Agreement rules to rememberRULE: Remember that
everyone, everybody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody, no one, and
nobody are all singular like
he, she, and
it. with the "existential there," the verb must agree with the noun that follows.
There are good reasons to move out.
There is too much noise.
RULE: In the present simple tense, add
verb + s to the end of (lexical) verbs when you use the pronouns he/she/it everybody/anybody/somebody.
To HAVE (Present Simple)
PERSON | SINGULAR | PLURAL |
1st person | I have | We have |
2nd person | You have | You have |
3rd person | He has, she has, it has | They have |
To BE (Present Simple)
PERSON | SINGULAR | PLURAL |
1st person | I am | We are |
2nd person | You are | You are |
3rd person | He is, she is, it is | They are |
To TELL (Present Simple)
PERSON | SINGULAR | PLURAL |
1st person | I tell | We tell |
2nd person | You tell | You tell |
3rd person | He tells, she tells, it tells | They tell |