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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 • 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… • Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.
Verb • What the subject of the sentence is doing or being • A predicate • Linked to the subject
Find the verb… • Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.
Find the verb… • Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.
Subject-Verb Agreement • The verb must agree with the subject in number
Subject-Verb Agreement • If the subject is SINGULAR, the verb must be ____________.
Subject-Verb Agreement • If the subject is SINGULAR, the verb must be SINGULAR. • The student has three tests. Subject Verb
Subject-Verb Agreement • If the subject is PLURAL, the verb must be ________________.
Subject-Verb Agreement • If the subject is PLURAL, the verb must be PLURAL. • The students have three tests. Subject Verb
Compound Subject • Joined by the conjunction and • Will have a plural verb
Compound Subject • Huxley, Dante, and Emma are going to the dog park.
Compound Subject • Huxley, Dante, and Emma are going to the dog park. Plural Plural
Trick with “Or” • When the compound subject is joined with “or,” you look at the subject CLOSEST to the verb
Or • Far subject or close subject verb. • Amy or her sisters win. Sisters = plural Win = plural
Singular or Plural • Mary or Martha [go/goes] to the store. • The flying squirrels or Ninja Duck [eat/eats] at the food court.
Singular or Plural • Mary or Martha goes to the store. • The flying squirrels or Ninja Duck eats at the food court.
Pronouns that are always SINGULAR • Another Each Everything • Anybody Either Neither • Anyone Every Nobody • Anything Everyone No one • Nothing Somebody Someone • Something
Pronouns to Remember… • EACH and EVERY will always be singular • Make sure they have a singular verb
Each and Every • Each of my brothers [play/plays] football.
Each • Each of my brothers plays football. Singular Singular
Each • Each of the markers [is/are] missing a cap.
Each • Each of the markers is missing a cap.