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SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Subject The WHO/WHAT of the sentence that is doing or being something

A noun or pronoun The star of the

sentence Linked to the

predicate

Find the subject…

Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.

Find the subject…

Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.

Verb What the subject of the sentence is doing or being

A predicate Linked to the subject

Find the verb…

Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.

Find the verb…

Ms. Harkness needs coffee in the morning.

Subject-Verb Agreement

The verb must agree with the subject in number

Subject-Verb Agreement

If the subject is SINGULAR, the verb must be ____________.

Subject-Verb Agreement

If the subject is SINGULAR, the verb must be SINGULAR.

The student has three tests.Subject

Verb

Subject-Verb Agreement

If the subject is PLURAL, the verb must be ________________.

Subject-Verb Agreement

If the subject is PLURAL, the verb must be PLURAL.

The students have three tests.Subject

Verb

Compound Subject

Joined by the conjunction and

Will have a plural verb

Compound Subject

Huxley, Dante, and Emma are going to the dog park.

Compound Subject

Huxley, Dante, and Emma are going to the dog park.

PluralPlural

Trick with “Or”

When the compound subject is joined with “or,” you look at the subject CLOSEST to the verb

Or

Far subject or close subject verb.

Amy or her sisters win.

Sisters = pluralWin = plural

Singular or Plural

Mary or Martha [go/goes] to the store.

The flying squirrels or Ninja Duck [eat/eats] at the food court.

Singular or Plural

Mary or Martha goes to the store.

The flying squirrels or Ninja Duck eats at the food court.

Pronouns that are always SINGULAR Another Each Everything Anybody Either Neither Anyone Every Nobody Anything Everyone No one Nothing Somebody Someone Something

Pronouns to Remember… EACH and EVERY will always be

singularMake sure they have a singular verb

Each and Every

Each of my brothers [play/plays] football.

Each

Each of my brothers plays football.

Singular Singular

Each

Each of the markers [is/are] missing a cap.

Each

Each of the markers is missing a cap.