
1
She dances

They dance
2
She is dancing

They are dancing
3
She was dancing

They were dancing
4
She has danced

They have danced
5
She has been dancing

They have been dancing
6
She is going to dance

They are going to dance
7
She is going to be dancing
They are going to be dancing
8
She was going to dance

They were going to dance
9 She was going to be dancing They were going to be dancing
10
She is nice to me.

They are nice to me.
11
She is being nice to me.

They are being nice to me.
12
She was nice to me.

They were nice to me.
13
She was being nice to me.

They were being nice to me.
14
She has been nice to me.

They have been nice to me.
10
She has been being nice to me.

They have been being nice to me.
16
She is going to be nice to me.

They are going to be nice to me.
17
She is going to be being nice to me.

They are going to be being nice to me.
18
She was going to be nice to me.

They were going to be nice to me.
19
She was going to be being nice to me.

They were going to be being nice to me.

Latihan Soal dan Jawabannya :

1. The elevator worked very well yesterday. (Lift itu berfungsi dengan baik kemarin)

2. The elevators worked very well yesterday. (Lift-lift itu berfungsi dengan baik kemarin)

3. Andi had gone before Ani arrived. (Andi telah pergi sebelum Ani tiba).

4. Andi and Amir had gone before Ani arrived. (Andi dan Amir telah pergi sebelum Ani tiba).

5. My mother will go to Bali tomorrow. (Ibuku akan pergi ke Bali besok).

6. My mother and my father will go to Bali tomorrow. (Ibuku dan ayahku akan pergi ke Bali besok).

7. Jenny would have passed the test if she had studied well. (Jenny telah lulus ujian jika dia telah belajar dengan baik).

8. Jenny and Julie would have passed the test if they had studied well. (Jenny dan Julie telah lulus ujian jika mereka telah belajar dengan baik).

9. You go straight ahead then turn left. (Kamu jalan lurus ke depan lalu belok kiri.)

10. I do submit the task. (Saya harus mengirimkan tugas tersebut.)

Referensi :

http://www.wordsmile.com/pengertian-contoh-kalimat-subject-verb-agreement

http://randipratama110990.blogspot.com/2011/11/subject-and-verb-agreement.html

http://paremaputri.blogspot.com/2011/05/subject-verb-agreement.

https://pralitaputrinoviari.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/subject-verb-agreement/