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  • Hi, guys. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and

  • welcome to this lesson on subject/verb agreement.

  • And today, we're going to look at subject/verb agreement as it relates to pronouns, such

  • as: each one, anyone, someone, etc. Okay? Now, the most important thing to know about

  • these subjects -- and again, you have the whole list here. You have: each, everyone,

  • every one, everybody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody. These are all singular subjects.

  • So even though you have a word like "someone" -- you see the word "some"; you think it's

  • plural -- focus on the "one", "some one", "some body". This means he or she, okay? So

  • if you have words like these -- pronouns like these as your subject, the verb you use must

  • also match them. It must be a singular verb -- basically, a third person verb. Okay? So

  • they all require singular verbs. So here's what we're going to do. We're going

  • to look at some example sentences, and I want you to identify, No. 1, the pronouns that

  • we have discussed, and No. 2, the verb and what form the verb is taking. Okay?

  • So the first sentence says, "Each of the students is responsible." Okay. First, we identify

  • "each", okay? And we're talking about the students. Now, again, don't become confused

  • by the plural of "students". You're thinking, "Students are 'they', so we say 'students

  • are.'" The focus is on "each of the students", so this individual student, that individual

  • student, you as an individual student, he, she, he, she, he, she. So your verb must be

  • singular, which is why we say, "Each of the students is, not each of the students are,"

  • okay? The next one, "Everybody loves the Beatles!"

  • This is an opinion, of course. Maybe you share it; maybe you don't. And here we have the

  • subject, "everybody". And again, you're thinking as everybody as a group, but really, you're

  • talking, again, "every body" -- if you take the word apart, you have "every body", every

  • individual person loves. So the verb is not "love", but "loves". He loves. She loves.

  • Okay? Next, "Do you know anyone who has a PS4?"

  • So you have "anyone". And again, "anyone" -- you're talking about individuals, okay,

  • which is why we have the verb "has" and not "have". "Anyone who has." So again, we say

  • "he has" or "she has", not "he have" or "she have". Okay?

  • The next sentence, "I haven't met anybody who thinks like you." So here, we have "anybody"

  • -- "I have not met anybody" -- and again, we don't say "who think like you". It's third

  • person. It's singular. So the verb is "thinks". So "he thinks, "she thinks", and not "anybody"

  • as in, like, a collective group, but as an individual, okay?

  • All right. The next two. These ones confuse people sometimes just because you see the

  • word "some". And again, we know "some" has a plural meaning. However, look at the complete

  • word. It's "some one" or "some body". And again, think of "body" as an individual, okay?

  • So, "Someone needs to help us." So you have "someone", and the singular verb is "needs".

  • "Someone needs", not "someone need". And finally, we have, "Somebody is waiting for you downstairs."

  • So you're giving news to someone, and you're saying that they are waiting for you downstairs.

  • So we have "somebody". And again, here we have a present continuous sentence. However,

  • the first verb, the auxiliary verb, is the verb "to be" -- "is". We don't say "somebody

  • are" just because you see the word "some". We focus on the "body", basically, the individual,

  • okay? Okay, guys. So again, be careful when you

  • see these words. Just always be aware. Basically, you're using the word "has". You're using

  • the verb "is" or "isn't" or "hasn't" if we're talking about "has". If you're using present

  • simple sentences, you're adding the S, okay, at the ends of the verbs after these pronouns.

  • So again, when you see: each, everyone, every one, everybody, anyone, anybody, someone,

  • or somebody, they all require a singular verb because they are all singular subjects.

  • And one quick point before I finish, the difference between "everyone" and "every one" -- "everyone"

  • refers to the whole group, and "every one" refers to every individual, okay, as a separate

  • entity, essentially. Okay, guys. If you would like to test your

  • understanding of this material, as always, you can check out the quiz on www.engvid.com.

  • Take care.

Hi, guys. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and

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