1. Subject-Verb Agreement Grammar

2. What is it? A subject is the who or what of the sentence. A verb is the word that expresses an action. It tells what the subject does or did. A verb must agree with its subject. Add –s to most verbs if the subject is singular. Do not add –s if the subject is plural or I or you.

3. Subject-Verb Agreement Practice… Rewrite each sentence below, making the correct choices from the words in the parentheses so that subjects and their verbs agree. Jose (wants, wants) to learn about growing roses. His grandparents (tell, tells) Jose all about different kinds of roses. I (give, gives) Jose a beautiful pink rose. The flowers (make, makes) the neighbor sneeze. Jose’s grandfather (plant, plants) rose bushes every year.

4. Joke of the day… Where to actors like to camp?