Subject Verb Agreement

Subject Verb Agreement

English Class

7th grade

Mrs. Reyes

Multiple Select

Which sentences have errors in them?

• Sarah play the piano.

• They are working on their project.

• Mario and Luisa eat their dinner.

• Sandra draws a flower.

Open Ended

Sarah play the piano. Why is this incorrect?

Open Ended

In your own words explain what is subject-verb agreement.

Multiple Choice

Choose the subject of the sentence...Sarah plays the piano.

• plays

• Sarah

• piano

Multiple Choice

Choose the verb from the sentence...Mario and Luisa are in a meeting.

• Mario and Luisa

• are

• meeting

Review

• The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.

• To find the sentence you must ask the verb who is doing the action.

• For example: Lee eats a pie.

Review

• A verb is a doing word that shows an action, an event or a state. A sentence may either have a main verb, a helping verb or both. In other words, a verb is a word that informs about an action, an existence of something or an occurrence. The verb is the main word in a sentence. No sentence can be completed without a verb. Source: theidioms.com

• The sun shines. Action verb

• We are in the Green House Club. Linking Verb

Subject-Verb agreement

• Subject and verbs should agree in numbers.

• When the subject is singular, add -s or -es to the verb.

Examples:

• Mia knows how to speak English.

• The teacher grades the papers.

• He speaks very slowly.

Subject Verb Agreement

• When the subject is plural the verb stays the same.

• Do Not add -s or -es

• 
  

• 
  

Examples:

• They play soccer together.

• The dogs bark loudly.

• Sandra and Miguel paint the house.

Multiple Choice

The spider____rocks for shelter.

• uses

• use

• used

Multiple Choice

We _____ecosystems.

• studies

• study

Multiple Choice

My mother______ me to clean my room.

• tell

• tells

• told

Multiple Choice

My parents_____about me all the time.

• worries

• worry

Verb Be

• Use is, with singular subjects and the pronouns: he, she, it

• Examples:

• Tania is an excellent student.

• It is a wonderful day!

Verb Be

• Use are, with plural subjects and the pronouns: you, we, they.

• We are feeling excited about the party.

• The players are taking a break.

• 
  

Poll

Are you understanding so far?

• Yes

• No

• Some

Non count nouns

• When the subject is a non -count noun, such as air, water, weather, hair, homework, jewelry, milk, rice, sugar....

• Add -s or -es to the verb in the simple present tense.

• The water drips down the wall.

• Weather affects our environment.

• The homework is easy.

Irregular nouns

• Do not add -s or -es to the verb

• Deer live in wooded areas.

• Sheep eat grass.

• 
  

• 
  

• When the subject is singular use has

• Mary has a new book.

• When the subject is plural use have

• We have a new puppy.

• When the subject is singular use does

• Tia does the homework by herself. Tia doesn't do the homework by herself.

• When the subject is plural use do.

• They do understand the assignment. They do not understand the assignment.

Multiple Choice

Santa_____learning Korean.

• are

• is

• has

Multiple Choice

We_____like homework.

• do not

• does not

Multiple Choice

Deer_______grass.

• eats

• eat

Multiple Choice

I_____ a question about the work.

• has

• have

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• Workbook page 14

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