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SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
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Subject The WHO/WHAT of the sentence that is doing or being something
A noun or pronoun The star of the
sentence Linked to the
predicate
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Find the subject…
Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.
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Find the subject…
Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.
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Verb What the subject of the sentence is doing or being
A predicate Linked to the subject
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Find the verb…
Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.
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Find the verb…
Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
The verb must agree with the subject in number
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Subject-Verb Agreement
If the subject is SINGULAR, the verb must be ____________.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
If the subject is SINGULAR, the verb must be SINGULAR.
The student has three tests.Subject
Verb
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Subject-Verb Agreement
If the subject is PLURAL, the verb must be ________________.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
If the subject is PLURAL, the verb must be PLURAL.
The students have three tests.Subject
Verb
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Compound Subject
Joined by the conjunction and
Will have a plural verb
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Compound Subject
Huxley, Dante, and Emma are going to the dog park.
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Compound Subject
Huxley, Dante, and Emma are going to the dog park.
PluralPlural
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Trick with “Or”
When the compound subject is joined with “or,” you look at the subject CLOSEST to the verb
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Or
Far subject or close subject verb.
Amy or her sisters win.
Sisters = pluralWin = plural
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Singular or Plural
Mary or Martha [go/goes] to the store.
The flying squirrels or Ninja Duck [eat/eats] at the food court.
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Singular or Plural
Mary or Martha goes to the store.
The flying squirrels or Ninja Duck eats at the food court.
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Pronouns that are always SINGULAR Another Each Everything Anybody Either Neither Anyone Every Nobody Anything Everyone No one Nothing Somebody Someone Something
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Pronouns to Remember… EACH and EVERY will always be
singularMake sure they have a singular verb
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Each and Every
Each of my brothers [play/plays] football.
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Each
Each of my brothers plays football.
Singular Singular
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Each
Each of the markers [is/are] missing a cap.
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Each
Each of the markers is missing a cap.