PPT-Subject-Verb Agreement Intervening Prepositional Phrases

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. Brushup. John . Langan. & Janet M. Goldstein. Subjects & Verbs. The . subject. of a sentence is the person, thing, or idea that the sentence is about.. The . verb . explains what the sentence says about the subject. . From the. UWF Writing Lab’s 101 . Grammar Mini-Lessons Series. Mini-Lesson #18. Verbs agree with their subjects in number (singular, plural). Problems arise when writers attempt to make the verb in the sentence agree with the word closest to it. Often the word closest to the verb is not the subject, especially if there is an intervening word group like a prepositional phrase between the subject and the verb. . 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. .. A . Phrase. is a group of related words that does not include a . Subject. and . Verb. . . on. the coast. in. college. to. the game. Prepositional Phrases. A . Phrase. is a group of related words that does not include a . , . 10/7 . & Thursday, . 10/8. Today’s Agenda:. Calendar Distribution. 2) Grammar Lesson: Clauses and Phrases. 3) Hero Cycle Notes, continued. Homework: . Prepare for Root Words Quiz #3 on Friday/Tuesday. 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 . SUBJECT, PREDICATE, & COMPLEMENT. WHAT IS THE SUBJECT?. SUBJECT . person, place, thing or idea . that’s the main focus of the sentence. COMPLETE SUBJECT: main word of the subject AND all of the words that go along with it. A . Phrase. is a group of related words that does not include a . Subject. and . Verb. . . on. the coast. in. college. to. the game. Prepositional Phrases. A . Phrase. is a group of related words that does not include a . 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 . Review: What are each of the following?. Subject. Verb. Direct Object. Indirect Object. Prepositional Phrases. Start with a preposition. Ends with an object. An object will be a noun or a pronoun. Example: Towards the east.. Diagramming Sentences …adding prepositional phrases Remember diagramming’s Modifiers go underneath that which they modify … and prepositional phrases are simply modifiers… Prime Directive: What is a phrase? . . A group of words without a subject and verb, used as a part of speech.. . A phrase is not a complete idea, because it is a group of words which contains no subject/predicate set and which only acts as a single part of speech. . 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. . 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: .