Identify Subject Verb

Subject and Verb Agreement Review

​Subject (Noun)

​The subject in a sentence is the person, place, or thing the sentence is talking about.

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​The subject can be singular (only one) or plural (more than one):

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Singular: Plural:

​Sam The boys

​Student Students

​Dog Dogs

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject in the sentence:

Ms. Johnson reads the book.

• Ms. Johnson

• reads

• the

• book

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject in the sentence:

Mark and Justin like to play in the cafeteria.

• Mark and Justin

• like

• play

• cafeteria

​Subject (Noun) or Pronoun

The subject in a sentence can also be a pronoun.

​Pronoun: a word used in place of a pronoun

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​A pronoun can be singular (only one) or plural (more than one):

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Singular: Plural:

​He They

​She We

​You You

​I

​It

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject pronoun in the sentence:

She goes for a run at night

• She

• goes

• for

• run

Multiple Choice

Identify the subject pronoun in the sentence:

They go for a run at night.

• They

• go

• for

• run

​Verb

​The verb in the sentence shows action or a state of being (linking verbs).

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​Action: Linking Verb:

​run was

​jumps are

​sit is

Multiple Choice

Identify the verb, action or linking

She is very happy today

• action

• linking

Multiple Choice

Identify the verb, action or linking

They skipped class today because of the test.

• action

• linking

​Subject and Verb Agreement

​The subject and verb in a sentence must agree.

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​If the subject is singular the (action) verb has an -s

​If the subject is plural the (action) verb DOES NOT have an -s

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​Singular: Plural:

​Sarah jumps over the chair. The girls jump over the chair.

​Mark hits his brother. They boys hit their brother.

Multiple Choice

Make the sentence agree by picking the correct verb to go with the subject:

That dog (jump, jumps) the fence.

• jump

• jumps

Multiple Choice

Make the sentence agree by picking the correct verb to go with the subject:

His owners (call, calls) him.

• call

• calls

Linking Verbs Keep Their Form

​Linking verbs are either singular or plural.

​You DO NOT need to add an -s or take away an -s

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Singular Linking Verb: is, am, has

​Plural Linking Verb: are, have

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​Singular: Plural:

​Derek has a glass of juice The boys have a glass of juice

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Multiple Choice

Make the sentence agree by picking the correct linking verb to go with the subject:

We (are, is) all keeping in shape.

• are

• is

Multiple Choice

Make the sentence agree by picking the correct linking verb to go with the subject:

It (are, is) cold outside.

• are

• is

Finding the Subject

​Sometimes words come BEFORE the subject in a sentence.

​Subject: Who or what the sentence is about.

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​Subject:

​Neither of the guys have entered the marathon yet.

​Both of them hope to do well in their first race.

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​You have to be able to find the subject in the sentence to pick the correct verb.

Multiple Choice

Find the subject the sentence is about:

The player in the stands is yelling at the girls.

• Player

• girls

Multiple Choice

Find the subject the sentence is about:

All of the actors have worked very hard to learn their parts

• All

• actors