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Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement. Subject. The WHO/WHAT of the sentence that is doing or being something A noun or pronoun The star of the sentence Linked to the predicate. Find the subject…. Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning. Find the subject….

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Subject-Verb Agreement

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  1. Subject-Verb Agreement

  2. Subject • The WHO/WHAT of the sentence that is doing or being something • A noun or pronoun • The star of the sentence • Linked to the predicate

  3. Find the subject… • Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.

  4. Find the subject… • Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.

  5. Verb • What the subject of the sentence is doing or being • A predicate • Linked to the subject

  6. Find the verb… • Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.

  7. Find the verb… • Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.

  8. Subject-Verb Agreement • The verb must agree with the subject in number

  9. Subject-Verb Agreement • If the subject is SINGULAR, the verb must be ____________.

  10. Subject-Verb Agreement • If the subject is SINGULAR, the verb must be SINGULAR. • The student has three tests. Subject Verb

  11. Subject-Verb Agreement • If the subject is PLURAL, the verb must be ________________.

  12. Subject-Verb Agreement • If the subject is PLURAL, the verb must be PLURAL. • The students have three tests. Subject Verb

  13. Compound Subject • Joined by the conjunction and • Will have a plural verb

  14. Compound Subject • Huxley, Dante, and Emma are going to the dog park.

  15. Compound Subject • Huxley, Dante, and Emma are going to the dog park. Plural Plural

  16. Trick with “Or” • When the compound subject is joined with “or,” you look at the subject CLOSEST to the verb

  17. Or • Far subject or close subject verb. • Amy or her sisters win. Sisters = plural Win = plural

  18. Singular or Plural • Mary or Martha [go/goes] to the store. • The flying squirrels or Ninja Duck [eat/eats] at the food court.

  19. Singular or Plural • Mary or Martha goes to the store. • The flying squirrels or Ninja Duck eats at the food court.

  20. Pronouns that are always SINGULAR • Another Each Everything • Anybody Either Neither • Anyone Every Nobody • Anything Everyone No one • Nothing Somebody Someone • Something

  21. Pronouns to Remember… • EACH and EVERY will always be singular • Make sure they have a singular verb

  22. Each and Every • Each of my brothers [play/plays] football.

  23. Each • Each of my brothers plays football. Singular Singular

  24. Each • Each of the markers [is/are] missing a cap.

  25. Each • Each of the markers is missing a cap.

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