Verb Agreement
Verb Agreement
Verb Agreement
Examples:
Singular Plural
A poet explores beauty. Poets explore beauty.
The theme touches readers. The themes touch
readers.
Robert Frost writes about farms. Frost and Robinson
write about farms.
VERBS AND SUBJECT PRONOUNS MUST ALSO AGREE.
LOOK AT THE CHART BELOW AND NOTICE HOW THE VERB
CHANGES. IN THE PRESENT TENSE THE -S ENDING IS
USED WITH THE SUBJECT PRONOUNS IT, HE, AND SHE.
Singular Plural
I read. We read.
You read. You read.
He, she, it reads. They read.
Write the subject and the correct form of the verb
in the following sentences.
1. He (listen, listens) to the still air.
2. Clouds (float, floats) lazily in the sky.
3. One bird (begin, begins) to sing a song.
4. It (inspire, inspires) other birds to sing.
5. The flock (continue, continues) to sing.
6. Both (notice, notices) Paz’s arrival.
7. The distant mountains (appear, appears) blue.
ANSWERS TO ALL PRACTICE EXERCISES
ARE AT THE END OF THE SHOW.
PROBLEMS WITH LOCATING THE SUBJECT
both……and
either…or
neither…nor
not only…but also