1. Subject-Verb Agreement
ESOL Mulberry Middle School
Mrs. K. Vega

2. What is Subject-Verb Agreement?
Subject-verb agreement means your subject and verb must match, or agree, in number.
If you have a singular subject, then you must use a singular verb.
The dog barks at every sound he hears.
If you have a plural subject, then you must use a plural verb.
The dogs bark at every sound they hear.

5. No –S on subject
-S on verb
The girl dances.

6. -S on subject
The girls dance.
No –S on verb

7. Tip for Subject/verb Agreement
Generally, if the subject doesn’t end in –S, the verb will.
If the subject does end in –S, the verb won’t.

8. Watch the Verb Endings! Singular Plural I walk You walk
He/She/It walk s
Joe walk s
The girl walk s
Plural
We walk
You walk
They walk
Joe and Maria walk
The girls walk

10. Practice
The unique blend of herbs and spices (bring /brings) out the flavor of the food.
Under the file cabinets (lies /lie) the missing document.
The mayor of Minneapolis, along with those of other major cities, (has / have) asked the President for assistance.
One of our managers (is /are) preparing the budget.
The company, in addition to the employees, (is/ are) hoping there will be no strike next week.

11. 6) The students, including Matt, (hopes / hope) there will be a
party soon.
The company (is /are) planning (its / their) annual Christmas party.
No one (wants / want) (his or her / their) GPA to go down.
The students, as well as the instructor, (keeps / keep) very busy.
The administrators, who wrote the books, (sticks / stick) to the rules.

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