Subject Verb Agreement ( Softskill )

Part1

Explain the meaning and give an example about verb agreement !

refers to the fact that the subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number. In other words, they both must be singular or they both must be plural. You can't have a singular subject with a plural verb.

Example :

• My sister or my brother is meeting you at the airport.
• Neither Carla nor Jeff is available to meet you at the airport.
• His teammates or the athlete sprints every day.
• Awang doesn’t care for pizza. 

Part 2

Question 

1.      Jhoni  along with 20 friends, (is/are) planning a  party

2.      The picture of soldiers (bring/brings) back many memories

3.      the equality of these recordings (is/are) not very good

4.      if the duties of these officers (isn't / aren’t) reduced, there will not be enough time to finish the project

5.      The effects of cigarette smoking (have/has) been proven to be extremely harmful

6.      The use of credit cards in place of cash (have/has) increased rapidly in recent years

7.      advertisements on television (is/are) becoming more competitive than ever before

8.      living expenses in this country, as well as in many others, (is/are) at an all-time high

9.      Mr. Jones accompanied by several members of the committee, (have/has) proposed some changes of the rules

10.  the levels of  intoxication (vary/varies) from subject to subject

Answer

 

1.      Johri along with twenty friends, are planning a party

2.      The picture of the soldiers brings back many memories

3.      the quality of these recordings are not very good

4.      if the duties of these Officers aren’t  Reduced,  there will be enough time to finish The project

5.      The Effects of cigarette smoking has been proven to be extremely harmful

6.      the use of credit cards in place of cash has increased rapidly in recent years

7.      advertisement on television are becoming more competitive than ever before

8.      living expense in this country, as well as in many other are at an all-time high

9.      Mr. Jones,  accompanied by several members  of the committee, has proposed some changes of the rules

10.  The levels of intoxication varies from subject to subject

My Journey To The Highest Mountain on Java Island

This is my experience when i climb the highest mountain on java island, that is mahameru volcano mountain. first when i arrived on malang, my friend picked up me on station, his one of my best friends on malang. mas irul, everybody call his name with that name his so kind to us, he invited us to tor the city on the first day we came. first place that we go is batu ecopark, thats the beautiful place to chill and relax after we through the journey on the train almost 12 hours, on there we eat some traditional food like wedang ronde and many food. afterthat we go to our mess to get some rest....
on the next day finally the moment i'm waiting for, first time ever on my life i started to climb  highest mountain on java island , on the way to foot of mahameru mountain , i see so many beautiful landscape like bromo desert , and so many wild animal. and then finaly i arrived on the last village before we climb the mountain. on there i see somany hikers we talk each other sharing food or our story about mountain , we do some research about leopard on that mountain we see so many pictures of that animal on registration section.
10.00 A.M we started to walking to the first post i see so many villagers harvest their vegetables and fruit i talked to their ask some question and say goodbye. its not take a long time to get first post cause we still have some energy hehe. after we take some rest we continue the journey to the second post people say this is the longest post to take...

15.00 P.M and its true i feel so tired in this moment hahaha but i still have some energy dont worry haha. afterthat long and tired journey  me and my friends take some rest we eat some fruit especially water melon cause everybody said this fruit is good for your body okay... i'll take that. 15.30 we started to walk again to the last post for overnight on there i feel so happy cause finally i can go to there everybody always talk about that place which is everyone want go to there. that is ranu kumbolo lake.
16.15 and finally we got there , thats a beautiful place i'm so happy and at the same time amazed about the landscape

 afterthat we started to build a tent and prepare to started sleep on the coldest night ever on my life. 19.00 P.M we talk each other make some joke to forget the tired after take a long journey. and then we slept away.....
05.00 A.M we came up to see the sunrise and guess what i see it and thats so beautiful i'm so graceful to see this moment

and then we prepared to the top of mahameru volcano mountain we ate some food and drink some coffee to fill the stomach and fill us energy.

afterthat we continued our journey...

Lets go!!!! i feel so excited next place that we cross is field of "oro oro rombo" its like lavender flower but its not more like bushes.

and then after a long journey we arrived on the place based on people story this place on midnight theres always so many leopard to see their food and its called "Jambangan"

lets take some a walk 16.00 P.M and then we came to the last post before we climb the real mountain of volcano... its called "Kalimati" its so closed on the mahameru i see some thick smoke on the top of the mountain. on there we build a tent again before we started to walk againts the mahameru. as always we share some food talk about funny moments share some experience and sleep after that 

00.00 A.M we came up from sleepingbag its so cold i see so many people prepared to defeat the highest mountain on java island me and my friends prepared too ,its so dark my heart beat so fast am i scared or excited i dont know haha finally the last journey to the top. 03.00 A.M i'm on the midle on the mountain i wish i could show the photos on this moment but you know i'm so tired feel hopeless but i dont give up ,its pressure i see so many people to go down again cause their dont have enough energy to go up there i see so many people with same goal to go up there. and then..

05.55 A.M Finaly!!!!!!!!

me and my friends to the highest peak on the java island finally once again!!!