* Your assessment is very important for improving the workof artificial intelligence, which forms the content of this project
Download So, what causes problems with Subject
Germanic strong verb wikipedia , lookup
Japanese grammar wikipedia , lookup
Macedonian grammar wikipedia , lookup
Navajo grammar wikipedia , lookup
Chinese grammar wikipedia , lookup
Ukrainian grammar wikipedia , lookup
Esperanto grammar wikipedia , lookup
Old Norse morphology wikipedia , lookup
Arabic grammar wikipedia , lookup
Old Irish grammar wikipedia , lookup
Lithuanian grammar wikipedia , lookup
Kannada grammar wikipedia , lookup
Modern Hebrew grammar wikipedia , lookup
Portuguese grammar wikipedia , lookup
Lexical semantics wikipedia , lookup
Malay grammar wikipedia , lookup
Modern Greek grammar wikipedia , lookup
Georgian grammar wikipedia , lookup
Ojibwe grammar wikipedia , lookup
Udmurt grammar wikipedia , lookup
Russian grammar wikipedia , lookup
Swedish grammar wikipedia , lookup
Scottish Gaelic grammar wikipedia , lookup
Ancient Greek grammar wikipedia , lookup
Italian grammar wikipedia , lookup
Latin syntax wikipedia , lookup
Hungarian verbs wikipedia , lookup
Turkish grammar wikipedia , lookup
Old English grammar wikipedia , lookup
Yiddish grammar wikipedia , lookup
Polish grammar wikipedia , lookup
Serbo-Croatian grammar wikipedia , lookup
French grammar wikipedia , lookup
Subject-Verb Agreement Ms. Lodhie’s Mini-Lesson on Sophisticated Writing =) Recognize him? (It’s Gollum, from “The Lord of the Rings”) Famous Gollum Quotes What’s common across the sentences in each quote, particularly the underlined portions? • “We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little hobbitses. Wicked, tricksy, false!” • “Yes, precious, she could. And then we takes it once they're dead.” • “Oh! Cruel hobbit! It does not care if we be hungry.” Famous Gollum Quotes What’s common across the sentences in each quote, particularly the underlined portions? • “We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious. They Thehobbitses. don’t sound stole it from us. Sneaky little Wicked, tricksy, right because false!” subjects and verbs • “Yes, precious, she could. And thendon’t we takes it once agree! they're dead.” • “Oh! Cruel hobbit! It does not care if we be hungry.” What Gollum would say… • There is too many pictures on the wall. • Everybody but Julio want to go home. • All the people wants to win the lottery. The Basic Principle of Subject-Verb Agreement Singular subjects need singular verbs plural subjects need plural verbs. They must agree in number. Example (these agree in number): My brother is a nutritionist. My sisters are mathematicians. Example (these DON’T Agree in number): • There is too many pictures on the wall. • Everybody but Julio want to go home. • All the people plans to win the lottery. Try to correct the verbs to make the subjects and verbs agree! The Basic Principle of Subject-Verb Agreement Singular subjects need singular verbs plural subjects need plural verbs. They must agree in number. Example (these agree in number): My brother is a nutritionist. My sisters are mathematicians. Example (NOW these Agree in number!): • There are too many pictures on the wall. • Everybody but Julio wants to go home. • All the people plan to win the lottery. Try to correct the verbs to make the subjects and verbs agree! The Silliness of the English Language Singular = 1 Plural = 2+ To make a noun plural, we usually add –s • Singular: girl • Plural: girls • Now you try! • Singular: power • Plural:__________ The Silliness of the English Language Singular = 1 Plural = 2+ To make a verb plural, we take away the –s. Example: “to talk” • Singular: he talks • Plural: they talk • Now you try! “to recommend” • Singular: it _________ • Plural: they __________ So, what causes problems with Subject-Verb Agreement?! • 5 things cause problems with Subject-Verb Agreement: 1. Stuff (words/phrases) in between the Subject and verb 2. Verb placed before the subject (reversed word order) 3. Indefinite pronouns (ex. nobody, each) 4. Compound subjects (2+ subjects) 5. Who, Which, and That So, what causes problems with Subject-Verb Agreement?! 