Subject Verb Agreement III

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Subject Verb Agreement III Indefinite Pronouns Pg. 162

Overview Indefinite pronoun refers to an unspecified person or thing; some are singular, and some are plural Singular: another, anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everyone, neither, nobody, nobody, no one, one, and someone Plural: both, few, many, several Both: all, any, more, most, none, some Use closest object of the preposition

How To… Step 1: Find subject Step 2: Find verb Step 3: See if they match Everyone has heard of Sherlock Holmes. Everyone-Has

How To… Step 1: Find subject Step 2: Find verb Step 3: See if they match Few realize that his works are so famous. Few-Realize

How to… Step 1: Find subject Step 2: Find verb Step 3: Find object of preposition Step 4: See if they match Most of the stories take place in England Most-Take

Practice Many of his fans _______(read, reads) his novels at night. Everyone ______(know, knows) who he is. All of the animal ____(is, are) used for meat. read knows is