Final Review

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound SubjectsWhen two or more people or things are joined

by and in a subject, the subject is always plural and, therefore, takes a plural verb.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound SubjectsWhen two or more people or things are joined

by and in a subject, the subject is always plural and always takes a plural verb.

Example:Sally and John walk to school every day.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound SubjectsWhen two or more people or things are joined

by and in a subject, the subject is always plural and always takes a plural verb.

Example:Sally and John walk to school every day.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound SubjectsWhen two or more people or things are joined

by and in a subject, the subject is always plural and always takes a plural verb.

Example:Sally and John walk to school every day.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound Subjects When two or more people or things are joined

by or or nor, the verb agrees with the closest noun.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound Subjects When two or more people or things are joined

by or or nor, the verb agrees with the closest noun.

Example:Neither John nor Sally walks to school.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound Subjects When two or more people or things are joined

by or or nor, the verb agrees with the closest noun.

Example:Neither John nor Sally walks to school.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound Subjects When two or more people or things are joined

by or or nor, the verb agrees with the closest noun.

Example:Neither John nor Sally walks to school.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound Subjects When two or more people or things are joined

by or or nor, the verb agrees with the closest noun.

Example:The children or Frank is singing in the kitchen.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound Subjects When two or more people or things are joined

by or or nor, the verb agrees with the closest noun.

Example:The children or Frank is singing in the kitchen.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound Subjects When two or more people or things are joined

by or or nor, the verb agrees with the closest noun.

Example:The children or Frank is singing in the kitchen.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound Subjects When two or more people or things are joined

by or or nor, the verb agrees with the closest noun.

Example:Frank or the children are singing in the kitchen.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound Subjects When two or more people or things are joined

by or or nor, the verb agrees with the closest noun.

Example:Frank or the children are singing in the kitchen.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

1) Compound Subjects When two or more people or things are joined

by or or nor, the verb agrees with the closest noun.

Example:Frank or the children are singing in the kitchen.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

2) Prepositional Phrases and Other Phrases Following a Subject

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

2) Prepositional Phrases and Other Phrases Following a Subject

The number of a subject is not changed by a modifying prepositional phrase or other phrase following it.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

2) Prepositional Phrases and Other Phrases Following a Subject

The number of a subject is not changed by a modifying prepositional phrase or other phrase following it.

Example:One of the dogs is barking.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

2) Prepositional Phrases and Other Phrases Following a Subject

The number of a subject is not changed by a modifying prepositional phrase or other phrase following it.

Example:One (of the dogs) is barking.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

2) Prepositional Phrases and Other Phrases Following a Subject

The number of a subject is not changed by a modifying prepositional phrase or other phrase following it.

Example:One (of the dogs) is barking.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

2) Prepositional Phrases and Other Phrases Following a Subject

The number of a subject is not changed by a modifying prepositional phrase or other phrase following it.

Example:Each of the boys does his part.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

2) Prepositional Phrases and Other Phrases Following a Subject

The number of a subject is not changed by a modifying prepositional phrase or other phrase following it.

Example:Each of the boys does his part.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

2) Prepositional Phrases and Other Phrases Following a Subject

The number of a subject is not changed by a modifying prepositional phrase or other phrase following it.

Example:Each (of the boys) does his part.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

2) Prepositional Phrases and Other Phrases Following a Subject

The number of a subject is not changed by a modifying prepositional phrase or other phrase following it.

Example:Each (of the boys) does his part.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

3) ExpletivesWhen using there as an expletive, the verb

agrees with the noun that follows it.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

3) ExpletivesWhen using there as an expletive (placeholder

word), the verb agrees with the noun that follows it.

Example:There is too much noise on this bus.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

3) ExpletivesWhen using there as an expletive (placeholder

word), the verb agrees with the noun that follows it.

Example:There is too much noise on this bus.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

3) ExpletivesWhen using there as an expletive (placeholder

word), the verb agrees with the noun that follows it.

Example:There is too much noise on this bus.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

3) ExpletivesWhen using there as an expletive (placeholder

word), the verb agrees with the noun that follows it.

Example:There are too many people on this bus.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

3) ExpletivesWhen using there as an expletive (placeholder

word), the verb agrees with the noun that follows it.

Example:There are too many people on this bus.

Subject and Verb Agreement: Review of Yesterday

3) ExpletivesWhen using there as an expletive (placeholder

word), the verb agrees with the noun that follows it.

Example:There are too many people on this bus.

Exercises from Handout

1) Neither my mother nor my father are going.

Exercises from Handout

1) Neither my mother nor my father are going.

Neither my mother nor my father is going.

Exercises from Handout

1) Neither my mother nor my father are going.

Neither my mother nor my father is going.

Explanation:Since the two parts of the subject are joined by nor,

the verb agrees with noun closest to it. Father is singular; therefore, the verb is is singular.

Exercises from Handout

2) There’s too many people in this room.

Exercises from Handout

2) There’s too many people in this room.

Remember there’s = there is.

Exercises from Handout

2) There’s too many people in this room.

Remember there’s = there is.

There are too many people in this room.

Exercises from Handout

2) There’s too many people in this room.

Remember there’s = there is.

There are too many people in this room.Explanation:The verb (are) has to agree with people.

Exercises from Handout

3) Each one of you have to take the exam.

Exercises from Handout

3) Each one of you have to take the exam.

Each one of you has to take the exam.

Exercises from Handout

3) Each one of you have to take the exam.

Each one of you has to take the exam.

Explanation:The verb must agree with the subject each one,

…

Exercises from Handout

3) Each one of you have to take the exam.

Each one (of you) has to take the exam.

Explanation:The verb must agree with the subject each one,

…not the phrase of you.

Exercises from Handout

4) Everyone in my family attend the reunions.

Exercises from Handout

4) Everyone in my family attend the reunions.

Everyone in my family attends the reunions.

Exercises from Handout

4) Everyone in my family attend the reunions.

Everyone in my family attends the reunions.

Explanation:The verb agrees with the singular subject

everyone,…

Exercises from Handout

4) Everyone in my family attend the reunions.

Everyone (in my family) attends the reunions.

Explanation:The verb agrees with the singular subject

everyone,…not the noun family found in the prepositional phrase.

Exercises from Handout

5) One of the dogs keep barking at night.

Exercises from Handout

5) One of the dogs keep barking at night.

One of the dogs keeps barking at night.

Exercises from Handout

5) One of the dogs keep barking at night.

One of the dogs keeps barking at night.

Explanation:The verb agrees with the subject one,…

Exercises from Handout

5) One of the dogs keep barking at night.

One (of the dogs) keeps barking at night.

Explanation:The verb agrees with the subject one,…not the

noun dogs found in the prepositional phrase.

Exercises from Handout

6) There’s three reasons for rejecting this offer.

Exercises from Handout

6) There’s three reasons for rejecting this offer.

There are three reasons for rejecting this offer.

Exercises from Handout

6) There’s three reasons for rejecting this offer.

There are three reasons for rejecting this offer.

Explanation:The verb agrees with the noun that follows it.

Exercises from Handout

7) Neither you nor I are to blame.

Exercises from Handout

7) Neither you nor I are to blame.

Neither you nor I am to blame.

Exercises from Handout

7) Neither you nor I are to blame.

Neither you nor I am to blame.

Explanation:When two parts of a compound subject are

joined by or or nor,…