Mastering Subject-Verb Agreement in Grammar

The video tutorial covers subject-verb agreement, starting with a review of clauses and how to identify complete subjects and predicates. It explains the rules of subject-verb agreement, including how to determine the correct verb form. The tutorial provides strategies for finding simple subjects and verbs and offers practical exercises to test subject-verb agreement using pronouns. The video concludes with examples and exercises to reinforce the concepts learned.

What is a clause in grammar?

• A punctuation mark

• A single word that can stand alone as a sentence

• A type of verb

• A group of words with a subject and a predicate

What does a complete predicate include?

• The verb and all words describing the action

• The subject and its modifiers

• The conjunctions in a sentence

• Only the main verb

How do you find the simple subject in a sentence?

• By locating the noun or pronoun that performs the action

• By isolating prepositional phrases

• By finding the action or state of being

• By identifying the main verb

What should you substitute to test if the subject and verb agree?

• A corresponding adjective

• A plural form of the verb

• A simple pronoun

• An adverb

Why must the subject and verb not be inside a dependent clause when checking agreement?

• Because dependent clauses can contain multiple subjects

• Because the main clause's structure may differ

• Because they do not influence agreement

• Because it changes the verb form

What verb form should you use with a compound subject?

• Past tense

• Plural

• Any form, depending on the context

• Singular

What is the correct form of the verb when the subject is 'dogs' and the action is 'sits'?

• Sat

• Sits

• Sit

• Sitting

Which pronoun would you substitute for 'dogs' to test verb agreement?

• They

• It

• She

• He

How do you correct the sentence 'The tools is in the cabinet'?

• Remove 'the'

• Change 'the tools' to 'tool'

• No correction needed

• Change 'is' to 'are'

In the sentence 'Here are the paper', what is the correct form of the verb?

• Are

• Were

• Be

• Is