Exercise 11
– Subject-Verb Agreement
5. Everybody who (has/have) a fever must go home immediately
This
is about choosing the right verb according to the subject. The example above
has “everybody” as its subject, which is a singular
subject. Therefore, we use “has” as its verb, because “has” is used for
singular subject, other than “I”.
Exercise 12
- Pronouns
7. (Your/Yours) record is scratched
and (my/mine) is too
This
is about choosing the right pronouns in a sentence. In the first question, we
use “your” instead of “yours”, because there is a noun after that, therefore we
can’t replace the noun, which is why
we use possessive adjectives (your)
instead of possessive pronouns (yours).
In the second question, we use “mine” instead of “my”, because there is no noun
after that (it has been mentioned before), therefore we have to replace the noun, which is why we use possessive pronouns (mine) instead of possessive adjectives (my).
Exercise 13
– Verbs as Complements
6. George has no intention of (to leave/leaving) the city now
This
is about choosing whether to use infinitive
or gerund, where there are two
verbs found in a sentence, one as a verb itself, and the other as a complement.
In the example above, we use “leaving” instead of “to leave” because the words
“intention of” must be followed by a
gerund (verb + ing), since it has “of” as a preposition. If a verb +
preposition, adjective + preposition, noun + preposition, or preposition alone
is followed directly by a verb, the verb
will always be in the gerund form.