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MakingSubjects
andVerbsAgree
NotesfromChapter4,Section1
InsideEnglish
KeyPrinciple
IftheSUBJECTofyoursentenceissingular…
ONEBIRD
ThentheVERBformmustalsobesingular:
TWITTERS
However…
IfthesubjectofyoursentenceisPLURAL
TWOBIRDS
ThentheverbformmustalsobePLURAL:
TWITTER
Onebirdtwitters.
Twobirdstwitter.
ThingstoRemember
Twoormoresubjectsjoinedbyand?
Usethepluralformoftheverb
TweetieandCutiearesinging.
StillMoreThingstoRemember
Twoormoresingularsubjectsjoinedbyorornor?
Usethesingularformoftheverb
NeitherTweetienorCutieissinging.
EvenMoreThingstoRemember
Compoundsubjectcontainingbothasingularand
apluralsubjectjoinedbyorornor?
Usetheformoftheverbthatagrees
withthesubjectclosertotheverb.
NeitherTweetienorhisfriendsaresinging.
INTERRUPTINGPHRASEALERT!
DON’TGETTRIPPEDUP!
THEVERBALWAYS
AGREESWITHTHE
SUBJECT…
NOTWITHANOUNOR
PRONOUNINAPHRASETHAT
COMESBETWEENTHE
SUBJECTANDTHEVERB
Oneofthe
boxesis
open.
Thepeople
wholistento
thatmusicare
few.
Thebook,including
allthechaptersin
thefirstsection,is
boring.
Theteam
captain,aswell
ashisplayers,
isanxious.
Thewomanwith
allthedogs
walksdownmy
street.
Ifasubjectismodifiedby
eachorevery,itissingular:
Eachbirdsingsasong
.
However…
SINGULARPRONOUNS
EACH
EITHER
NEITHER
EVERYONE
EVERYBODY
ANYBODY
ANYONE
NOBODY
SOMEBODY
SOMEONE
NOONE
ALL
REQUIREA
SINGULAR
VERB
Eachofthesehotdogsisjuicy.
EverybodyknowsMrs.Jones
Eitheriscorrect.
SpecialCases….
Somenounslookliketheymaybe
pluralbecausetheyendinan“s”
.
t
o
n
e
r
’
y
e
h
t
t
u
B
Eventhoughthesenounsendin“s”
CIVICS
NEWS
MATHEMATICS
ECONOMICS
GYMNASTICS
Theyaresingular
Civicsisanelective.
NOT
Civicsareanelective.
“DOLLARS”isaspecialcase
Talkingabouta
specificamount?
Useasingularverb:
Fivehundreddollarsis
alotofmoney!
Talkingaboutthe
dollarsasaconcept?
Useapluralverb:
DollarsareusedinsteadofrublesinRussia.
THESEARETHEBASICS
ReviewSection1forafewother
examplesofsubject-verbagreement
rulesthatmaynothavebeenI
ncludedinthispresentation.
LET’S
PRACTICE
PreparedbyElaineMinamideforEnglish10
PalomarCollege.
UpdatedFall2016.
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