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Verb agreement with fractions in French

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Subject-Verb Agreement[edit | edit source]

The subject-verb agreement in French is the way to choose the correct ending for verbs in terms of grammatical persons, gender and number, depending on their subject.

Verb agreement with fractions[edit | edit source]

Verbs are Plural[edit | edit source]

Verbs are usually plural when the fraction is the subject of the sentence and it refers to a plural noun:

  • Le cinquième (des étudiants) ont échoué à l'examen

A 5th (of the students) have failed the exam

  • La moitié (des motos) ont dépassé la vitesse limite

Half (of motorcycles) exceeded the speed limit

  • Un tiers (des personnes) sont endettées

A 3rd (of people) are in debt

Verbs are Singular[edit | edit source]

Verbs are singular when fractions are subjects of the sentence and it refers to a singular noun:

  • La moitié (du trimestre) est déjà passée

Half (of the quarter) has already passed

  • Un tiers (du articles) reste à écrire

A 3rd (of the articles) remains to be written

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Nouns


Determiners


Personal and impersonal pronouns


Adjectives


Adverbs


Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers


Verb forms


Verb constructions


Verb and participle agreement


Tense


The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives


The infinitive


Prepositions


Question formation


Relative clauses


Negation


Conjunctions and other linking constructions

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