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SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT. EVERY VERB MUST AGREE WITH ITS SUBJECT. Plural Subject. Singular Subject. Singular Verb. Plural Verb. The rules of English Grammar. To make a noun plural, we add – s Singular: girl Plural: girl s To make a verb plural, we take away the – s .

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SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

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  1. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

  2. EVERY VERB MUST AGREE WITH ITS SUBJECT Plural Subject Singular Subject Singular Verb Plural Verb

  3. The rules of English Grammar • To make a noun plural, we add –s • Singular: girl • Plural: girls • To make a verb plural, we take away the –s. • Singular: he talks • Plural: they talk

  4. Singular I walk You walk He/She/It walk s Joe walk s The girl walk s Plural We walk You walk They walk Joe and Maria walk The girls walk Watch the Verb Endings!

  5. Remember the 3 irregular verbs: • DO SingularPlural • He does They do • HAVE • She has They have • BE • He is They are • She was They were

  6. Subject/verb Agreement Generally, if the subject doesn’tend in –S, the verb will. If the subject does end in –S, the verb won’t.

  7. No –S on subject -S on verb The girl dances.

  8. -S on subject The girls dance. No –S on verb

  9. Compound subjects joined by “and” • If there are two or more subjects joined by and,the subject must be plural, so the verb will not get an “s”. Example • Theboy and the girl dance. (= They dance.) No –S on verb

  10. Watch out for “Everybody” • Everybodyloves grammar! • Everybodyunderstands subject/verb agreement.

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