Sentence structure: Subject, predicate, agreement

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WELCOME!
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Slide 1 - Slide

Today's topics
  • Subject + predicate
  • verb agreement.

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to split the predicate from the subject and decide if a verb agrees with the subject or not. 

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Subject and predicate.
Subject = who is doing the action.

Predicate = all the verbs in the sentence.

Slide 3 - Slide

A few examples...
Subject | predicate

Yesterday I made a new bookshelf.

She has been building a new car for a year now.

Have they finished the homework?

Slide 4 - Slide

What is the subject?

'Harry Potter is a great wizard.'
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A
Harry Potter
B
Is
C
a
D
great wizard

Slide 5 - Quiz

What is the subject?

'Tom and Jerry are building a boat.'
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A
Tom
B
Jerry
C
Tom and Jerry
D
are building a boat

Slide 6 - Quiz

Choose the predicate.

The Doctor is a time traveller who travels
through time.
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A
The Doctor
B
who
C
is, travels
D
through time

Slide 7 - Quiz

Choose the predicate.

An amazing book was written by
Mary W. Shelley.
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A
An amazing book
B
Mary W. Shelley
C
by
D
was written

Slide 8 - Quiz

Subject-verb agreement

Slide 9 - Slide

What is verb agreement?
When the verb and the subject 'fit'.
  • I walk
  • She walks
  • They walk.

The canons be ready Captain.
The canons are ready Captain.

Slide 10 - Slide

On the test?

The paperclips in the office (are, is) made of metal.

I (have, has) ran out of ideas.

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Either Max or Ivan (was, were) at school.
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A
was
B
were

Slide 12 - Quiz

Joshua and Maxim (serves, are serving) in a restaurant.
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A
serves
B
are serving

Slide 13 - Quiz

The fishes, together with the bait, (was, were) in the water.
A
were
B
was

Slide 14 - Quiz

The United States (is, are) a big country.
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A
is
B
are

Slide 15 - Quiz

What is what?

"A weird speech pattern, Yoda has".
A
predicate: has subject: Yoda
B
Predicate: A weird speech pattern.
C
Subject: has
D
Predicate: Yoda

Slide 16 - Quiz

Today's topics
  • Subject + predicate
  • verb agreement.

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to split the predicate from the subject and decide if a verb agrees with the subject or not. 

Slide 17 - Slide

A poll to evaluate.
I understand nothing, what have you been talking about???
I understand most of the material, but I do need some extra explanation / examples.
I completely understand and give me the test already!

Slide 18 - Poll