Making Subjects and Verbs Agree

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Lesson 1

• Making Subjects and Verbs Agree

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Objective(What You Will Learn)

• To recognize and write sentences in which the
  subject and the verb agree in number.

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What is a Subject?
Nancy, A subject is simplyWHO or WHAT the
sentence is about.
Hey Bob, What is a subject?
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What is a Subject?
Thats right, the subject is You. The sentence
is aboutYou.
Soin the sentence, You are cool. The subject
is
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What is a Subject?
Well, who is the sentence about? It is about
He. So the subject is He.
And in the sentence, He is hot.
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What is a Subject?
Oh man, I hope I didnt miss the Seattle Mariners
game.
Thanks, Bob.
Hmmm. Smart and Hot!.Hmmm..
No problem, Nancy.
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What is a verb?
I can NOT believe this guy!
Baby, a verb is an action word like eat, kiss,
hug, go to, marryyou know what I mean?
UhHoney Bunch, What is a verb?
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What is a verb?
I REALLYcan NOT believe this guy!
Well, what is this be verb thing my teacher
keeps yapping about?
Honey, a be verb consists of is, am, are, was,
and were. Where were you in high school?
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Subject-Verb Agreement
Oh, brother, not again.
Aaagh! What is Subject-Verb agreement? Aaaagh!
You know, I think I remember
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Heres the Idea

• A verb must agree with its subject in number.

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In Number?

• Number refers to whether a word is singular or
  plural.

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Singular

• A word that refers to one person, place, thing,
  idea, action, or condition.

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Plural

• A word that refers to more than one person,
  place, thing, idea, action, or condition.

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Watch Out!

• Most nouns that end in s or es are in the
  plural form. However, most verbs that end in s
  are singular.

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Singular Subjects

• Singular subjects take singular verbs.

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Singular Subjects

• Maria works cooperatively with her classmates.

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Singular Subjects

• She listens carefully to their suggestions.

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Plural Subjects

• Plural subjects take plural verbs.

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Plural Subjects

• The players work together well as a team.

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Plural Subjects

• They listen carefully to the coach.

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Pronouns and Verbs

• Singular Plural
• He, she, or it travels. We travel.
• You travel. You travel.
• I travel. They
  travel.

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Helping Verbs

• Singular Plural
• is are
• does do
• was were
• has have

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Examples

1. A cat (sleep, sleeps) during the day.
2. Matt (ride, rides) his bike to school.
3. Several rides (is, are) in the park.
4. Early television sets (was, were) in black and
   white.

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Examples

1. A typical studio has about thirty spotlights.
2. She are planning to read that book.
3. I am sleeping.
4. You have three dollars.

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Closure

• Today you learned to recognize and write
  sentences in which the subject and the verb agree
  in number.

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Homework

• textbook p. 173 ex.4
• Due Tomorrow