PPT-Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise 1, p. 84.

Add s or es where necessary Do not change or omit any other words All of the sentences are simple present Discuss the use spelling and pronunciation of final s es 2 My parent visit many countries when they travel in Europe. Elizabeth Rubin. Pre-Assessment. 1. . Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator is /are going to have to make a decision. . 2.. Either the Committee on Course Design or the Committee on College Operations decide/ decides these matters. . “They need to work together!”. NOUN AND VERB AGREEMENT. Nouns and verbs need to work together to create a complete thought. (sounds right). Nouns can be plural or singular.. Singular= one (dog). Matching the subject with the verb.. The subject and verb must agree in number. First, the subject must be determined.. The . child. . sings. .. The . children. . sing. .. The . frog. . jumps. .. Why do Subjects and Verbs have to agree?. What’s wrong with this?. . Mr. Jefferson eat his peas.. Or. The ghostly dogs barks at the moon.. Or. . Anyone who think we are wrong is a jerk!. Subjects and Verbs. 1. . Common Core State Standards. English Language Arts/Language: 9-12. Conventions of Standard English. :. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.. The basic rule states that a singular subject takes a singular verb, while a plural subject takes a plural verb. .. NOTE:.  The trick is in knowing whether the subject is singular or plural. The next trick is recognizing a singular or plural verb.. The Basic Principle: A subject must agree with its verb(s).. S. ingular. . subjects must have . singular. verbs.. Plural. subjects must have . plural. verbs. . In other words, subjects and verbs must match. . 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. . 4. From . Real Good Grammar, Too. by Mamie Webb Hixon. PowerPoint Created by Rebecca Juntunen. Last Updated Spring 2017. “There’s a million things I haven’t done. But just you wait.”. -- Lin Manuel Miranda, “Alexander Hamilton” from the musical . Noun . -. s. : Friend. s. are important.. Noun . -. es. : I like my class. es. .. A final -. s. or . -. es. is added to a noun to make the noun plural.. Friend and class = singular nouns. Pre-Assessment. 1. . Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator is /are going to have to make a decision. . 2.. Either the Committee on Course Design or the Committee on College Operations decide/ decides these matters. . subject. and a . predicate.. Subject: names the person place, thing, or idea spoken about in the rest of the sentence. Predicate: says something about the subject. Americans | have made quilts.. Subject Predicate. 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. .