Transcript Subject-Verb Agreement #8 - Indian River State College

Subject-Verb Agreement #8
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Subject-Verb Agreement #8
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A subject may be singular or plural, depending on
whether it refers to one person, place, thing, or idea, or
whether it refers to more than one person, place, thing or
idea.
The verb must agree with the subject.
Subjects and verbs in the present tense must agree in
number:
 singular subjects take verbs with singular endings
 plural subjects take verbs with plural endings.
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In the present tense, when the subject is he, she or it or
the equivalent of he, she, or it , use an s or es ending on
the verb .
Example: He, she , it leaps.
Tips for subject-verb agreement:
► Generally, if the subject does not end in s, the verb will.
Example: John runs every day.
(singular subject – singular verb)
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If the subject does end in s, the verb will not.
Example: The boys run every day.
(plural subject – plural verb)
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