Sentence structure: Subject, predicate, agreement

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

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Today's topics

• Subject + predicate
• verb agreement.

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to split the predicate from the subject and decide if a verb agrees with the subject or not. 

Subject and predicate.

Subject = who is doing the action.

Predicate = all the verbs in the sentence.

A few examples...

Subject | predicate

Yesterday I made a new bookshelf.

She has been building a new car for a year now.

Have they finished the homework?

What is the subject?

'Harry Potter is a great wizard.'

1. Harry Potter
2. Is
3. a
4. great wizard

What is the subject?

'Tom and Jerry are building a boat.'

1. Tom
2. Jerry
3. Tom and Jerry
4. are building a boat

Choose the predicate.

The Doctor is a time traveller who travels
through time.

1. The Doctor
2. who
3. is, travels
4. through time

Choose the predicate.

An amazing book was written by
Mary W. Shelley.

1. An amazing book
2. Mary W. Shelley
3. by
4. was written

Subject-verb agreement

What is verb agreement?

When the verb and the subject 'fit'.

• I walk
• She walks
• They walk.

The canons be ready Captain.

The canons are ready Captain.

On the test?

The paperclips in the office (are, is) made of metal.

I (have, has) ran out of ideas.

Either Max or Ivan (was, were) at school.

1. was
2. were

Joshua and Maxim (serves, are serving) in a restaurant.

1. serves
2. are serving

The fishes, together with the bait, (was, were) in the water.

1. were
2. was

The United States (is, are) a big country.

1. is
2. are

What is what?

"A weird speech pattern, Yoda has".

1. predicate: has subject: Yoda
2. Predicate: A weird speech pattern.
3. Subject: has
4. Predicate: Yoda

Today's topics

• Subject + predicate
• verb agreement.

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to split the predicate from the subject and decide if a verb agrees with the subject or not. 

A poll to evaluate.

I understand nothing, what have you been talking about???

I understand most of the material, but I do need some extra explanation / examples.

I completely understand and give me the test already!