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In your English notebooks, please copy the following information about singular and plural subjects and verbs.

Things That Make . you go, "Hmmm!". In your English notebooks, please copy the following information about singular and plural subjects and verbs. Subject & Verb Agreement. Rule 1: Subjects connected by “and” are plural.

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In your English notebooks, please copy the following information about singular and plural subjects and verbs.

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  1. Things That Make you go, "Hmmm!" In your English notebooks, please copy the following information about singular and plural subjects and verbs.

  2. Subject & Verb Agreement • Rule 1:Subjects connected by “and” are plural. • Example: Dustin and Crystal aremasticating in unison.

  3. Subject & Verb Agreement • Rule 2: Certain expressions (as well as, including, together with, with, etc.) logically seem to change a singular subject to plural. They don’t. These expressions will be set off from the subject by commas..

  4. Choose the Correct Verb • Flatulence, as well as other rude habits, (is, are) becoming more common in public. • Answer: is

  5. Choose the Correct Verb • Grant, along with Reanna and Ross, (is, are) going on vacation. • Answer: is

  6. Choose the Correct Verb • Chris, as well as Miguel, (plan, plans) to vacation in his living room. • Answer: plans

  7. Subject and Verb Agreement • Rule 3:Singular subjects connected by conjunctions such as either-or, neither-nor, or, and norstay singular

  8. Choose the Correct Verb • Neither Jenna nor Amber (was, were) able to get up from the couch because Shelley was sitting on them with scuba tanks in her arms. • Answer: was

  9. Subject & Verb Agreement • Rule 4: If a singular and plural subject are connected by either-or, neither-nor, or, and nor the verb should agree with the subject closest to it.

  10. Subject & Verb Agreement • Neither Amber nor the others (was, were) able to get up from the couch because Emily was sitting on them with a Rottweiler in her arms. • Answer: were

  11. Subject & Verb Agreement • Rule 5: Anybody, anyone, another, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, much, little, one, nobody, nothing, somebody, something, someone,are considered singular.

  12. Choose the Correct Verb • Everyone (is, are) sleeping on the floor, kept warm by the toasty Chalupas snuggled under their coats. • Answer: is

  13. Choose the Correct Verb • The dangers of eating too many chips (do, does) not worry Matt. • Answer: The dangers of eating too many chips do not worry Matt.

  14. Subject & Verb Agreement • Rule 6: Singular subjects take singular verbs, and plural subjects take plural verbs. • First, find the main verb. Don’t be distracted by verbals, which are verb like elements acting as another part of speech

  15. Choose the Correct Verb • Josh, distracted by daydreams, (is, are) eating Doritos and licking his fingers. • Answer: Josh, distracted by daydreams, is eating Doritos and licking his fingers.

  16. Subject & Verb Agreement Ask yourself, “Who or what is doing this action?” The answer to this question will be the subject. The subject does not necessarily come before the verb, and there may be all kinds of distracting modifiers and prepositional phrases in between the subject and the verb. It may help to bracket such phrases so you can see the subject better.

  17. Woo hoo! We’re through!

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