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Subject-Verb Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement. An SAT grammar presentation by Steven Schillig and Calvin Liang. What’s Wrong here?. The solution…. What is Subject-Verb Agreement?. Subject-Verb Agreement is pretty self explanatory: Your sentence’s subject must agree with its corresponding verb

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Subject-Verb Agreement

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  1. Subject-Verb Agreement An SAT grammar presentation by Steven Schillig and Calvin Liang

  2. What’s Wrong here?

  3. The solution…

  4. What is Subject-Verb Agreement? • Subject-Verb Agreement is pretty self explanatory: • Your sentence’s subject must agree with its corresponding verb • Components to consider… • Plural vs. Singular • Contractions • Linking Verbs • Compound Subjects

  5. Plural vs. Singular • The most common Subject-Verb Disagreement is when people confuse singular and plural subjects and verbs • When you have • Examples… • Runs vs. Run • Jumps vs. Jump • Shoots vs. Shoot • Annoys vs. Annoy • Ex. Steven go online to check his Facebook. • FIXED: Steven GOES online to check his Facebook.

  6. Singular vs. Plural Example • This one’s tricky. See if you can get it… • Let’s see the fix.

  7. Contractions • Same thing applies to all-wonderful contraction. • Make sure your subject(s) and verb are both _______ (singular, plural) • Same gist as plural/singular • Weren’t vs. Wasn’t • Was vs. Were • Has vs. Have • Hasn’t vs. Haven’t • Ex. Calvin haven’t ever been to Swaziland. • Fixed: Calvin HASN’T ever been to Swaziland.

  8. Contractions Example • What’s wrong here? (aside from the poorly blocked profanity) • Let’s fix it…

  9. Extra, Missing, or incorrect use of a Linking Verb • Sometimes, you might come across a sentence with an extra linking verb, or the incorrect use of a linking verb • While easy to notice in some occasions, still pay attention to the whole sentence • Example: • Mr. McShane have retweeted my last tweet! • FIXED: • Mr. McShane HAS retweeted my last tweet! • EVEN MORE FIXED: • Mr. McShane RETWEETED my last tweet!

  10. AN Example… • Oh, Justin.

  11. FIXED!

  12. Always Disregard Prep phrases • The object of a preposition in a prepositional phrase should be disregarded when determining the tense of the verb • DO NOT LET IT THROW YOU OFF • Example. Ten BILLION gallons of oil (is/are) being dumped into the pacific ocean

  13. Compound Subjects • Compound subjects put two subjects together that share the same direct object by means of a coordinating conjunction • Example: Tom sees the turkey on the table. + Calvin sees the turkey on the table. = Tom and Calvin see the turkey on the table. • Notice the use of the conjunction “and” as well as the transition from “sees” to “see” • It is like we are considering Tom and Calvin as one plural noun • Notice the change when the conjunction “OR” is used • Example: Tom or Calvin SEES the turkey on the table. • If one subject is singular and the other is plural, the verb agrees with the closest.

  14. YOU Try! What is wrong with the underlined portion?

  15. Example 2- What’s wrong?

  16. Collective Nouns • Collective nouns take a singular verb when referred to as a unit • Collective nouns take a plural verb when referred to as individuals • Example: The sheep STRAYS when the gate is open

  17. Review • The causes of this horrible disease (is/are) poor diet and lack of exercise • The members of the committee (is/are) very esteemed intheir respective fields. • Sheep (strays/stray) when the gate is open. • The jury (vote/votes) today! • Steven and Calvin (is/are) not ready for their presentation. • Steven or Calvin (is/are) not ready for the presentation. • Statistics (is/are) an interesting subject • Statistics (is/are) often misleading to us, especially on Twitter.

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