SubjectVerb Agreement

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Subject-Verb Agreement

• Intervening Prepositional Phrases, Linking verbs,
  and inversion

2
Subject-verb agreement

• A verb must agree with its subject in person and
  number
• Ssingle

3
Prepositional Phrases

• Do not mistake a word in the prepositional phrase
  for the subject of the sentence
• The islands near the Equator off South America
  are the Galapagos
• Baby tortoises around an adult have to be careful

4
Linking Verbs

• Do not be confused by a predicate nominative that
  is different in number from the subject.
• Only the subject affects the number of the
  linking verb
• The footprints in the mud were the only clue
• My favorite breakfast is eggs scrambled with
  onions

5
Inversion

• In an inverted sentencea sentence in which the
  subject follows the verbtake care in locating
  the simple subject, and make sure that the verb
  agrees with the subject

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• Beyond the Milky Way lies the Andromeda galaxy
• Above our heads twinkle vast, glittering arrays
  of stars
• There is one possible explanation
• Here come my friends
• Does that man teach in this school?
• When do the holidays fall this year?