Subjects 

Verbs 

Singular noun 

Singular Verb 

Plural noun 

Plural Verb 

Uncountable nouns 

Singular Verb 

Gerunds or to-infinitives 

Singular Verb 

Noun clauses introduced by that 

Singular Verb 

one each either neither no one / nobody nothing something someone / somebody anyone / anybody anything everyone / everybody everything 

+ singular verb
• Neither of the + plural noun can be 

followed by a plural verb. 

both many sever (a)few 

+ plural verb 

all/ most/ some /lots/ half 

of the + singular/uncountable noun 

+ singular verb 

of the + plural noun 

+ plural verb 

the number 

of a plural noun 

+ singular verb 

a number 

+ plural verb 

Subject 

Verb 

Either A or B 

+ V (B) 

Neither A nor B 

Not A but B 

Not only A but (also) B 

B as will as A 

B along with A 

B with A 

B together with A 

B including/excluding A 

A and B 

+ plural verb 

Main clause 

Present simple, present perfect tenses 

Past tense 

Subordinate clause 

Present, future, past tenses 

Past tenses 

Exceptions 

Tense of subordinate clause 

When the event is a truth / general fact 

Present tenses 

When the event is a historical data 

Past tenses