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Standardized Test Warm-ups. Subject Verb Agreement. Instructions. Take the handout from the chair. Read each rule governing subject/verb agreement. Identify the subject and verb in each example sentence with an S or V. Introduction of Subject/Verb Agreement.
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Standardized Test Warm-ups Subject Verb Agreement
Instructions • Take the handout from the chair. • Read each rule governing subject/verb agreement. • Identify the subject and verb in each example sentence with an S or V.
Introduction of Subject/Verb Agreement Can you find the subjects and the verbs in the sentences below? Do they agree in number? • Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator are going to have to make a decision. • Are my boss or my sisters in the union going to win this grievance?
Powerpoint Notes to Ponder • View the powerpoint and make notes in your journals for future reference and support. • Make sure your notes are clear and have examples for reference. • Here we go!
Subject/Verb Agreement Practice • Find the subject and the verb in the following sentences. Do they match in agreement? Explain. • Some of the votes seem to have been miscounted. • The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring are more than just a nuisance. • Everyone selected to serve on this jury have to be willing to give up a lot of time.
Subject/Verb Agreement Practice • Find the subject and the verb in the following sentences. Do they match in agreement? Explain. • Kara Wolters, together with her teammates, presents a formidable opponent on the basketball court. • He seems to forget that there are things to be done before he can graduate. • There have to be some people left in that town after yesterday’s flood.
Subject/Verb Agreement Practice • Find the subject and the verb in the following sentences. Do they match in agreement? Explain. • Some of the grain appear to be contaminated. • Three-quarters of the students is against the tuition hike. • A high percentage of the population is voting for the new school.
Subject/Verb Agreement Practice • Find the subject and the verb in the following sentences. Do they match in agreement? Explain. • A high percentage of the people was voting for the new school. • That team of soccer players are known to be the roughest in the league. • The audience of discerning jazz fans were thoroughly disgusted with the lounge act billed as “ the best thing since early Miles Davis.”
Subject/Verb Agreement Practice • Find the subject and the verb in the following sentences. Do they match in agreement? Explain. • This class of high school students spend too much time thinking about the SAT. • Tax evasion, a crime which has been documented in many modern novels and films, remain a relatively common offense. • The long plane ride, marred by too many loud passengers and too few beverages, were thoroughly repugnant.
Subject/Verb Agreement Practice • Find the subject and the verb in the following sentences. Do they match in agreement? Explain. • Many children from that impoverished country never has the opportunities that we do. • All of his novels, which feature the same superficial protagonist, is much too similar. • Although some people do not enjoy cold weather, there is many skiers who welcome the winter snow.
Subject/Verb Agreement Practice • Find the subject and the verb in the following sentences. Do they match in agreement? Explain. • Everyone who saw the movie was impressed by its powerful special effects • Neither the young cow nor the farmer was amused by the cold weather. • All of the refugees was in desperate need of food and medical care.
Subject/Verb Agreement Practice • Find the subject and the verb in the following sentences. Do they match in agreement? Explain. • Illiteracy is an enormous issue, it affects million of people worldwide and is an impediment to social progress. • The company president has taken steps to ensure that she can handle the pressure and anxiety associated with the job. • If you is sure that you is in the right, you would not mind an independent examination of the case.
Sentence Examples • A number of horticultural arts, including a b bonsai and ikebana, begansin Japan. No error c d e • There is many benefits to biking; it is both a rigorous a b form of exercise and an environmentally sustainable c d conscious mode of transportation. No error e
Sentence Examples • Many scholars considersUlysses James Joyce’s a greatest work; however, many readers find b c Dublinersmore accessible. No error d e • Dentists agree that brushing your teeth three a b times a day promotegood dental health and a c more attractive smile. No error d e