Confusing English Grammar: IS or ARE

Do you say “everyone is here” or “everyone are here”? If you’re not sure, you need this lesson! You’ll learn whether to use “is” or “are” with indefinite pronouns like everybody, someone, nobody, all, some, and none. You’ll also find out which to use with demonstrative pronouns like this, that, these, and those. Don’t make this basic mistake while speaking at job interviews or writing on English exams like IELTS or TOEFL. You can also read my free resource on countable and uncountable nouns to be 100% sure every time: Fix more common English mistakes with my course: Check out more of my grammar lessons: Subject-Verb Agreement - all, most, some, none Single Items, but Plural Nouns! In this lesson: 0:00 “Are“ or “is“? 2:58 “Are“ or “is“? – everyone, somebody, nobody... 4:09 “Are“ or “is“? – this, that, these, those 6:12 “Are“ or “is“? – all, most, some, none 10:18 Test Yourself: “is“ or “are“?