Subject – Verb Agreement

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What is a Subject?

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A subject is a noun or pronoun that tells us what the sentence talks about.

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What is a Verb?

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A verb represents the action in the sentence.

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What does Subject – Verb Agreement mean?

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It means that the subject and verb in a sentence should agree or match.

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What is Rule #1 of Subject-Verb Agreement?

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The verb and subject must agree in number (singular or plural).

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Give an example of singular subject and verb agreement.

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He plays football.

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Give an example of plural subject and verb agreement.

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They play football.

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What is Rule #2 of Subject-Verb Agreement?

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The number of the subject will not change due to words/phrases in between the subject and the verb.

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Provide an example for Rule #2.

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One of the glasses is empty.

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What is Rule #3 of Subject-Verb Agreement?

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Subjects joined by 'and' take a plural verb.

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Give an example of subjects joined by 'and'.

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Radha and Meera are coming home.