Subject Verb Agreement

• English
• Secondary Education

Subject Verb Agreement

Expected Learning Outcomes

Learners will be able to:

• recall  the rules of Subject – Verb Agreement
• frame grammatically correct  sentences with subject and verb agreeing with each other. 
• identify the correct verb to be used in a sentence.

Subject verb agreement simply means the subject and verb must agree in number. 

Here are some examples of subject verb agreement :

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

Let's Recall

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 a singular subject is preceded by each and every ,the verb  should in the singular form .

Each and every person in the village knows him.

If of two subjects ,the first one is singular and the second one is plural ,the verb should in plural form.

Either Nimish or his relatives have to pay the money.

When two singular subjects are joined by neither ,nor,use singular subject.

Neither Jina nor her sister was present today.

Subject -Verb Agreement

• A collective noun takes a singular verb.
• Nouns ,like a pair of shoes ,a pair of scissors  etc,are taken as singular and they take a singular verb.
• Use a singular verb with distances, periods of time, sums of money, etc., when considered as a unit.

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)

Post your answers of Ex A (page number-57)

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)

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 Rowing Club, __________ to submit a new constitution.

1. needs
2. need

Post your answers for Ex B here.(Page number 58)

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.

  

Revisit the rules of subject verb agreement.

Now I Can:

recall the rules of Subject – Verb Agreement
frame grammatically correct sentences with subject and verb agreeing with each other.
identify the correct verb to be used in a sentence.

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

THANK YOU