Select the correct verb just write the verb The tools belongbelongs to the mechanic The students walkwalks quickly to get to class on time The milk arrivearrives each morning at six ID: 376966
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Subject-Verb Agreement
Select the correct verb (just write the verb)
The tools (belong/belongs) to the mechanic.
The students (walk/walks) quickly to get to class on time.The milk (arrive/arrives) each morning at six.He (sing/sings) in the school choir.
Present Tense Rule:
No double ‘s’
One thing= ‘s’ on the verb: The cat purr
s
Plural thing =
NO ‘s’
on the verb: Cats purr.
Never: The cat
s
purr
s (double ‘s’ is wrong)Slide3
Warm Up
1. Both candidates oppose increased defense spending. Neither of the two candidates (oppose) the war in Iraq.
2. Not one of these cell phones belongs to me. One of the phones (belong) to
Merdine.3. Most students take all of their classes in the morning. Nobody (take) classes after 2:00.4. One of my hobbies is collecting shopping bags. My hobbies (be) unusual.5. Gus and Merdine want a trial separation. Neither one (want) to move out of the apartment.6. Neither of the players admits that he made an error. Both players (admit) that somebody made a mistake.
7. Both the manager and her assistant have been fired. Neither the manager nor her assistant (have) been notified.
8. Where is your little brother? Several pages from my journal (be) missing.
9. Professor
Legree
often goes for long walks in the rain. The lights in his house (go) on at midnight.
10. The students in the back of the room play poker during breaks. The student who sits next to the refreshments (play) solitaire.