Subject Verb Agreement: Rules 1 to 4

Your friend (talk-talks) too much.

The man with the roses (look-looks) like your brother.

The women in the pool (swim-swims) well.

Answer explanation

The subject of the sentence "The women" is plural and therefore takes the plural verb "swim".

Bill (drive-drives) a taxi.

The football players (run-runs) five miles every day.

That red-haired lady in the fur hat (live-lives) across the street.

Answer explanation

Mentally leave out the prepositional phrase, "in the fur hat" to make it easier to find the correct verb.

He (cook-cooks) dinner for his family.

The boys (walk-walks) to school every day.

The weather on the coast (appear-appears) to be good this weekend.

The centre on the basketball team (bounce-bounces) the ball too high.