1. Stuff in between the Subject and verb (prepositional phrases) • Without prepositional phrases: – The man dances with joy • With “stuff in between” (prepositional phrases): – The shoes in the closet needs to be shined. – “in the closet” is a prepositional phrase in-between the subject and the verb, “shoes” and “needs” • Correct the sentence: • _________________________________________________ So, what causes problems with Subject-Verb Agreement?! 1. Stuff in between the Subject and verb (prepositional phrases) • Without prepositional phrases: – The man dances with joy • With “stuff in between” (prepositional phrases): – The shoes in the closet needs to be shined. – “in the closet” is a prepositional phrase in-between the subject and the verb, “shoes” and “needs” • Correct the sentence: – The shoes in the closet need to be shined. So, what causes problems with Subject-Verb Agreement?! 2. Verb before Subject (reversed word order): Example of a “normal order” sentence: (Subject verb) • The cat is in the house. Example of reversed order sentence (verb subject) • Inside the house is the cat. When reversed order goes wrong (subject-verb disagreement): CORRECT THESE SENTENCES: • Inside the garage are the shovel. • Across the street is Reynosa and Progresso. • Where is the instructions for the X-Box? So, what causes problems with Subject-Verb Agreement?! 2. Verb before Subject (reversed word order): Example of a “normal order” sentence: (Subject verb) • The cat is in the house. Example of reversed order sentence (verb subject) • Inside the house is the cat. When reversed order goes wrong (subject-verb disagreement): Check your corrections: • Inside the garage is the shovel. • Across the street are Reynosa and Progresso. • Where are the instructions for the X-Box? So, what causes problems with Subject-Verb Agreement?! 3. Indefinite pronouns Example of a subject-verb agreement issues with indefinite pronouns: • Nobody have a clue about what they are doing. • Nobody has a clue about what they are doing Indefinite pronouns TAKE A SINGULAR VERB -one words -body words -thing words one nobody nothing each anyone anybody anything neither everyone everybody everything either someone somebody something So, what causes problems with Subject-Verb Agreement?! 3. Indefinite pronouns EXCEPT… “All” and “both”, however, are plural Example: • All of the people has a library card. • Both skateboards is expensive. All of the people have a library card. Both skateboards are expensive. So, what causes problems with Subject-Verb Agreement?! 3. Indefinite pronouns Correct the following sentences: (check your answers on the next slide!) • Everything are ready for the party. • Neither Fred, nor Ed, nor Ted know the way. • All of them wants to go. • Both of them loves to dance. So, what causes problems with Subject-Verb Agreement?! 3. Indefinite pronouns Correct the following sentences: • Everything is ready for the party. • Neither Fred, nor Ed, nor Ted knows the way. • All of them want to go. • Both of them love to dance. So, what causes problems with Subject-Verb Agreement?! 4. Compound subjects (2+ subjects) Subjects joined by “and” usually take a plural verb. • Example of subject-verb disagreement issue with compound subjects – Speculation and fear leads to mass hysteria – Speculation and fear lead to mass hysteria Correct the following subject-verb disagreement issues: • Diet and exercise is ways to be healthy. • Ambition and luck was Juan’s keys to success. So, what causes problems with Subject-Verb Agreement?! 4. Compound subjects (2+ subjects) Subjects joined by “and” usually take a plural verb. • Example of subject-verb disagreement issue with compound subjects – Speculation and fear leads to mass hysteria – Speculation and fear lead to mass hysteria Correct the following subject-verb disagreement issues: • Diet and exercise are ways to be healthy. • Ambition and luck were Juan’s keys to success. So, what causes problems with Subject-Verb Agreement?! 5. “Who”, “Which”, and “That” If “who”, “which”, or “that” stand for singular words, they take singular verbs Example: – Rebecca is a person who are very private. – Rebecca is a person who is very private If “who”, “which”, or “that” stand for plural words, they take plural verbs Example: – Joel is one of those people who is very private. – Joel is one of those people who are very private. Next Steps for learning! • Check out the “Subject-Verb Agreement” Independent Practice resource in the Verb usage playlist! • Then, take the Checks for Understanding