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Nouns with Special Subjects

Nouns with Special Subjects . Review . Subject/Verb Agreement . Subjects and Verbs have to agree in number. Singular Subjects Singular Verb Plural Subjects Plural Verb. Your subjects and verbs must agree! . Singular vs. Plural . Singular—one person or thing

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Nouns with Special Subjects

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  1. Nouns with Special Subjects Review

  2. Subject/Verb Agreement • Subjects and Verbs have to agree in number. Singular Subjects Singular Verb Plural Subjects Plural Verb Your subjects and verbs must agree!

  3. Singular vs. Plural • Singular—one person or thing • Plural—is more than one person or thing Multiple people are things—PLURAL One person or thing--SINGULAR

  4. Subjects

  5. Notice this is different from the subjects. Think OPPOSITES ATTRACT! Verbs

  6. Collective Nouns • Collective Nouns are usually singular. • The herd passes through the orchard on the way to the pasture. • Our team is the best. • Subjects and diseases are singular. • Politics is a challenging field. • Words that have two parts are plural. • The scissors are on the shelf.

  7. Practice—Collective Nouns • Mumps sometimes (requires, require) you to be by yourself. • Checkers (is, are) her favorite game. • Statistics (is, are) a branch of mathematics. • The team (wins, win) frequently. • Mark’s favorite pants (is, are) faded blue denim. • To keep communication lines open, the faculty (meets, meet) each week. • The U.S. (has, have) two major political parties.

  8. Answers • Mumps sometimes (requires, require) you to be by yourself. • Checkers (is, are) her favorite game. • Statistics (is, are) a branch of mathematics. • The team (wins, win) frequently. • Mark’s favorite pants (is, are) faded blue denim. • To keep communication lines open, the faculty (meets, meet) each week. • The U.S. (has, have) two major political parties.

  9. Indefinite Pronouns Remember to look at the NOUN in the prepositional phrase Singular Each Anything Nothing Everything One Something Everyone Either Someone Anyone No one Nobody Everybody Neither Somebody Anybody Plural Several Many Few Both Singular or Plural Some Most All None You need to memorize this list for the test!!!

  10. Practice—Indefinite Pronouns • Some of the puppies (whines, whine) constantly. • Everybody in the two towns (knows, know) about the rivalry. • Neither of the boys (has, have) the key to the house. • Most of the band (practices, practice) regularly. • Several of my friends (operates, operate) a computer with ease.

  11. Answers • Some of the puppies (whines, whine) constantly. • Everybody in the two towns (knows, know) about the rivalry. • Neither of the boys (has, have) the key to the house. • Most of the band (practices, practice) regularly. • Several of my friends (operates, operate) a computer with ease.

  12. Compound Subjects The EXCEPTION is TITLES! War and Peace is an interesting book. AND NOR OR Noun closest to the verb is SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR Noun closest to the verb is PLURAL PLURAL

  13. Practice—Compound Subjects • My brother or my sister (chooses, choose) the menus tonight. • Neither Kathy nor her sister (knows, know) about the schedule change. • Both Dad and Mom (wants, want) peace and quiet on the weekends. • Neither Mr. Watkins nor my neighbor (plants, plant) squash. • Antonia and Jalisa (is, are) riding with me. • Either flowers or candy (makes, make) a great gift.

  14. Answers • My brother or my sister (chooses, choose) the menus tonight. • Neither Kathy nor her sister (knows, know) about the schedule change. • Both Dad and Mom (wants, want) peace and quiet on the weekends. • Neither Mr. Watkins nor my neighbor (plants, plant) squash. • Antonia and Jalisa (is, are) riding with me. • Either flowers or candy (makes, make) a great gift.

  15. Other Special Cases Time, Measurement, Money, Distance and titles are SINGULAR. Here is/Here are—Look to the noun after the verb For example: Here is my essay for the response. Here are the studentsin my class. There is/There are follows the same rule!

  16. Practice—Other Cases • Here (is, are) three copies of today’s Times. • Eight dollar (is, are) too much to pay for that hat. • Three months (is, are) a long waiting period for a license. • There (goes, go) Juan’s sister. • There (is, are) many sources for information you need. • Thirty days at hard labor (was, were) his sentence.

  17. Answers • Here (is, are) three copies of today’s Times. • Eight dollar (is, are) too much to pay for that hat. • Three months (is, are) a long waiting period for a license. • There (goes, go) Juan’s sister. • There (is, are) many sources for information you need. • Thirty days at hard labor (was, were) his sentence.

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