Subject-Verb Agreement

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What is Subject-Verb Agreement?

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Subject-Verb Agreement is the grammatical rule that the subject of a sentence must agree in number (singular or plural) with its verb.

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What is an intervening phrase?

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An intervening phrase is a group of words that separates the subject from the verb in a sentence, but does not change the subject-verb agreement.

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Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The picnic feast that we brought tasted delicious.'

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The subject is 'The picnic feast'.

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Identify the verb in the sentence: 'New York, despite its crowded streets, is fun to visit.'

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The verb is 'is'.

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What is a collective noun?

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A collective noun is a word that represents a group of individuals or things, such as 'team', 'group', or 'band'.

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How does a collective noun affect verb agreement?

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A collective noun is usually treated as singular when the group acts as a single unit, thus taking a singular verb.

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Example of a sentence with correct subject-verb agreement using a collective noun.

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The team wins the championship.

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Example of a sentence with incorrect subject-verb agreement.

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The group of students are going on a trip.

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What is the correct verb form for the sentence: 'The band of musicians __________ well.'

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The correct verb form is 'sings'.

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What is the rule for subject-verb agreement with compound subjects joined by 'and'?

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When subjects are joined by 'and', they typically take a plural verb.