Subject-Verb Agreement: Making Your Writing Clear

The video tutorial covers the basics of subject-verb agreement, explaining how subjects and verbs must match in number. It provides examples and exercises to help learners identify subjects and verbs in sentences and correct errors in subject-verb agreement. The tutorial includes a narrative example to illustrate common mistakes and offers practice opportunities for students to apply the concepts learned.

What is the role of a subject in a sentence?

• To connect clauses

• To indicate who or what the sentence is about

• To modify the verb

• To describe the action

Which of the following is a singular verb?

• Walk

• Jump

• Walks

• Run

In the sentence 'The cars race around the dusty track,' what is the verb?

• Track

• Dusty

• Race

• Cars

What must subjects and verbs do in a sentence?

• Be in different clauses

• Agree in number

• Be in past tense

• Start with the same letter

Which sentence correctly demonstrates subject-verb agreement?

• The dog bark loudly.

• The dogs barks loudly.

• The dog barks loudly.

• The dogs bark loudly.

In the sentence 'Sarah and Marcus joins in by planting carrots,' what is the error?

• The subject is singular

• The sentence is correct

• The subject and verb do not agree

• The verb should be singular

How can you improve the sentence 'My family and I spends time at the beach'?

• Change 'spends' to 'spend'

• Change 'family' to 'families'

• Add 'often' before 'spends'

• Change 'beach' to 'beaches'