Agenda

1. Pass back work
2. Peer edit/polish prologue exercise
3. Grammar review: Subject & Verb Agreement

Subject &Verb Agreement

Having subject and verb agreement means matching singular subjects with the singular form of the verb being used, and matching plural subjects with the plural form of the verb being used. If your subject and verb don’t agree because you have chosen the wrong form, you will most likely be able to tell that it just doesn’t sound right when you say your sentence out loud.

CORRECT:

The puppies are cute.

Since

puppies is plural, it would sound funny to use the singular verb form, is (NOT correct): The puppies is cute.
CORRECT:
The boy walks home from school.

Since boy is singular, it would sound funny to use the plural

verb form, walk (NOT correct):The boy walk home from school.

** The subjects “You” and “I” do not follow the rule. Even though they are singular, they are matched with the same verb form as plural subjects.

Choose the correct form of the verb to match each subject.

1. He (sing/sings) _______  11. The boys (see/sees) ______

2. They (talk/talks) ______ 12. Sarah (read/reads) _______

3. My mom (sit/sits) ______  13. Jimmy (paint/paints) _______

4. Uncle Bob (eat/eats) _____  14. The dog (bark/barks) ______

5. We (play/plays) ________  15. My friend (visit/visits) _______

6. You (write/writes) ______  16. She (draw/draws) __________

7. They (clean/cleans) ______ 17. It (work/works) ___________

8. Jessica (walk/walks) ______ 18. The car (run/runs) ________

9. The cats (nap/naps) _______  19. You (jump/jumps) _______

10. We (watch/watches) ______  20. I (travel/travels) ________