PPT-Subject and Verb Agreement With Subjects Preceded by

Each Every and Many A From the UWF Writing Labs 101 Grammar MiniLessons Series MiniLesson 15 Subjects preceded by each every and many a are singular even if the subjects are grammatically compound. 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. . Simple Subjects & Predicates. Every sentence has two parts: a subject and a predicate.. The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about.. The predicate tells what the subject is or does or what happens to the subject.. 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. 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.. Subjects and Verbs. Pronouns and Antecedents. Verb Tense. Subject / Verb Agreement. The subject of a sentence must agree with the sentence’s verb in terms of the following:. Number. A singular subject must take a singular verb. Locating Subjects and Verbs. To avoid writing a fragment, look for the subject and verb in a sentence. . To find the subject. , ask, . “. Which word tells what or who this sentence is about. ?”. 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:. Why can't we all just get . along?. Basic Sentence Parts. All sentence structures have at least one . SUBJECT. and at least one . PREDICATE . (aka VERB).. Clarice. . dances. to the beat of her own drum.. 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. Bellringer. INSTRUCTIONS: . The following sentences contain subject verb agreement errors. Write the sentences as they appear and then make corrections.. 1. Laura . and Jim is characters in Tennessee Williams’s . 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.. Action and Linking Verbs. Verbs can work in two ways: . Action verbs show action:. We . walk. to the store every Tuesday.. The children . ran. to South Beach.. There can be more than one verb in a sentence:. Najia. Z. . Nazir. RULE # 1. . A verb agrees with its subject in number.. Singular subjects take singular verbs:. The . car stays in the garage.. The flower smells good. .. Rule 1. There is an old saying: “Opposites attract.” The rule for singular and plural verbs is just the opposite .