What is a subject?
The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is
doing or being something.
Look at the subjects highlighted red below. What do they tell about the sentences? My dog follows me everywhere.We run together in the field.My sister and I take him for walks down our street.
Challenge:Work with a partner. Brainstorm a list of subjects that could be found in sentences. How many can you list in 2 minutes? Go!
What is a verb?
The Verb in a sentence is a word that shows action or a state of being. The verb
tells what people or things do or are.
Look at the verbs highlighted in red below.What do they tell about the sentences?My dog follows me everywhere.We run together in the field.My sister and I take him for walks down our street.
Challenge:Work with a partner. Brainstorm a list of Verbs that could be found in sentences. How many can you list in 2 minutes? Go!
Making them AgreeA verb in the present tense must agree with the subject of the sentence. They must both be singular or both be
plural.Singular subject and verb Plural subject and verb
My dog follows me everywhere. My dogs follow me everywhere.
My sister takes him for walks down our street.
My sister and I take him for walks down our street.
What do you notice about the singular verbs? What do you notice about the
plural verbs?
Examples:
Now Make your subjects and verbs Agree
Use your list of subjects and your list of verbs to make sentences. They can be silly
or serious sentences. Be sure to use singular subjects with singular verbs AND
plural subjects with plural verbs.
How many sentences can you and your partner make?
Which line shows a mistake?
1. Computer pictures help people in
2. many ways. They assists pilots like
3. my uncle. Special graphics imitate
4. a real flight.
More Practice!
Which line shows a mistake?
More Practice!
1. People send computers into space.
2. A camera take a picture on Mars.
3. It sends signals to a computer on Earth.
How many mistakes do you find in this letter to Grandpa?Dear Grandpa,I loves my new computer game. You give the best gifts! The computer graphics looks so real. First, you follows a river through a tropical forest. A jungle animal ask you questions along the way. Correct answers brings you to the next level. Steven enjoy the game too. He stays on Level 2 all the time. It make him so angry! We all plays the game a lot.
1. 62. 73. 84. 9
Check your answers!
Dear Grandpa,I loves my new computer game. You give the best gifts! The computer graphics looks so real. First, you follows a river through a tropical forest. A jungle animal asks you questions along the way. Correct answers brings you to the next level. Steven enjoys the game too. He stays on Level 2 all the time. It makes him so angry! We all plays the game a lot.
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