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Subject-Verb Agreements …What are they?

Learn the basics of subject-verb agreement to ensure your writing is grammatically correct. Understand how singular and plural subjects connect with verbs. Discover exceptions and rules through practical examples.

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Subject-Verb Agreements …What are they?

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  1. Subject-Verb Agreements…What are they?

  2. What is a Subject-Verb Agreement? Singular subjects need singular verbs and plural subjects need plural verbs

  3. Breaking It Down First of all, what is the subject? A subject is the person, place or thing in the sentence. It is who or what is doing the verb. Example: The dog is jumping over the fence.

  4. What is the verb? A verb is the action word describing what the subject is doing. Example: The dog is jumping over the fence.

  5. Example of singular: The dogisjumping over the fence.

  6. Example of plural: The dogsarejumping over the fence.

  7. Example of when you are using two or more nouns connected by ‘and’ : The boy and his dog arejumping over the fence. **make sure to use a plural verb**

  8. Example of when you are using ‘or’ and ‘nor’: Two singular nouns for two singular verbs The boy or his dogisjumping over the fence. When there is a singular and a plural noun, agree the latter noun with the subject closest to the verb The boys or their dog jumps over the fence The boy or his dogs jump over the fence

  9. Words that are singular, and require a singular verb:

  10. Example using words that are singular, and require a singular verb: Everybodyate recalled Maple Leaf chicken. Each of them is now sick.

  11. Words that imply more than one person: These words are considered singular so make sure to use a singular verb.

  12. Example: The committeeis seeking legal advice. The group has protested Maple Leaf products .

  13. Words that don’t change the number of the subject: Though these would be considered to make a sentence plural, they DO NOT change the number of your subject.

  14. Example: The teacher, accompanied by the student, is walking to the office. All of the cars, including yours, are on the ferry.

  15. Exceptions using there is or there are: There are many dogs. There is a dog. Using ‘there is’ or ‘there are’ requires the subject to follow the verb.

  16. Works Cited Dog stars the entertainment with a difference. 2007. Dog Stars. 11 October 2008. <http://www.dogstars.co.nz/ pages/pages/Quest%20jump%20fence.html> Leo: Literacy Education Online. 5 Oct. 1999. The Write Place at St. Cloud State University. 11 October 2008 <http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/subverag.html>. “Making Subjects and Verbs Agree.” Owl: Online Writing Lab. 2004. OWL at Purdue University. 11 October 2008 <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/ eslsubverb.html>.

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