T4CE Subject Verb Agreement (unit 14)

• English
• Secondary Education

Wednesday 7-2-24

Lesson aim: vocabulary building & grammar practice

Outcomes:

- You can match idioms to their meaning

-You know how to correctly apply verbs to agree with the subject.

Part 1 vocabulary

https://edition.cnn.com/cnn10

Now read the text on page 145 and do ex 2 + 5 on page 144

Part 1 Vocabulary

https://edition.cnn.com/cnn10

Now read the text on page 145 and do ex 2 + 5 on page 144

Subject Verb Agreement

Part 2 Grammar

I will be able to:

1.  frame grammatically correct  sentences with subject and verb agreeing with each other. 
2. identify and use correct verb in a sentence.

Subject verb agreement

This simply means the subject and verb must agree in number. 

Here are some examples of subject verb agreement (the subject is bolded and the verb underlined):

• My dog always growls at the postal carrier.
  
• Basketballs roll across the floor.

warming-up

Choose the correct option.
Jacob nor Jane ___ coming to the party.(is/are/have)

Choose the correct option.

Each one of us ______ to bring something.
(has/have)

Choose the correct option.

Neither the lion nor the bears ______escaped from the zoo.
(has/have)

Subject-Verb Agreement

If the subject is singular, the verb must be singular too.

Example: She writes every day.

If the subject is plural, the verb must also be plural.

Example: They write every day.

When the subject of the sentence is composed of two or more nouns or pronouns connected by and, use a plural verb.

Example: The doctoral student and the committee members write every day.

Write the verb in agreement with its subject .
Ten rupees_____the price of this pen.(have /are/is)

The following statement is grammatically correct.

Fifty yards are a good distance.
(True /False)

Write the verb in agreement with its subject .

Which of you two_____willing to go to the market yesterday?(was/were)

Write the verb in agreement with its subject .

Milk and soda____a refreshing drink.(is/are)

Write the verb in agreement with its subject .
The Amelia ship with the entire crew _____lost in 1816.
(was/were)

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
1.Iceland_____not a large country.(be)
2.Annu and Isha______dancing on the stage(be)

Carlos is the only one of those students who __________ lived up to the potential described in the yearbook.

1. is
2. have
3. has
4. are

The International Club, as well as the Choral Society and the Rowing Club, __________ to submit a new constitution.

1. needs
2. need

Which of the following statement is correct?

1. Rice and beans, my favorite dish, reminds me of my native Puerto Rico.
2. Rice and beans, my favorite dish, remind me of my native Puerto Rico.

If it ___curdle in 20 minutes,add a little more lemon juice.

1. does not
2. do not

Latoya isn't going to Daytona Beach for spring break because fourteen dollars __________ all that she has in her vacation fund.

1. is
2. are
3. was
4. were

Even though Johnson and Johnson _________ consumers not to insert Q-tips into their ears, people refuse to read directions and frequently rupture their eardrums.

1. had warned
2. is warned
3. warn
4. warns

Not only the vitamin C from the broccoli but also the delicious taste of the chocolate ___________ this breakfast cereal a real crowd pleaser.

1. make
2. made
3. makes
4. will make

Which of the following statement is correct?

1. Neither the students nor their instructor is happy with the long cafeteria line for stew.
2. Neither the students nor their instructor are happy with the long cafeteria line for stew.

General Foods, the maker of Cheerios, ___________ developed a new cereal with chocolate puffs and broccoli-flavored marshmallows.

1. have
2. is
3. has
4. are

Carlos is the only one of those students who __________ lived up to the potential described in the yearbook.

1. has
2. is
3. have
4. are

Now I Can:

frame grammatically correct sentences with subject and verb agreeing with each other.

identify and use correct verb in a sentence.

1. strongly agree
2. agree
3. not sure
4. need help

Homework

Exercises 1,2,3,4 pg 146

THANK YOU