Fixing Grammar Errors
Subject-Verb Agreement 1
What’s the Problem?
A. A verb agrees with the object of
a preposition rather than with the
subject.
The animation of cartoons are
fascinating.
B. A verb agrees with a word in a
phrase that comes between the
subject and the verb.
I, as well as my friends, are the
first in line for animated films.
C. A verb doesn’t agree with an
indefinite-pronoun subject.
Each of us plan to make cartoons
our life.
D. A verb in a contraction doesn’t
agree with its subject.
It don’t seem like a waste of time
to us.
E. A singular verb is used with a
compound subject that contains
and.
Copyright © McDougal Littell Inc. All rights reserved.
Celeste and Jono wants to open
a studio someday.
QUICK-FIX GRAMMAR AND STYLE CHARTS
Quick Fix
Mentally block out the prepositional
phrase and make the verb agree
with the true subject.
The animation of cartoons is
fascinating.
Mentally block out the phrase and
make the verb agree with the true
subject.
I, as well as my friends, am the first
in line for animated films.
Decide whether the pronoun is
singular or plural and make the verb
agree with it.
Each of us plans to make cartoons
our life.
Use a verb in a contraction that
agrees with the subject.
It doesn’t seem like a waste of time
to us.
Use a plural verb.
Celeste and Jono want to open a
studio someday.
QF3