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Verb Agreement
• A verb should agree in number with its
subject.
• Two words agree when they have the
same number.
• The number of a verb should agree with
the number of its subject
Singular Subjects take Singular
Verbs
• The lightning fills the sky.
• Jan begins her vacation today.
Plural Subjects take Plural
Verbs
• Cheetahs run fast.
• New families move into our
neighborhood often.
Verb Phrases
• When a sentence contains a verb
phrase, the FIRST helping verb in the
verb phrase agrees with the subject.
• The motor is running.
• The motors are running.
• The girl has been delayed.
• The girls have been delayed.
• Is anyone filling the aquarium?
• Are any students filling the aquarium?
• The number of a subject is not changed
by a phrase that follows the subject.
• Example: The hero of those folk tales is
Coyote. (The verb IS agrees with the
subject HERO, not with TALES.
• The successful
candidate, along with
two of her aides, has
entered the auditorium.
• Scientists from all over
the world have gathered
in France.
CLASS WORK
Page 100 Exercise 4: #1-10 & Exercise 5:
#1-10