Download Subject-Verb Agreement

 Subject
 The
WHO/WHAT of
the sentence that is
doing or being
something
 A noun or pronoun
 The star of the
sentence
 Linked to the
predicate
Find the subject…
 Ms.
Harkness needs coffee in the
morning.
Find the subject…
 Ms.
Harkness needs coffee in the
morning.
 Verb
 What
the subject of
the sentence is doing
or being
 A predicate
 Linked to the subject
Find the verb…
 Ms.
Harkness needs coffee in the
morning.
Find the verb…
 Ms.
Harkness needs coffee in the
morning.
 Subject-
 The
verb must agree
Verb
with the subject in
Agreement number
Subject-Verb Agreement
 If
the subject is SINGULAR,
the verb must be
____________.
Subject-Verb Agreement
 If
the subject is SINGULAR,
the verb must be SINGULAR.
 The
student has three tests.
Subject-Verb Agreement
 If
the subject is PLURAL, the
verb must be
________________.
Subject-Verb Agreement
 If
the subject is PLURAL, the verb
must be PLURAL.
 The
students have three tests.
 Compound  Joined
Subject
by the
conjunction and
 Will have a plural
verb
Compound Subject
 Huxley,
Dante, and Emma are going to the
dog park.
Compound Subject
 Huxley,
Dante, and Emma are going to the
dog park.
Trick with “Or”
 When
the compound subject is
joined with “or,” you look at the
subject CLOSEST to the verb
Or
 Far
subject or close subject verb.
 Amy
or her sisters win.
Sisters = plural
Win = plural
Singular or Plural
 Mary
 The
or Martha [go/goes] to the store.
flying squirrels or Ninja Duck [eat/eats]
at the food court.
Singular or Plural
 Mary
 The
or Martha goes to the store.
flying squirrels or Ninja Duck eats at
the food court.
Pronouns that are always SINGULAR
Another
 Anybody
 Anyone
 Anything
 Nothing
 Something

Each
Either
Every
Everyone
Somebody
Everything
Neither
Nobody
No one
Someone
Pronouns to Remember…
 EACH
and EVERY will always be
singular
 Make sure they have a singular verb
Each and Every
 Each
of my brothers [play/plays] football.
Each
 Each
of my brothers plays football.
Each

Each of the markers [is/are] missing a cap.
Each
 Each
of the markers is missing a cap.