I. Singular verb (Động từ số ít):
1. Uncountable nouns/ singular nouns
Milk is good for your health.
This book is mine.
2. Clause/To_inf/ V-ing as Subject
Learning English is difficult.
What he told was interesting.
To fly in the space is her dream.
3. Each / Every / either/ neither/ one +{ danh từ số ít} / { of + danh từ số nhiều }
 Động từ số ít
Each of students has a book.
Every teacher likes teaching.
4. Someone, somebody, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, everyone, something,
nothing, anything, everything
Everything looks bright and clean.
5. Subjects/diseases/ countries ending in ‘s’:
news (bản tin), physics (môn lý), ecnomics (kinh tế học), mathematics (toán),
politics (chính trị học), athletes (môn điền kinh), meales (bệnh sởi), mumps
(bệnh quai bị), the Philipines (nước Phi), the United States (nước Mỹ)…
Physics is more difficult than chemistry.
6. Quantity/time/money
Eight hours of sleep is enough.
Twenty dollars is too much to pay.
7. Two nouns referring one object
Salt and pepper is very delicious. (Muối tiêu rất ngon).
II. Plual verb (Động từ số nhiều):
1. Two nouns refer two different people/ things
Water and oil do not mix.
2. Adjectives used as nouns:
The rich are not always happy.
3. people (người ta), police (cảnh sát), cattle (súc vật)
The police have arrested the thieves.
4. A few, few, both, some , a lot of, most, many, plenty of, all, several, + plural
A few books I read are famous.
Many students are hard-working.
III. Singular or plural verbs (Số nhiều hoặc số ít):
1. The number of + plural  singular verb
A number of + plural  plural noun

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The number of students in this class is forty.. A number of children like cakes.
2. No + singular noun  singular verb
No + plural noun  plural verb
Ex: No student is in the hall. No students are on the schoolyarD.
3. All / some/ none /plenty/ half/ most/ a lot / lots + OF+ singular noun 
singular verb
4. All / some/ none /plenty/ half/ most/ a lot / lots + OF+ plural noun 
plural verb
None of the boys are good at English.
A lot of coffee has been hot.
5. There ( be) + N:
There is a fire in this room
6. The committee (uỷ ban), group (nhóm), team (đội), class (lớp), family (gia đình
 thường đi với động từ số ít nhưng còn vài trường hợp được dùng với danh từ số
nhiều nếu nó hàm ý từng cá nhân trong danh từ tập hợp đó.
IV. Agree with Noun 1 : (nouns combined by collative conjuctions)
1. EITHER OR
2. NEITHER + N 1 + NOR + N 2 + verb
3. NOT ONLY BUT ALSO
Not only my brother but also my sister is here.
V. Agree with Noun 2 (Modified by prepositional phrase)

WITH , ALONG WITH
TOGETHER WITH
N 1 + INCLUDED WITH + N 2 +
VERB ACCOMPANIED BY
AS WELL AS

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The book, included with all the chapters in section, is interesting.
The team captain, as well as his players, is boring.
The woman with all the dogs walks down my street.
The people who listen to that music are few