PPT-Subject Verb Agreement Intervening phrases

Singular subjects must have singular verbs often end in s Plural Subjects must have plural verbs Subject and verb must always agree in number whether or not phrases come between them . Phrases. When one adjective or adverb cannot convey enough information, a phrase can contribute more detail to a sentence. A . phrase. is a group of words that does not include a subject and verb and cannot stand alone as a sentence.. Rule 1:. Basic Principle. : . Singular subjects need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs.. . . My . brother. . is. a nutritionist. My . sisters. . are. teachers.. NOTE. : . The trick is in knowing whether the subject is singular or plural. The next trick is recognizing a singular or plural verb. Rule 1:. Basic Principle. : . Singular . subjects (nouns) . need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs.. . The key is to correctly identify the subject of the sentence, and decide if it is singular or plural. Then, match the verb to the subject.. Phrases. A phrase . is a group of words without both . a subject and a verb.. Examples:. After the movie. , we ate dinner.. I like . walking dogs. .. Verb Phrases. Verb phrases function as verbs. In order to be a verb phrase, the verb must be made up of a main verb and one helping verb.. ESHS ENGLISH. What is a phrase?. A phrase is a group of words that do not contain a subject or a predicate.. Noun phrase.. These are phrases that have a . noun. , a person, place or thing.. They might have . Ms. . Lodhie’s. Mini-Lesson on. Sophisticated Writing =). Recognize him?. (It’s . Gollum, . from “The Lord of the Rings. ”). “. We wants it, we needs it. . Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little . Adapted from . My Dog Bites the English Teacher. , by Marian Anders. First, we learned how to find the subject of a sentence and the verb.. Finding Verbs Review:. The Time Change Method. Change the time of the sentence by saying . Interrupted by Prepositions, Inverted Order, Indefinite Pronouns, Compound Subjects, and Collective Nouns. Basic Subject-Verb Agreement. The subject and the verb in a sentence must agree in number.. Singular:. The verb can be either an action or a state of being like . is. or . was. . . Name the verb in the following sentence.. The cat jumped over the moon.. Mrs. Martin is my favorite teacher of all time. . A verb must agree with its subject in person and number.. Example: . She advises. (singular). They . advise. (plural). Do not mistake a word in a prepositional phrase for the subject of a sentence.. Subjects and verbs have to agree in number:. . If you have a singular subject, then you must use a singular verb form. . If you have a plural subject, you must use a plural verb form.. Singular subject, singular verb. Highlight the key ideas in your handout when you see or hear them in this presentation.. If two or more subjects are joined by the conjunctions . and. , . or. , or . nor. , the conjunction determines if you use a singular or a plural verb.. 8. th. Grade/. ELa. Subject verb agreement. The subject of a sentence is the actor/idea of a sentence. The verb is the action or state of being of the subject. Subjects and verbs need to agree in number, which is known as singular or plural. A Subject-Verb Agreement Error occurs when the subject and verb of a sentence do not agree in number. . A noun phrase includes a . noun. —a person, place, or thing—and the . modifiers.  which distinguish it. .. You can find the noun . dog.  in a sentence, for example, but you don't know which canine the writer means until you consider the entire noun phrase: .