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Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement. A verb must agree with its subject. Singular Subjects and Verbs I am studying. You are studying. He is studying. His brother lives in Oregon. It tastes good. She works hard. A verb must agree with its subject. Plural Subjects and Verbs We are studying.

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Subject-Verb Agreement

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  1. Subject-Verb Agreement

  2. A verb must agree with its subject. Singular Subjects and Verbs • I amstudying. • Youare studying. • Heis studying. • His brotherlives in Oregon. • Ittastes good. • She works hard.

  3. A verb must agree with its subject. Plural Subjects and Verbs • We arestudying. • Youare studying. • Theyare studying. • His childrenlive in Oregon. • These applestaste good. • John and his sisterwork hard.

  4. Subject-Verb Agreement in Different Tenses Simple Present Be: I am ready. He / She / Itis ready. We / Theyare ready. Regular Verbs: I / You / We / Theywork hard. He / She / Itworks hard.

  5. Subject-Verb Agreement in Different Tenses Present Progressive Iam working. He / She / Itis working. We / Theyare working.

  6. Subject-Verb Agreement in Different Tenses Present Perfect I / You / We / Theyhave eaten. He / She / Ithas eaten.

  7. Subject-Verb Agreement in Different Tenses Simple Past Be: I / He / She / Itwas late. We / Theywere late. All Other Verbs: I / You / He / She / It We / Theyworked hard.

  8. Subject-Verb Agreement in Different Tenses Past Progressive I / He / She / Itwas working hard. We / Theywere working hard.

  9. Rules for Subject-Verb Agreement • A verb must agree with its subject. Those dogs are really cute. Note: The subject and verb may not be right next to each other. Those dogs in the pet store window are cute.

  10. Rules for Subject-Verb Agreement 2. When the subject is two or more nouns joined by and, use a plural verb. Tacos and pizza taste very good. Australia, Mexico, and France make good cheese.

  11. Rules for Subject-Verb Agreement 3. If the subject of a sentence is one of the + plural noun, the main subject is one and the verb is singular. One of the students has the flu. One of my friends lives in Alaska.

  12. Rules for Subject-Verb Agreement 4. In sentences with there + be, the subject is the noun following be. There is a show on TV tonight. There are books on the table. There is jewelry in the drawer.

  13. Rules for Subject-Verb Agreement 5. Gerunds (-ing) as subjects take the singular verb. Shopping is fun for some people. Writing takes a lot of time. Swimming and running are good exercises.

  14. Correct the subject-verb agreement errors. • Carrie and Kay is organizing the party. • The elections was successful last year. • Do Ben live near campus? • Traveling to new cities are fun. • The Drama Department offer some good classes.

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