1. Verb Agreement

2. A verb should agree in number with its subject. Two words agree when they have the same number. The number of a verb should agree with the number of its subject

3. Singular Subjects take Singular Verbs The lightning fills the sky. Jan begins her vacation today.

4. Plural Subjects take Plural Verbs Cheetahs run fast. New families move into our neighborhood often.

5. Verb Phrases When a sentence contains a verb phrase, the FIRST helping verb in the verb phrase agrees with the subject.

6. The motor is running. The motors are running. The girl has been delayed. The girls have been delayed. Is anyone filling the aquarium? Are any students filling the aquarium?

7. The number of a subject is not changed by a phrase that follows the subject. Example: The hero of those folk tales is Coyote. (The verb IS agrees with the subject HERO, not with TALES.

8. The successful candidate, along with two of her aides, has entered the auditorium. Scientists from all over the world have gathered in France.

9. CLASS WORK Page 100 Exercise 4: #1-10 & Exercise 5: #1-10