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    This document discusses subject-verb agreement and contains the following key points: 1) Verbs agree with their subjects in number - singular verbs go with singular subjects and plural verbs go with plural subjects. 2) Subjects are who or what is performing the action in the sentence and can be singular or plural. 3) Examples are given of singular and plural subjects paired with the correct verb form to demonstrate subject-verb agreement.

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    My Report On S V Agreement

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    This document discusses subject-verb agreement and contains the following key points: 1) Verbs agree with their subjects in number - singular verbs go with singular subjects and plural verbs go with plural subjects. 2) Subjects are who or what is performing the action in the sentence and can be singular or plural. 3) Examples are given of singular and plural subjects paired with the correct verb form to demonstrate subject-verb agreement.

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    This document discusses subject-verb agreement and contains the following key points: 1) Verbs agree with their subjects in number - singular verbs go with singular subjects and plural verbs go with plural subjects. 2) Subjects are who or what is performing the action in the sentence and can be singular or plural. 3) Examples are given of singular and plural subjects paired with the correct verb form to demonstrate subject-verb agreement.

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    My Report On S V Agreement

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    Jerome Gliponeo
    This document discusses subject-verb agreement and contains the following key points: 1) Verbs agree with their subjects in number - singular verbs go with singular subjects and plural verbs go with plural subjects. 2) Subjects are who or what is performing the action in the sentence and can be singular or plural. 3) Examples are given of singular and plural subjects paired with the correct verb form to demonstrate subject-verb agreement.

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    Date: Tuesday 21st December 2010

    Topic: Subject and Verb Agreement


    Reporter: Mr. Jerome G. Gliponeo

    General Idea: Subject (singular) = Verb (singular)


    Subject (plural ) = Verb (plural )

    I. What are verbs and subjects?

    Verbs are action words. e.g. eat, sleep, talk, walk, do, buy, see are all verbs
    Subjects are the person or thing who is doing the action of the verb.
    e.g. The dog sleeps.
    George talks a lot.
    They walk to work.
    The subject of a sentence can be singular (one) or plural (more than one).
    e.g. The computer is old. (singular)
    The computers are old. (plural)

    II. What is subject – verb agreement?


    The verb form can change depending on whether the subject is singular or plural.

    e.g. The car park (singular subject) was (verb) full.


    The car parks (plural subject) were (verb) full.

    In these sentences each of the verbs agrees with its subjects. The correct verb form has been used.

    II. The Number of Nouns, Pronouns and Verbs

    Parts of Speech that indicate number:


    a. Nouns
    b. Pronouns
    c. Verbs

    Number refers to the two form of a word: singular and plural. Singular words indicate one; plural words
    indicate more than one.

    Note: Most nouns forms their plurals simply by adding –s or –es. Some, such as mouse or ox, form their plurals
    irregularly: mice, oxen.

    Pronouns have different forms to indicate their numbers. Study the chart shown below.
    PERSONAL PRONOUNS
    Singular Plural

    First Person (the person speaking) I like bananas. We like bananas.


    Second Person (the person spoken to) You like bananas. You like bananas.
    Third Person (person, place, thing spoken about) He/She/It likes bananas. They like bananas.

    Helpful hint: ‘s’ I added to the third person singular. This is the way most regular verbs in the present tense work.
    In some special cases, the grammatical number of verbs is sometimes more difficult to determine. The form
    of many verbs can be either singular or plural, depending on the subject. Like the verb see and have seen are
    considered singular if used with a singular subject and plural if used with a plural subject. The personal
    pronouns he, she, and it and all singular nouns have special forms in the present tense and present perfect
    tense that are always singular.
    SINGULAR: I see I have seen.
    PLURAL : We see. We have seen.

    ALWAYS SINGULAR: He sees. He has seen.

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