Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement

Multiple Choice

Warm-Up:

What does the phrase "That boils my blood!" mean?

• Makes my blood so hot it boils

• Make me very happy

• Makes me very upset

Subject-Verb Agreement

The subject must agree with the verb

Subject

• The subject of a sentence is the noun or pronoun of the sentence

• Example: Dog, teacher, he, or ball

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of this sentence?

My dog is running around.

• My

• dog

• running

• around

Multiple Choice

What is the subject of this sentence?

The ball rolls down the hill.

• Ball

• rolls

• down

• hill

Verb

• The verb of a sentence is the action word.

• It can also be a to be verb (is, was, were, are, am)

Multiple Choice

What is the verb of this sentence?

My dog is running around.

• My

• dog

• running

• around

Multiple Choice

What is the verb of this sentence?

The ball rolls down the hill.

• Ball

• rolls

• down

• hill

Subject-verb agreement

• If the subject is singular (only 1), we add an -s or -es to the verb.

• If the subject is I or you, we do not add an -s or -es to the verb.

• If the subject is plural, we do not add an -s or -es.

• Example: My dog swims

• Dog is singular, so we add a -s to the verb swim.

• Example 2: I walk down the street.

• The subject is I, so we do not add a -s or -es t walk.

Subject-verb agreement

• Example 3: They talk to each other.

• They is a plural pronoun, so we do not add -s or -es to the end of talk.

Multiple Choice

My uncle _____ in a coal mine.

(Is the subject singular? Add -s or -es)

(Is the subject you, I, or plural? Don't add -s or -es)

• work

• words

Multiple Choice

Our three dogs _____ at the full moon.

(Is the subject singular? Add -s or -es)

(Is the subject you, I, or plural? Don't add -s or -es)

• bark

• barks

Multiple Choice

My sisters _____ their own clothes.

(Is the subject singular? Add -s or -es)

(Is the subject you, I, or plural? Don't add -s or -es)

• sew

• sews