By: Claudia, Louis, Matías and Diego. Subject Verb Agreement

What is a Subject and a Verb? Subject: is the part of the sentence where something is being said. Verb: A word that indicates an action, an event, or a state.

Subject Verb Agreement Rules A singular subject needs a singular verb. Ex: My dog is playful. A plural subject needs a plural verb. Ex: They are going camping. Words modifying the number or quantity of the subject may affect the conjugation of the verb Key: Red= subject Green= verb

- Singular “forever” The indefinite pronouns anyone, someone, no one, nobody, everyone, neither, either and everybody are always singular, even though they might sound plural. Ex: Almost everyone from a small island is insular about how big a city can be.

- Hide and Seek Sometimes modifiers will get between a subject and its verb, but these modifiers will not change the agreement between the subject and its verb. Ex: The emperor, who has been convicted along with his four accomplices on four counts of various crimes but who also seems, like a cat, to have several lives, is finally going to jail.

- None decided There is one indefinite pronoun, none, that can be either singular or plural; it often doesn't matter whether you use a singular or a plural verb as long as there is nothing else in the sentence determines its number. Ex: None of the attaché was good enough to help him keep track of his meetings.

- and Unique Phrases such as together with, as well as, and along with are not the same as and, which compounds subjects. These words are only modifiers. Ex: The Machiavellian president as well his staff has not left office.

- adding S Verbs in the present tense for third-person, singular subjects (he, she, it and anything those words can stand for) have s-endings. Other verbs don’t. She haves a good personality and a good protocol, from Buddhist roots.

- “Optimism” If your sentence compounds a positive and a negative subject and one is plural, and the other singular, the verb should agree with the positive subject. Ex: It is not the consul but the president who decides the tariff.

QUIZ!

1) One of the most intelligent students who ________ full marks _______ Johnny. a)score b)scores a)is b)are

Answer a) score and a) is

2) It’s not ignorance but discretion that ____ going to help you. a) is b) are

Answer a) is

3) Gold, as well as platinum, _______ recently risen in price. a)has b)have

Answer a) has

4) One of the covenants with France ______ been missing from Congress. a)have b)has

Answers b) has

5) She _____ a problem with one of her best friends, going to the office for arbitration. a) has b) haves

Answer B) haves

6) Discretion ____necessary to maintain the order and quality of our world. a)Is b)Are

Answer A) is

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