subject verb agreement
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
Items in this lesson
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students will correctly identify and apply subject-verb agreement rules in sentences.
DRAG and DROP
Drag the sentences(in the blue box) and drop them to match with the correct verb (in the red box).
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Ashok and Ram ______ passed.
Either you or he ______ telling a lie.
The behaviour of the children _______ excellent.
One of the pupils in our class ______ a car.
If two Singular Nouns refer to the same person or thing, the Verb must be Singular.
The poet and philosopher is dead.
The poet and the philosopher are dead.
The orator, poet and the author _______ arrived.
has
are
have
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A relative pronoun always agrees in Number and Person with its Antecedent.
I am a woman who works for children's welfare.
He is one of those men who know everything.
She is one of the noblest women that _______ ever lived.
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were
When two plural nouns denote some specific quantity or amount are considered as a whole, the Verb is generally Singular.
A thousand rupees is a good sum.
Four weeks is a good holiday.
Twenty thousand rupees _____ a large sum of money.
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were
Nouns like pants, trousers, spectacles, scissors, shoes take a plural verb.
Your shoes are glossy.
Your scissors are quite sharp.
A pair of scissors _____ not very sharp.
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is
has
A lot of, a great deal of, plenty of, some of referring to amount or quantity takes a singular verb.
A lot of money is wasted in the project.
Some of the work ______ been done.
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were
Nouns like people, police, children, teeth, hair take plural verb.
The police were baffled.
People have such strange ideas.
Collective noun, when taken as individual members (jury, committee, team, group, herd) takes a Plural Verb.
The committee debate these questions carefully.
The jury are divided in their opinion
Collective noun when it is considered one unit. (Jury, committee, family) takes a singular verb.
The committee has decided to raise the membership fee.
The jury has given the final verdict.
Neither Ashok nor his friends _____ present.
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A series of lectures _____ been arranged on the subject.
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A Knowledge of modern languages _________ essential.
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None of the students _____ standing.
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BREAKOUT ROOMS!
WITH YOUR GROUP MEMBERS TO IDENTIFY THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB.
