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Subject –Verb Agreement

Subject –Verb Agreement. Objective I-3 Language . Rule-1: A verb must agree with its subject in person and number. Examples: James runs.—Singular James and Anita run.—Plural Is/was=singular are/were=plural He is singing. They are singing. He was singing. They were singing.

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Subject –Verb Agreement

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  1. Subject –Verb Agreement Objective I-3 Language

  2. Rule-1: A verb must agree with its subject in person and number • Examples: • James runs.—Singular • James and Anita run.—Plural • Is/was=singular are/were=plural • He is singing. They are singing. • He was singing. They were singing. • AM=singular. • I am tired.

  3. Forms of BE, Have, and DO change form to agree with third person subjects. • Be Verbs= am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been, has, have, had (used as helpers too) • She has been sick. • They have arrived home. • Do they have a ride?

  4. Complete the worksheet –Lesson 44 • Exercise 1:Underline the subject once/ Verb twice. • Exercise 2: Underline the subject once/Verb twice and place a check in the blank if the subject and verb AGREE.

  5. S/V agreement- Intervening Prepositional phrases • When looking for correct subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases, FIND the prepositional phrases and mark them OUT! The find the subject and verb to analyze. • The boys (on the street) were riding their skateboards and blocking traffic. • The color (of the uniforms) was red and black.

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