AUG 25_GML_NOUN VERB AGREEMENT

Let's review what you learned yesterday!

Which one of these words is an active verb?

• run

• seems

• becomes

• was

Answer explanation

Remember that active verbs show movement or action. The only verb in this set that does that is "run".

Let's review what you learned yesterday!

Which one of these words is a passive verb?

• run

• lost

• becomes

• hoped

Answer explanation

Passive verbs are used to give more information about the noun. They are not physically doing anything. In this example, the only passive verb is "becomes."

Now that you know about active and passive verbs, let's talk about noun-verb agreement.

Is this sentence correct?

I wants to go to the store later.

• Yes, it's correct

• No, it's not

Answer explanation

Did you say it isn't correct?

If you did, you're right! Since the subject of the sentence is "I", the verb should be "want" not "wants".

Noun-Verb agreement means that the subject (the noun) and the verb are in the same tense and the same number.

So for example, the name Jeven is singular (for one person), so the correct sentence would be...

• Jeven takes great photos.

• Jeven take great photos.

Answer explanation

Did you choose the one with the -s ending? If you did, you're correct!

We add -s for present tense singular nouns.

Now that you know that present-tense singular nouns take -s, we need to talk about plurals!

Plural nouns have more than one person. So think of words like "cats" and "they."

Which one of these is a correctly written plural sentence?

• The students like to go to class late.

• The students likes to go to class late.

Answer explanation

For the noun and the verb to agree, you should have chosen the sentence with "like"!

For present tense plural sentences, we don't add anything to the verb.

Choose the correct past tense verb to complete each sentence.

Bad weather _____________ the opening of the new site.

• delays

• delay

• delayed

• delaying

Choose the correct past tense verb to complete the sentence.

Has anyone _____________ to taking the last clean towel?

• admits

• admitted

• admitting

• admit

Choose the correct verb to replace the underlined verb.

As the earth turns on its axis, day became night.

• becoming

• become

• becomes

Choose the correct verb that agrees with the subject.

Several students ________ teaching about eating disorders.

• is

• are

Choose the correct verb to agree with the subject.

Volunteer work ____________ students' self-esteem.

• increases

• increase