GRAMMAR:

SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

Subject comes
before the main
verb

Ricky walks to school.

Main
verb

INTRODUCTION
1.The subject of a sentence:
can be a noun, a pronoun or a
noun phrase
is the person or thing that
causes the action shown by the
verb
comes before the main verb

2. A verb is a word that:

tells us what the subject is
doing, thinking and feeling
can describe a state
tells us the time of the
action (the tense)

subje
ct

The boy fell into the drain.

The verb fell is the past
tense of fall. So we know
that this action happened
before the time of speaking

Subject-Verb Agreement
1. The subject of a sentence must
agree in person and number
with the verb.

Person

Number

Singular
First person
I
Second
You
person
He

Plural
We
You

Third person

They

She
It

2. Use a singular verb with a

singular subject.
I am a good boy.
The wind blows gently.
The cat was cold and
hungry.