PPT-Subject-Verb Agreement Subjects and Verbs – Review

The verb can be either an action or a state of being like is or was Name the verb in the following sentence The cat jumped over the moon Mrs Martin is my favorite teacher of all time . 1.) Many examples that he talks about (is/are) on culture.. 2.) The tornadoes that tear through this county every spring (is/are) more than just a nuisance. . 3.) Every student in all the high schools (is/are). Why do Subjects and Verbs have to agree?. What’s wrong with this?. . Mr. Jefferson eat his peas.. Or. The ghostly dogs barks at the moon.. Or. . Anyone who think we are wrong is a jerk!. Subjects and Verbs. pp. 61-64 and pp. . 97-99 in . Elements of Language. , 4. th. Course. Main Verbs and Helping Verbs. A verb phrase consists of one main verb and possibly one or more helping verbs. Helping Verbs. Sing to the tune of “London Bridges Falling Down”. Locating Subjects and Verbs. To avoid writing a fragment, look for the subject and verb in a sentence. . To find the subject. , ask, . “. Which word tells what or who this sentence is about. ?”. 4. From . Real Good Grammar, Too. by Mamie Webb Hixon. PowerPoint Created by Rebecca Juntunen. Last Updated Spring 2017. “There’s a million things I haven’t done. But just you wait.”. -- Lin Manuel Miranda, “Alexander Hamilton” from the musical . Pre-Assessment. 1. . Either the physicians in this hospital or the chief administrator is /are going to have to make a decision. . 2.. Either the Committee on Course Design or the Committee on College Operations decide/ decides these matters. . Bellringer. INSTRUCTIONS: . The following sentences contain subject verb agreement errors. Write the sentences as they appear and then make corrections.. 1. Laura . and Jim is characters in Tennessee Williams’s . Linking Verbs. Transitive/Intransitive Verbs. . Verbs. ‘I Cans’ and Essential Questions. ‘I Cans’. Use verbs (perfect tenses, transitive and intransitive, and linking verbs) in my writing.. Explain why a writer chooses a particular verb(s) in their writing.. Action and Linking Verbs. Verbs can work in two ways: . Action verbs show action:. We . walk. to the store every Tuesday.. The children . ran. to South Beach.. There can be more than one verb in a sentence:. Subjects and verbs have to agree in number:. . If you have a singular subject, then you must use a singular verb form. . If you have a plural subject, you must use a plural verb form.. Singular subject, singular verb. Najia. Z. . Nazir. RULE # 1. . A verb agrees with its subject in number.. Singular subjects take singular verbs:. The . car stays in the garage.. The flower smells good. .. Rule 1. There is an old saying: “Opposites attract.” The rule for singular and plural verbs is just the opposite . Andrea A. Lunsford. Third-person singular subjects . To make a verb in the present tense agree with a third-person singular subject, add –s or –. es. to the base form.. A vegetarian diet . lowers. . We will. . write complete sentences in the simple past . verb tense in three . forms: . declarative . negative. Interrogative.. Application (Why?). We use the Simple Past to show actions that:. 8. th. Grade/. ELa. Subject verb agreement. The subject of a sentence is the actor/idea of a sentence. The verb is the action or state of being of the subject. Subjects and verbs need to agree in number, which is known as singular or plural. A Subject-Verb Agreement Error occurs when the subject and verb of a sentence do not agree in number. .