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€) ExamPlanning.com SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT gp 3 Exerci ercises Q ml Two miles a long distance. Vermin diseases. The teacher with the students (is/are) Your spectacles ° going to park. The horse and the carriage gone. (has/ have) These poultry mine. Summons been reached. (has/have) Fifty pounds a huge weight. (is/are) Either you or | mistaken. The students of this class in time. Neither he nor his relatives rich. (kindness/ acts of kindness) He did many Subject Verb Agreement Rules He goes to work by bus. They visit us every other week. The words and phrases “with”, “as well as”, “together with”, “along with” are not part of the subject and the verb agrees with the subject. The politician, along with the newsmen, is expected shortly. 3 Two subjects joined by “and” are plural. = @) Mary and Joan are quite different. a and eggs is my a5 dish. 4 With collective nouns, the verb might be singular or plural, depending on meaning. The audience was clearly enchanted by her performance. The audience are strangely subdued, clapping politely after each song. 5 2 subjects joined by “or/not”, “either..or/neither..nor”, “not only...but also” take the verb agrees with the subject closest to it. Neither my mother nor my father goes to university. 6 In sentences beginning with “here”, “there”, the true subject follows the verb. There is a bush near the school playground. | T The verb is singular if the subject is a singular indefinite pronoun such as each, either, no one, every one, etc. Nobody gets rich from writing nowadays. The verb is plural if the subject is a plural indefinite pronoun such as several, few, both, many. > jes Several villages have been isolated by the heavy snowfall. Some indefinite pronouns may be either singular or plural, depending upon their use in a sentence. Some of the books are out of place. Please put them in right order. (Books are countable.) Some of the music was weird. (Music is uncountable.) Use a singular verb for expressions of measurement, time. money and weight when the amount is considered one unit. Fifty dollars seems a reasonable price. But: Five dollars were scattered on the on the ground. 9 Plural form subjects with a singular meaning take a singular verb such as mumps, measles, calisthenics, statistics, civics, etc.. Gymnastics is his favourite sport. 10 Titles of single entities (books, organizations, countries, etc.) are always singular. Harry Potter is an interesting novel. ESL.COM Subject - Verb Agreement Look at each picture and choose the correct form of the verb that matches the subject. her school graze / grazes pack / packs 3) The bunny the eggs. || 4) Ships in the sea, a 5) Elephants with their trunks. hide / hides sail / sails drink drinks | hug // hugs 7) Christina atherself || 8) The butterflies inthe mirror. wings. — . & ee , | looks / loak ey flutter / flutters Printable Worksheets @ acereunethworkshestsdkids.cam Subject-Verb Agreement The verb of a sentence must agree with the subject of a sentence in number. (is the subject singular or plural?) Instructions: 1. Read the sentence. 2. Choose the verb that best completes the sentences. 3. Write it on the line. Verbs The teachers the papers. (marks / mark} The dog at the postwoman. (growls / growl) The clothes wet, (feels / feel) My mom a cake yesterday. (bakes / baked) The flower to wilt. (start / starts) Our friends a lot of pizza. (eat / eats) The children a movie in the school. (watch / watches) The two friends on the fort. (plays / play) footsteps on the stairs. (hear / hears) to a party tomorrow. (go / will go) \ | I | | | I | | | | | | I | | | | I | | | | | | | I I | | | | | / Subject-Verb Agreement A) Match each subject pronoun to the correct verb. 1) They watch watches 2) He dance dances 3) 1 look looks 4) You come comes 5) She like likes B) Complete the sentences with the correct subject pronouns. ve work abroad. (They / She) 2) takes the bus to work at 9 a.m. (We/ He) 3) waters the plants every day. (She / They) 4) go for a walk in the morning. (I / She) 5) celebrate Christmas with gaiety. (We / He) Teaching Resources @ www.tutoringhour.com @™® SUBIJECT-VERB ° #4 AGREEMENT 11 Rules explained with examples Singular & Plural Verbs : Verb must agree with subjects in figures and in person. If the subject is singular, the verb must be singular, for example, The dog drinke water every day. Singular & Plural Subjects weston wide wots: hanced tena Gaia phil WA RSH warple, Sana and Sora are playing together. Midsentence Phrase or Clause Subject verb agreement with a phrase or clause between the ( * subject and verb. E.g. The house between the two streets is empty. Singular & Plural Indefinite Pronoun Singular and plural indefinite pronoun examples, Something is wrong with me. (singular indefinite pronoun) Both are qualified forthe interview. (plural indefinite pronoun) Collective Nouns Kisilserealled w grup aun. esi Raves gpTot neceRa HAA 2s amily, army, team ete ftcan be singulr o pura ‘The crowd is in a happy mood. (singular) f Pair Nouns = Apeir noun is always plural and takes a plurel ver. YN Your nev pants are very nic. Those chirts araneat and clean. Use of either - or $3 It is used before subjects, sometimes it takes a singular verb and \< sometimes a plural verb. Either my father or my brothers are going to the office. Use of neither - nor It con be used both singular as Wella plural In centencas, Neither my mother nor my sisters knowhow to swim. my father ner my mother is coming to play. Fractional Expressions Fractional exprassions are sometimes singular and sometimes plural. It also depends on its meaning how it represents such as half of port of percentage of et. Relative Pronoun ¥ 4 * Alice is one of the students whe has done her work. Compound Subjects ‘Compound subjects (two subjects) alweys take a plural verb. In ‘some situations, it may be singuler, Sugar ond salt are needed. ©) EnglishGrammarSoft.Com Subject Pronouns Complete the sentences with the correct pronoun I - you - he - she - it - we - you - they Example: My mother is in the garden, She is drinking a beer. 1. I have 1 son. likes football. 2. Wermes is not at work. is sick. 3. Maria is cooking. loves cake. 4, ‘Who is Josephine?’'___is my teacher’. 5. My friend and I are very happy. have a lot of money! 6. Claire and Sara are sisters. live in London. 7. My dog is fat. sleeps a lot. 8. The children are hungry. want pizza. 9. Miss Brown loves reading. has a lot of English books. 10. ‘Hello Tom. Howare §aLIVEWORKSHEETS Activity 2: Match subject pronouns to the correct verb. SHA@ Ct TL) 6 Je rhe va {J = faLIVEWORKSHEETS

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