Agreement of Subject & Verb (Concord)

What is the rule of concord?

• A sentence must begin with a subject.

• In a sentence the subject must agree with the verb.

To decide whether the verb should be singular or plural, you have to...

• Find the object and decide if it's singular or plural.

• Find the subject and decide if it's singular or plural.

Singular subjects must be followed by a singular verb.

• True
• False

The man with all the birds------- on my street.

• live

• lives

Mathematics------- John's favorite subject, while Civics -------Andrea's favorite subject.

• are, are

• is, is

Everybody ---------helped him.

• have

• has

Suzy ____________ a cake at the bakery tomorrow.

• will buy

• buys

The bus _______ late at the terminal last night.

• arrived

• arrives

Ummi is still _______ her room.

• painting

• paints

The king and the hermit _______ the flower bed.

• dig

• digs