Subject-Verb Agreement

• Subject - Verb Agreement

Subject - Verb Agreement

​What it is?

-is the grammatical rule that the verb or verbs in a sentence must match the number, person, and gender of the subject in the sentence.

Did you know there are rules?

There are two major rules in subject-verb agreement.

1. if the subject is singular, use singular verb.

2. if the subject is plural, use plural verb.

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Singular nouns vs. Plural nouns

​Some examples

toy----toys school----schools book----books

shoe----shoes wife----wives mouse----mice

egg----eggs house----houses ink----inks

shade ----shades monkey----monkeys holiday----holidays

place----places turtle----turtles food----foods

apple----apples goose-geese deer----deer

box----boxes knife----knives leaf----leaves

child---children ox-oxen foot-feet

​Verb -

-A verb is the action or state of being in a sentence. Verbs can be expressed in different tenses, depending on when the action is being performed

​Here are the samples . . .

1. Each team plays basketball .

2. Many artist join the tattoo festival.

3. They will participate in the upcoming research forum.

4. Atlas carries the world.

5. Rina and Joy ride on a bus everyday.

Directions: Supply the correct subject or verb in the sentence

1. Many (teacher, teachers) will join in the parade.

2. Twenty cans of soft drink (was, were) sold during Bar Festival.

3. The women in the seminars (is, are) alive.

4. Aliyah (join, joins) in the singing competition.

5. the policemen (chase, chases) the suspect.