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VERB ERRORS THE TWO MAIN ERRORS: Subject-verb agreement • When the subjects and verbs do not match up correctly Verb form • When the verb is not formed correctly for the tense (the time the action happens) KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY SUBJECTS AND VERBS IN A SENTENCE Be able to identify actor and action (s+v) • Who does what? • Find the one that is easiest for you first and work to the other one • The boy cried. • Who or what is the sentence about? (the boy - s) What did the boy do (cried - v) • What action takes place? crying (cried – v) Who or what did it? (boy – s) It’s more complicated when the subjects and verbs are made up of more than word. Practice, practice, practice!!! PRONOUNS AND HOW THEY ARE USED Singular Plural 1st I We 2nd You You 3rd He, She, It They Every subject can be replaced by one of these six words. KNOW HOW TO REPLACE A SUBJECT WITH THE CORRECT PRONOUN The pronoun to use is determined by point of view. Is it you or you and someone else? (I, We) • The pronoun is the word you would be using already. Is it someone or a group you are talking to? (You, You) • The pronoun is the word you would be using already. Is it someone or a group you are talking about? (He, she, it; They) • This could be any noun you can think of and some you never heard of before. EVERY SUBJECT CAN BE REPLACED BY ONE OF THESE SIX WORDS!!! Tammy – that’s me, the one and only = I Tammy and her people = WE Hey you, I am talking to YOU Hey you people, I am talking to YOU I am talking about Jack(or any other subject) = HE(SHE or IT) I am talking about people or any other subjects = THEY Know how the six pronouns match up with verbs Subject-verb agreement errors happen when the verbs don’t match up in person(1st, 2nd, 3rd ) or number (singular and plural). Verb form errors happen when verbs are not in the right tense or the tense is not formed correctly. SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT If you know what matches up to the pronoun, you can work back to the noun you are using if you ever get confused about s-v agr. I play We play I am We are You play You play You are You are He plays They play He is They are Regular verbs have an –s with 3rd person singular(he, she, it). Irregular verbs must be memorized. The problem is the irregular verbs and 3rd person. Find the subject and then use the pronouns to get the right match. Subject boy, then he plays = boy plays. Subject players, then they play = players play. Subject I, then I am. Subject carrots, then they are = carrots are VERB FORM Know the tense(time) of the sentence, and form the verb according to the rules for the tense. Present – errors will be s-v errors, usually Past – errors will be leaving off the –ed or using the wrong irregular past tense (growed instead of grew) Future – will plus present tense with no –s in 3rd person (He will play) ERRORS HAPPEN BY MESSING UP THE EASY FORMS Forgetting to use –ed on a regular past tense verb Incorrect past tense form (grew, not growed) Incorrect past participle forms (I have become, not have became) VERB FORM CONTINUED Perfect tenses use have, has or had plus the past participle • Using have or has incorrectly is a s-v agreement error • Using had instead of has or have or using the wrong word for the past participle is a verb form error He have run the race. = s-v agreement He has ran the race. = verb form (run is the pp) Regular past participles end in –ed just like the past tense, but irregular ones must be memorized. VERB FORM YET AGAIN There are other verb forms that can be messed up, but things start to get complicated. Ironically, when people use these forms, they tend not to mess them up. Just a few examples: He is running the race. present progressive = correct be form(or sv agr) and –ing verb form (called the present participle) He will have been running. future perfect progressive = future(will), perfect (have + irregular past participle been) progressive (be form plus -ing verb)