Transcript Subject/Verb Agreement

Which sentence uses correct subject/verb
agreement?
A. Each of the symptoms of dyslexia
appears in boys and girls.
B. Each of the symptoms of dyslexia
appear in boys and girls.
C. Several symptoms of dyslexia appears
in boys and girls.
D. Several of the symptoms of dyslexia has
appeared in boys and girls.
SUBJECT VERB
AGREEMENT
1. Decide whether or not the subject is
SINGULAR or PLURAL.
2. The verb MUST agree in number.
Singular Subjects take
Singular verbs!***
***Remember:
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Lydia screams as she runs down the hall.
The dog begs for the treat.
Special Nouns
• Collective noun- a noun that acts as a
single unit even if it consists of multiple
members. (band, family, crew, committee,
class, crowd, etc.)
• These nouns are treated as SINGULAR
nouns:
Examples:
The band plays its set to a screaming crowd.
The committee discusses taxes before it
leaves for the day.
Pronouns
• Singular- he, she, it
• Plural- they
Regular: he, she, it (singular), they (plural)
He goes to the mall.
They go to
the mall.
She goes to the mall.
It goes to the mall.
Indefinite Pronouns
– Words that replace
nouns without
specifying the noun
they replace
– They can be either
plural or singular
Plural
Few people enjoy
reading.
Both
Many
Few
Several
Singular
Everybody is welcome to attend.
Neither Jacob nor Elizabeth enjoys going to the
mall.
Anybody
Anyone
Anything
Each
Everybody
Everyone
Everything
Either
Nobody
No one
Nothing
Neither
Somebody
Someone
Something
One
Both Singular and Plural-number depends on
noun in the phrase that follows
All of the (girls) attend the wedding.
Most of the (stain) does not come out of the
shirt.
All
Any
More
Most
None
Some
Write the correct verb.
1. Many of the foreigners (is,are) able to
speak the language.
2. The dog (bark, barks).
3. The babies (cry, cries).
4. Most of the apple (is, are) bruised.
5. Neither the dog nor the cat (run, runs)
very fast.
6. They (is, are) talking too much.
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POINTS TODAY:
• Complete the worksheet AS A GROUP. The
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Missed 0: 10 points
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Missed 2: 6 points
Missed 3: 4 points
Missed 4: 2 points
Missed 5+: 1 point