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Agreement of Subject/verb

Agreement of Subject/verb. Verbs must agree with their subjects in number (singular or plural) and person (I, you , he, they, …). -The final – s or – es in the third person singular of the present tense. He speaks English with a strange accent. She rushes to school in the morning.

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Agreement of Subject/verb

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  1. Agreementof Subject/verb

  2. Verbs must agree with their subjects in number (singular or plural) and person (I, you , he, they, …)

  3. -The final –s or –es in the third person singular of the present tense.He speaks English with a strange accent.She rushes to school in the morning

  4. Non count nouns take a singular verb:money, air, happiness, vocabulary, homework,Count Nouns take a plural verb form

  5. Correct or incorrect?People catches colds by breathing in infected droplets.We spend a lot of time in front of the computer.

  6. Irregular plurals: child, deer, fish, cattle, ox, man, woman, goose, foot, tooth, sheep, mouse, louse, baby, potato, loaf, wife, crisis, criterion, medium, nucleus

  7. Singular or pluralsomeanya lot ofallmostnone

  8. Always singularmucha littlelittleeveryeach

  9. Always pluralbothfewmanyseveral

  10. Always pluralNouns that are Always Pluralbinocularspajamastrousers scissors slacks pantsjeansglasses

  11. -The subject and verb agree even when words come between them.Maria usually comes to class on time.My best friend from my high school years fits the description.

  12. -The verb in a relative clause agrees with the noun that the clause modifies.The man who lives next door is my father.

  13. Correct or incorrect?The person whose orders resulted in layoffs run the company as its CEO.The reporter who wrote the article I read think this is unfair.

  14. Adjectives/nouns – A four-year-old child, a three-month vacation,He must be sixty years old.

  15. Three yearsis a long time.Sixty dollarsis too much to pay for that shirt.Thirty-two poundsis the average size of a three-year old girl.Readingis fun

  16. Here ThereWord order -verb agrees with subject that comes afterHere are the items.There is only one movie for children at this theater.

  17. Community Jury Band Committee Team audience Faculty Family Police Orchestra Crowd class Collective Nouns

  18. Collective nouns – can take either a singular or a plural verb. When the singular is used, the focus is on the group as a whole. When the plural is used, the focus is on the individual members of the group.

  19. My family lives together in a big house.My family take separate vacations.

  20. Nouns ending in –s that are singular: news, physics, measles, mathematics, economics, arthritis, diabetes, laryngitis, tuberculosis, tennis, athletics, linguistics politics, statistics, gymnastics – Economics is very interesting

  21. -The subject and verb agree when a gerund, infinitive, or noun clause is the subject of the verb. -There is /there are, there was/were, there has been/have beenThe quantifying expressions“One of the”, “all of the”, some (of the) none (of the), everyone (of the), the number of, a number of

  22. One of the oldest buildings on campus is North Hall.Some of the milk has gone sour.The number of volunteers was surprising. A number of students were absent today.

  23. Indefinite Pronouns – always take a singular verb.Anyone anybody anythingeveryone everybody everythingsomeone somebody somethingno one nobody nothing

  24. Anyoneis welcome.Everythingworks out eventually.Each student writes a paper.Nothingsatisfies her.

  25. Compound Subjects:The verb agrees with the closer subject.Either…orNeither…norNot only…but alsothe verb is always pluralboth…and

  26. Either my brothers or my sister is going.Neither my hat nor my gloves are there.Not only the students, but also the teacher plans to be at the meeting.A hamburger and fries is my favorite snack.My friend and protector is the dog.

  27. The End!

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