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Rahmatu Lawan
LESSON 1: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
Subject-verb agreement, also known as CONCORD, is the relationship that exists between a subject and a verb in English. In other words, your subject must agree with your verb in all grammatical relationships, such as the person, the number etc.
Concord is one of the tricky areas of learning English, especially for second language learners – people who had already learned another language before learning English. We see people with over 20 years of experience, learning and using the English language, but still having a slip of the tongue or genuinely making mistakes when it comes to stitching their subjects with their verbs in English.
Perhaps the best way to remedy the difficulties of mastering concord is to regularly practice. Another way could be to get hold of its knowledge and get our head around the skills.
Whichever way you are most comfortable with, practice is not an option; it is a must!
To learn about the subject-verb agreement in English it is important to understand the concepts of SUBJECT and VERB. What do we mean when we say subject or verb in English?
Another thing we should also know is the ENGLISH TENSE, that is, the different time frames through which our actions are expressed; in other words, do we speak about the past, the present or the future?
One can say there are three tenses in English: the present, the past and the future. But each of these three is further classified into more categories, for example, present simple, present continuous, present perfect and so on.
I will take each one of these to explain with examples and try my best to show you how subject-verb agreement is fused in all of them, and how best a learner can absorb the knowledge and demonstrate the skills.
SUBJECT and VERB
We will continue on SUBJECT and VERB in the next lesson in shaa Allah.
EXERCISE
Now, with the little explanation so far, let’s see in YOUR OWN WORDS, what do you understand by the concept CONCORD or SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT?
Write your answer in the comment section below.
Daga zauren @English Q & A
Lawan Dalha
Ya Allah Ka sada mu da alkhairan da ke cikin wannan rana; ka tsare mu daga sharri duniya da lahira. #JummaaMubarak
Lawi Yusuf Maigidan Sama
(owner)
Sunayen mata kashi 99% duk suna ?arewa ne da ga?ar /tu/. Illa ka?an daga cikinsu kuma suna ?arewa da wasalin /u/ da kuma ga?a /'u/. wasu kuma da wasalin /a/ sai kuma wa?anda suka ?are da wasalin /i/
Ga dai ka?an daga cikin sunayen da suka ?are da ga?ar /tu/a ?arshen sunan kamar haka:
Abidatu
Aishatu
Aminatu
Asiyatu
Atikatu
Bahayuratu
Bara’atu
Bari'atu
Bashamatu
Fadimatu
Falilatu
Faridatu
Hafsatu
Hajaratu
Halimatu
Hannatu
Hariratu
Haulatu
Hindatu
Hurairatu
Ikilimatu
Izzatu
Karimatu
Khadijatu
Kutailatu
Layuzatu
Layyanatu
Libabatu
Maimunatu
Mansuratu
Mariyatu
Marwanatu
Masa'udatu
Mashi?atu
Mulai?atu
Muniratu
Murjanatu
Na'imatu
Nafisatu
Nasmatu
Nusaibatu
Rabiyatu
Rahinatu
Raihanatu
Rayyanatu
Rafi'atu
Rufidatu
Ru?ayyatu
Ruwaidatu
Sa'adatu
Safiyatu
Sakinatu
Salamatu
Salimatu
Saratu
Saudatu
Sawabatu
Sha'awanatu
Shafa'atu
Shamsiyyatu
Silifatu
Subai'atu
Sumayyatu
Ubaidatu
Umaimatu
Umratu
Uzaifatu
Zubainatu
Zubaidatu
Da sauransu
Sai kuma wa?anda suka ?are da /'u/ su ne kamar haka:
Aina'u
Asma'u
Hauwa'u
Baila'u
Hansa'u
Safara'u
Samara'u
Shaima'u
Tashaya'u
Zahara'u
Zurfa'u
Kansa'u
Rumasa'u
Da sauransu.
Sai kuma wa?anda suka ?are da wasalin /i/ kamar a wa?annan sunaye kamar haka:
Firdausi
Ummul-khairi
Ummul-kulthumi
Ummul-sulaimi
Da sauransu.
Sai kuma wa?anda suka ?are da wasalin /u/ wa?anda ga?ar kalmominsu ya bambanta da juna kamar a wa?annan sunaye:
Yuhanasu
Zainabu
Maryamu
Bilkisu
Da sauransu.
Sai kuma wa?anda suka ?are da wasalin /a/ kamar a wa?annan sunaye kamar haka:
Adama
Juwairiyya
Ummu-Salma
Rahila
Da sauransu.
Ba iya wa?annan ne kawai sunayen ba akwai su da dama in ka san wasu kai ma kana iya rubutawa.
*Lawi Yusuf Maigidan Sama*
Ibrahim Yakubu
Assalamu'alaikum warahmatullah, barkanmu da safiyar wannan rana ta litinin. 6/11/2017
Sumayyat Ibrahim Gambo
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the 16th POTUS, wrote this letter to his son's teacher when his son joined school. Have a look at the letter! It is an interesting read :-
“ My son starts school today. It is all going to be strange and new to him for a while and I wish you would treat him gently. It is an adventure that might take him across continents. The adventure may probably include wars, tragedy and sorrow. To live his life will require faith, love and courage.
So dear Teacher, will you please take him by his hand and teach him things he will have to know. Teach him – gently, if you can, that for every enemy, there is a friend. He will have to know that all men are not just, that all men are not true.
Teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero, that for every crooked politician, there is a dedicated leader.
Teach him if you can, that 10 cents earned is of far more value than a dollar stolen. In school, teacher, teach him that it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat. Teach him to learn how to gracefully lose, and enjoy winning when he does win.
Teach him to be gentle with gentle people and to be tough with tough people. Steer him away from envy if you can and teach him the secret of quiet laughter. Teach him if you can – how to laugh when he is sad. Teach him that there is no shame in tears. Teach him that there can be glory in failure and despair in success. Teach him to scoff at cynics.
Teach him if you can the wonders of books, but also give time to ponder the extreme mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and flowers on a green hill. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if every one tell him they are wrong.
Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone else is doing it. Teach him to listen to every one, but teach him also to filter all that he hears on a screen of truth and take only the good that comes through.
Teach him to sell his talents and brains to the highest bidder but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul.
Let him have the courage to be impatient and the patience to be brave. Teach him to have sublime faith in himself, because then he will always have sublime faith in mankind, and in God.
This is a tall order, teacher, but see what best you can do. He is such a nice little boy; he is my son.”