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Subject/ verb agreement
and verb tenses
By: Cierra Y. , John C., Linda R.
Subject agreement
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Define:
Matching the verbs and subjects according to how they are
presented in the sentence.
 They could be shown in either singular or plural form.
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Subject agreement
singular
Singular subject--he, she, it (pronouns)-should be substituted with singular nouns.
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For example: the student sings (she or she sings)
most of the time your noun will be on the
left side of the verb. This helps you
identify the subject in the sentence. But it
varies.
Subject agreement
plurals
Plurals forms occurs when you are talking about
more than one subject.
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Such as student (singular) and students (plural)
child (singular) and children (plural)
Regular Verbs
They can be easily changed to present
and past by adding or taking away the
“ed” at the end of the word.
 For example:
Walk (present) can be changed to walked
(past)
But not all verbs are as easy to spot…
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Irregular verbs
Aren’t that easy to change.
You have to change the whole word
Such as:
saw (past) and see (present)
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They are ir regular because they do not take an
“ed” ending in the past tense, as regular verbs do.
Verb tense
Control the shift in
verb tense, or the
time-frame in which
actions take place.
 Non-narrative writing
should employ verb
tenses consistently
and clearly.
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For example
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The ocean contains rich minerals that
washed down the rivers and steams.
Notice that there are two different verb tenses in this
sentence (present and past), but that it is an accurate
time frame for both actions.
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Shannon walk to the store, but she ran
down the asiles.
In this case two different verb tenses cause confusion.
Work cited page
Maggie, Escalas. "Literacy Education Online."
Leo. 05 Oct. 1999. 26 Jun 2007 <
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/subverag.htm
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 "English Basics." RHL School. 12 Oct. 1999. 26
June 2007 < www.rhlschool.com/emg4n6.htm
>.
 "OWL." Online Writing Lab. 2004. Purdue
University. 28 Jun 2007
<http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/gram
mar/g_tensec.html >.
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