Download Subject-verb agreement

Subject-verb agreement
Expert System
Aim: This expert system program is to show
you how to change the verb in a
sentence when you change the subject
noun.
Click anywhere to start.
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Example sentence
The example sentence is:
Subject noun (e.g. a pronoun such as ‘I’.)
Verb: learn
Object: English
Complement: every day
‘I learn English every day.’
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Rule 1
1. If the subject noun is ‘he, ‘she’, ‘it’, an
uncountable noun or a singular countable
noun, add an ‘s’ on the end of regular verbs.
Examples:
‘He learns English every day.’
‘Humanity learns English every day.’
‘This student learns English every day.’
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Rule 2
2.If the subject noun is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, ‘they’,
or a plural countable noun, do not add ‘s’.
Examples:
‘I learn English every day.’
‘Students learn English every day.’
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Rule 3
3.Irregular spellings.
Many verbs add ‘s’ differently.
Examples:
go > goes
have > has
be > am / is / are kiss > kisses
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Expert System
Choose a noun to see the example sentence:
I
Humanity
You
Students
He / She / It
This student
We
You
They
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Output - I
I learn English every day.
Rule 2: If the subject noun is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, ‘they’, or a
plural countable noun, do not add ‘s’.
Back
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Output - You
You learn English every day.
Rule 2: If the subject noun is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, ‘they’, or a
plural countable noun, do not add ‘s’.
Back
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Output - He
He learns English every day.
Rule 1: If the subject noun is ‘he, ‘she’, ‘it’, an uncountable
noun or a singular countable noun, add an ‘s’ on the
end of regular verbs.
Back
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Output - She
She learns English every day.
Rule 1: If the subject noun is ‘he, ‘she’, ‘it’, an uncountable
noun or a singular countable noun, add an ‘s’ on the
end of regular verbs.
Back
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Output - It
It learns English every day.
Rule 1: If the subject noun is ‘he, ‘she’, ‘it’, an uncountable
noun or a singular countable noun, add an ‘s’ on the
end of regular verbs.
Back
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Output - We
We learn English every day.
Rule 2: If the subject noun is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, ‘they’, or a
plural countable noun, do not add ‘s’.
Back
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Output - They
They learn English every day.
Rule 2: If the subject noun is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, ‘they’, or a
plural countable noun, do not add ‘s’.
Back
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Output - Humanity
Humanity learns English every day.
Rule 1: If the subject noun is ‘he, ‘she’, ‘it’, an uncountable
noun or a singular countable noun, add an ‘s’ on the
end of regular verbs.
Back
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Output - Students
Students learn English every day.
Rule 2: If the subject noun is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’, ‘they’, or a
plural countable noun, do not add ‘s’.
Back
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]
Output - This student
This student learns English every day.
Rule 1: If the subject noun is ‘he, ‘she’, ‘it’, an uncountable
noun or a singular countable noun, add an ‘s’ on the
end of regular verbs.
Back
Author - Andy Morrall E-mail: [email protected]