Subject-Verb Agreement. THE VERB OF A SENTENCE MUST ALWAYS AGREE WITH ITS SUBJECT. If a sentence contains a singular subject, the verb that goes with.

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Subject-Verb Agreement

THE VERB OF A SENTENCE MUST ALWAYS AGREE WITH ITS SUBJECT. If a sentence contains a singular subject, the verb that goes with it must also be singular. If a sentence contains a plural subject, the verb that goes with it must also be plural.

Subject-Verb Agreement The best moment during a broadcast filled with many great moments were when the astronaut stepped out of the lunar lander and bounced on the moon. The subject of this sentence is moment, which is singular. The main verb of this sentence is were, but because the subject of the sentence is singular, the verb should also be singular. The correct form of the verb is was. The best moment during a broadcast filled with many great moments was when the astronaut stepped out of the lunar lander and bounced on the moon.

Subject-Verb Agreement ACT writers like to stick many modifying phrases and clauses between the subject and the verb in the hope that you will forget what the subject was by the time you get to the verb. The best way to check subject-verb agreement is to mentally cross out all the words between the subject and the verb so that you can see if the subject and verb really agree.

Pronoun-Verb Agreement Sometimes the subject of a sentence turns out to be a pronoun. Don’t let that throw you. The verb must still agree with the subject. Each of these moments have played a part in my mind again and again as I try to recapture the excitement of that momentous day in June. The subject of this sentence is each, which you’ll recall, is a singular pronoun. The verb is have played, which is plural. How do you fix this sentence?

Pronoun-Verb Agreement Each of these moments has played in my mind again and again as I try to recapture the excitement of that momentous day in June. Sounds awkward doesn’t it? It’s correct though. This is a great example of an instance in which knowing and applying the rules leads you to the correct answer while using your ear may not.

Work Cited Martz, Geoff, Kim Magloire, and Theodore Silver. Cracking the ACT ed. New York: Random House, 2007.