SUBJECT-VERBC

AGREEMENT
By : Bilkis T. Usman
Aim: To introduce/review some rules
guiding the use of subject-verb agreement
in a sentence.
.Objectives:
Discuss the meaning of a subject and a verb.
Identify the subject and the verb in a of list 5
sentences
Match/choose the correct verb that agrees with the
subject in a list of 10 sentences
Write 4 sentences illustrating the 2 subject-verb
agreement rules
Unscramble the following sentences.
1.Is / home / sister / my / weekend / this
/coming
2.Next / Disneyland /I / summer / am / to
/going
3.Look / outfit / that /nice/ in / you
4.Share / they / their / me / toys / with /
always
5.Homework / has / a lot / today / class /
my / of
1. My sister is coming home this weekend.
2. I am going to Disneyland next summer.
3. You look nice in that outfit.
4. They always share their toys with me.
5. My class has a lot of homework today.
Subject and Verb in a Sentence
The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing,
idea or activity, that the sentence is about.
A verb tells what the subject does.
In your pairs, read the following sentences again, circle
the subject and underline the verb(s) in each sentence.

1. My sister is coming home this weekend.

2. I am going to Disneyland next summer.
3. You look nice in that outfit.
4. They always share their toys with me.
5. My class has a lot of homework today.
Meaning of Subject-Verb Agreement

Definition: Subject-verb agreement means the correspondence

of a verb with its subject, in person and in number, within a
sentence.
In order to make a grammatically correct sentence, there must
be agreement between the subject and the verb in the
sentence.
However, there are some rules guiding the relationship
between the subject and the verb in sentences.
Subject-Verb Agreement Rules 1 & 2
Rule 1- A verb agrees with its subject in number.
Singular subjects (He, Beth, airplane) take singular verbs ( is,
takes, flies).
Example: Beth take/takes coffee every morning. Since Beth (the
subject) is singular, you will choose takes for the verb.

Plural subjects take plural verb.

Example: Beth and Amy take coffee every morning.
They are going to the beach.
Subject-Verb Agreement Rules 1 & 2

Rule 2 The number of the subject (singular or plural) is not

changed by words that come between the subject and the
verb.
Example: The bouquet of yellow flowers is/are on the table.
Here the subject is bouquet not yellow flowers so the correct
verb would be is.
Work on Exercise 1
1. Talks
2. Looks
3. Swim
4. Drives
5. Run
6. Lives
7. Cooks
8. Walk
9. Appears
10.Bounces
Its Your Turn!

In your groups of 4, Write four sentences

illustrating the two rules of subject-verb
agreement.
Recap
In this lesson, you:
unscrambled a list of 5 sentences.
identified the subject and verb in each of the 5 sentences
discussed the functions of a subject and a verb, and 2 rules
guiding how they agree in a sentence.
identified the correct verbs in a list of 10 sentences
wrote 4 sentences illustrating the 2 rules covered in the
session.