Subject-Verb Agreement

ESOL Mulberry Middle School

Mrs. K. Vega

What is Subject-Verb
Agreement?
Subject-verb agreement means your subject and verb
must match, or agree, in number.
If you have a singular subject, then you must use a singular verb.
The dog barks at every sound he hears.

If you have a plural subject, then you must use a plural verb.
The dogs bark at every sound they hear.

No S on
subject
-S on
verb

The

girl

dances.

-S on
subject

The

girls dance.
No S
on verb

Tip for Subject/verb Agreement

Generally, if the subject doesnt
end in S, the verb will.
If the subject does end in S,
the verb wont.

Watch the Verb Endings!

Singular
I walk
You walk
He/She/It walk s
Joe walk s
The girl walk s

Plural

We walk

You walk

They walk

Joe and Maria walk

The girls walk

Practice
1) The unique blend of herbs and spices (bring /brings) out
the flavor of the food.
2) Under the file cabinets (lies /lie) the missing document.
3) The mayor of Minneapolis, along with those of other major
cities, (has / have) asked the President for assistance.
4) One of our managers (is /are) preparing the budget.
5) The company, in addition to the employees, (is/ are)
hoping there will be no strike next week.

6) The students, including Matt, (hopes / hope) there will be a

party soon.
7) The company (is /are) planning (its / their) annual Christmas
party.
8) No one (wants / want) (his or her / their) GPA to go down.
9) The students, as well as the instructor, (keeps / keep) very
busy.
10)The administrators, who wrote the books, (sticks / stick) to
the rules.

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