Subject/Verb Agreement We really must start getting along

Subject/Verb AgreementWe really must start getting along…

Check Sentences1. We is the champions. 2. He eat meat. 3. I is in charge here.

Verb ConjugationEnglish doesn’t seem so bad sometimes…

The English Trend…

The English Trend…

Simple Subject he/she/it needs verb + s

Basically, a good way to remember which verb to use is to decide if the subject is about one person or thing (he/she/it), and add an s to the verb. It can get more complicated, though…

Simple Vs. ComplexSimple Subjects

JaneItAll

runsiswrite

Complex SubjectsJane and Todd (compound) The blue monsterAll of them

runs away like a madwomanis growling like a mad dogswiftly write their hearts down on paper

Simple Predicate Complex Predicate

Check1. She and I is the champions. 2. Bob and Chris eat meat. 3. Juan and I is in charge here. 4. Juan or I is in charge here.

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CluesSingular Verb: or, neither, either, each, anyone, nobody, anybody, someone, somebody, everyone, everybody, every

Neither Ms. Dorsey nor Ms. Bills has a jet.Each teacher has “jet” on his or her Christmas list.

Plural Verb: and, all, both (Sometimes “all is more complicated.)

Both Ms. Dorsey and Ms. Bills want a jet.All teachers have “jet” on their Christmas lists.

More CluesCrazy Singular Words

newsmeaslesmathematicsfamily

Crazy Plural Wordsscissorstweezersplierspants

Conflict ResolutionDivide the Class in Half.Take out your half sheet of sentences from the beginning.

subject + predicate = sentence

Complex Subjects

Jane and her gorillaAll the blue lockersThe greasy tomatoBill, Julie, and EarlNeither Bob nor Kiko

Complex Predicates

is growling like a mad dogswiftly write their hearts down on paperruns away like a madwoman

More than one word! Present tense (happening right now)!Raise your half-sentence paper proudly in the

air when you’re finished!

Pair up.Create a sentence that makes sense, where the SUBJECT and VERB agree with each other.

Make a M

atchHere are some of yours:

The big, fat panda dances lightly and

delicately on his feet. -- Grace P. and AnneMerie J.

The green bottle skips like an evil villain. -- Takota L

and Riley C

The purple tooth fell off the cliff like a rag doll. --

Estelle N and Hayley R

Do we agree?May we continue to get along grammatically… Check for subject-verb agreement.