PPT-SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT

Elizabeth Rubin PreAssessment 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). . As you click through this . powerpoint. , you will need to answer the questions on your worksheet. At the end, you will need to check AND CORRECT your answers. Let’s review subject pronouns first. . Bell Ringer . 8/31. :. Read each sentence. Write the correct verb in parentheses. . 1. . The band (play, plays) loudly at the pep rally. . 2. . . . Neither the coughing muffler nor the squeaky brakes . 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. .. 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 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. . 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. 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. AGREEMENT. AND…. the 2 largest issues when it comes to Agreement =. SUBJECT-VERB. Agreement . & . PROUN-ANTECEDENT. Agreement. SO…. A . SUBJECT. & a . VERB. have to agree in number.. 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.. 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.. 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. . Andrea A. Lunsford. Third-person singular subjects . To make a verb in the present tense agree with a third-person singular subject, add –s or –. es. to the base form.. A vegetarian diet . lowers.