| Collective noun | a collective noun with de and a plural noun: singular or plural verb | Llegó un grupo de turistas. / Llegaron un grupo de turistas. | A group of tourists arrived. / A group of tourists arrived. |
| List | the verb is singular and agrees with the first item | Me preocupa el ruido, el tráfico y la contaminación. | The noise, the traffic and the pollution worry me. |
| o and ni | o and ni take a singular or a plural verb | Vendrá Ana o Luis. / Vendrán Ana o Luis. | Ana or Luis will come. / Ana or Luis will come. |
| Person | a group that includes the speaker takes the first person | Los vecinos pensamos que el parque necesita luz. | We neighbours think that the park needs lighting. |
| Predicative | it agrees with the subject | María bailó la cumbia descalza. | María danced the cumbia barefoot. |
| Partitive | a partitive and a plural noun: the verb agrees with either one | La mayoría de los compañeros piensa igual. / La mayoría de los compañeros piensan igual. | Most of the colleagues think the same. / Most of the colleagues think the same. |
| C1Emphatic plural | the plural stresses each individual | La mitad de los invitados se fueron temprano. | Half of the guests left early. |
| C1Noun phrase | the adjective is plural for two things, singular when they form one unit | una conducta y unas palabras inaceptables / lengua y literatura alemana | unacceptable behaviour and words / German language and literature |
| C2Adjective and two nouns | before the nouns it agrees with the first; after them it is plural | su asombroso talento y dedicación / su talento y dedicación asombrosos | his astonishing talent and dedication / his talent and dedication, both astonishing |
| C2Plural of modesty | one speaker uses the first person plural | En este trabajo analizamos tres casos. | In this paper we analyse three cases. |
| C1Trap | gente and familia take a singular verb | La gente piensa que el precio es alto. | People think the price is high. |
| C1Trap | after el grupo de, the verb is singular | El grupo de políticos votó a favor. | The group of politicians voted in favour. |