SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT

REVIEWIdentify the correct

verb that should be used

in each statement.

BE

BEGIN

UNDERSTAND

DRIVE

SPEAK

LIFT

WHAT ARE THE BASIC RULES IN SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT?

SUBJECT- VERB AGREEMENT

With prepositions

WHAT IS A PREPOSITION?

It is a word placed before an object to specify its location.

Let’s find the penguin…

The penguin on the box

The penguin inside the box

The penguin between the boxes

The penguin behind the boxes

But who/what is the main topic?

In subject-verb agreement…

A prepositional phrase is a phrase with two or more words that begins with a

preposition. A verb must agree with its subject, not with the object of a

prepositional phrase, which often comes between the subject and the

verb.

The penguin on the box is Gunther.

The penguin behind the boxes is Gunther.

EXERCISES

DETERMINE THE SUBJECT and THE CORRECT VERB THAT

SHOULD BE USED IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES.

EXERCISES

The student in the back of the classroom _________

attentively to the teacher.

LISTEN LISTENS

EXERCISES

The girl between those two boys _________ not my

cousin.

IS ARE

EXERCISES

Escons, together with Ports and Montebs, ______ to the

TLE building.

GO GOES

EXERCISES

The Island, between the two seas, _______ gone.

has have

QUIZ!

QUIZ

1. Apartments in this city (is, are) expensive.

QUIZ

2.A dealer in rare books (is asked, are asked) to look at the collection of novels to ensure the authenticity.

QUIZ

3. The musicians in the band (is practicing, are practicing).

QUIZ

4. The blue areas on the map (indicates, indicate) water.

QUIZ

5. The leaves on the oak tree (is turning, are turning) bright

orange and yellow.