What is the second step to making sure your subjects and verbs agree with each other?

What is the third step in making sure your subjects and verbs agree with each other ?

What is the fourth step in making sure your verbs agree with each other ?

If your subject verb is singular you want a…

If your subject is plural you want a…

Do singular verbs end in a “S”?

One cat (drink/drinks) milk.

What is the subject ? Plural or singular ?

One cat (drink/drinks) milk.

What is the singular verb ?

Two cats (drink/drinks milk.

What is the subject ? Plural or singular?

Two cats (drink/drinks) milk.

What is the plural verb?

When you have two or more subjects joined my “and” are they singular or plural subjects?

What is the corrects subject verb ?

Bill and Ted (want/wants) to go to the game.

Romeo and Juliet (is,are) my favorite play.

Hint: Romeo and Juliet is a play

Romeo and Juliet (is,are) my favorite characters.

Hint : characters means more than one

Red beans and rice (are,is) my favorite dish.

Macaroni and cheese (is, are) my favorite dish.

Ted or Rhona (is,are) working the late shift tonight.

Neither Jose nor his parents (is,are) getting a tax refund this year.

Hint : look at subject closest to the verb

The words everybody and everyone are plural or singular ?

Some of the milk (is,are) spoiled. Choose the correct subject verb.

Some of the cookies (is,are) broken. What is the correct subject verb?

The class (is,are) going on a field trip. What is the correct subject verb?

Hint: Class is just one

“A number” of anything takes what verb?

“The number” of anything take what verb?

The number of students graduating (is,are) increasing every year. What is the correct subject verb?

A number of students (is,are) graduating this semester. What is the subject verb of the sentence ?