SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

Forest Fires (destroys, destroy) millions of trees each year.

• Destroys

• Destroy

Your idea (makes, make) sense to me.

• makes

• make

The fangs of a rattlesnake (carries, carry) poison to its prey.

• carries

• carry

Q. The United States ___ a population of around 300 million.

• have

• had

• has

• is

Which of these is a rule of Subject Verb Agreement?

• The subject and verb must agree in number and person.

• Two or more singular subjects joined by "and" are plural

• If two singular nouns refer to the same person or thing, the verb must be kept plural.

• When a singular noun or pronoun is joined to a second noun by with or as well as, the verb is in singular.

Here (is, are) the garden chairs for your party.

• is

• are