Subject-Verb Agreement and Complements

The video tutorial explains how to ensure subject-verb agreement when dealing with subject complements. It provides examples to illustrate how a verb must agree with its subject, even if the subject complement is plural. The tutorial offers practice sentences for students to correct awkward sentences and concludes with a homework assignment to reinforce learning.

What is the main topic discussed in this video?

• Subject-verb agreement with subject complements

• Past tense verbs

• Prepositional phrases

• Adjective clauses

What is a subject complement?

• A word that modifies the verb

• A word that describes the subject

• A word that comes before the verb

• A word that comes after a linking verb

In the sentence 'The worst part of marriage is jealousy and commitment,' what is the subject?

• Commitment

• Marriage

• Jealousy

• Part

Why can't 'marriage' be the subject in the sentence 'The worst part of marriage is jealousy and commitment'?

• Because it is a verb

• Because it is a complement

• Because it is plural

• Because it is in a prepositional phrase

How can the sentence 'The worst part of marriage is jealousy and commitment' be corrected to avoid awkwardness?

• Change 'is' to 'are'

• Add an 'S' to 'part'

• Add 'and' before 'commitment'

• Remove 'jealousy'

In the sentence 'The cost for her madness was his friends,' what is the subject?

• Her

• Madness

• Friends

• Cost

What is the subject complement in the sentence 'The cost for her madness was his friends'?

• Friends

• Cost

• Her

• Madness

How can the sentence 'The cost for her madness was his friends' be corrected to avoid awkwardness?

• Add 'and' before 'friends'

• Change 'was' to 'were'

• Add an 'S' to 'cost'

• Remove 'his'

What is the subject in the sentence 'The best part of the movies was the thrill and excitement I felt'?

• Part

• Thrill

• Movies

• Excitement

How can the sentence 'The best part of the movies was the thrill and excitement I felt' be corrected?

• Add an 'S' to 'part'

• Remove 'the'

• Change 'was' to 'were'

• Add 'and' before 'excitement'