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Subject-Verb Agreement match the subject and its verb Intermediate Writers Workshop Rode 2010 Step 1 Identify the subject Subject Verb? Example One person ? going to a party in the evening. Two people ? going to a party in the evening. Step 2 Count the subject(s) Ask: Ask: “How Many?” Singular or Plural “Singular Plural?” Sarah 1 ? going to a party. Sarah and 2 Jim ? going to a party. Step 3 Consider the correct verb form Singular • Is • Was • Likes Sarah is ... Sarah and Jim are … Plural • Are • Were • Like Prepositional Phrases Identify the noun that is the subject Ignore the noun in the prep phrase Count the subject(s) The person in the house s is are The people in the house is are Subjects with And Subjects with AND are always plural Their parts can be singular or plural 1 1 The apple and the orange is are The apple and the oranges is are 1 2 Subjects with Or/Nor Subjects with OR/NOR can be singular Subjects with OR/NOR can be plural OR/NOR means NOT Both The apple 1 or the orange 1 is are The apple 1 or the oranges 2 is are The oranges or the apple 2 1 is are Collective Nouns Can be Singular or Plural Ask: One Group or Many Individuals Individuals? • group • faculty • jury • class • committee • family • public • herd • army • assembly • club • swarm • audience • team Amounts Can be singular or plural Ask: amount or individuals The price is twenty dollars. Twenty dollars is the price. one price The wallet holds twenty dollars. Twenty dollars are in the wallet. several dollars The class lasts four hours. is too long to sit still. Four hours is one amount Titles Whether one or several items are in a title, titles are always singular Great Expectationss is a good book. “The Owl and the Pussycat” is a good poem. “Gypsies, Tramps &Thieves” is a good song. Words Ending -ics Words that end in –ics -ics are always singular economics acrobatics physics civics ethics academics The mathematics ics on the test is are The politics ics of their conversation is are The athletics ics required in school is are