12/11/2021

INSTITUTO SUPERIOR PEDAGÓGICO PÚBLICO

“GUSTAVO ALLENDE LLAVERIA”
Subject-verb agreement
Subject and verb must be in agreement
Theme:
Subject-verb agreement Subject verb
Concordancia sujeto-verbo Subject Verb
(Están peleando.)
They are fighting.
Singular Singular They is fighting.
Study program: Primary education
Plural Plural
Area : English (La lista de estudiantes ___ (ser)
Semester : VIII (Juan es cantante.) muy larga.)
Session :6
Juan is a singer. The list of students is very
Juan are a singer. long.
TEACHER: Eng. Federico Macha Adriano

TEACHER: Eng. Federico Macha Adriano

Some rules about subject-verb agreement Some rules about subject-verb agreement
Algunas reglas sobre la concordancia sujeto-verbo Algunas reglas sobre la concordancia sujeto-verbo
❑ Sujeto singular + and + sujeto singular => verbo plural ❑ Sujeto singular + or / nor + sujeto plural => verbo plural
(El perro o los gatos duermen aquí.)
(Una niña y un niño están plantando un árbol.)
The cats or dog sleep here.
are planting a tree.
A girl and a boy ______
The dog or cats sleep here.
The dog or cats sleeps here.

❑ Sujeto singular + or / nor + sujeto singular => verbo singular ❑ Sujeto singular + comentarios => verbo singular

(Ni Alex ni José es rubio.) (Bob, no su esposa, está cocinando.)

is blond.
Neither Alex nor José______ is doing the cooking.
Bob, not his wife,______

TEACHER: Eng. Federico Macha Adriano TEACHER: Eng. Federico Macha Adriano

Exercises. Exercises.
nor
1. Neither the dishes ____the fork goes on the counter. are
6. Both of them _____happy in their new house.
(Ni los platos ni el tenedor van en el mostrador) (Ambos están felices en su nueva casa)
are
2. The car and the bicycle ______in the garage. is a rose in the backyard.
7. There ____
(El auto y la bicicleta están en el garaje) (Hay una rosa en el patio)
is
3. All of my family _____arrived on time. is the highest amount we can give
8. Ten thousand dollars ___
(Toda mi familia llegó a tiempo) you.
4. My friends _____very
are polite. (Diez mil dólares es la cantidad más grande que podemos darte)
(Mis amigos son muy educados) 9. Five years ____a
are reasonable amount of time to pay them
5. Television and radio _____means
are to communicate. back.
(La televisión y la radio son medios para comunicarse) (Cinco años es un plazo razonable para devolverles el dinero.)

TEACHER: Eng. Federico Macha Adriano TEACHER: Eng. Federico Macha Adriano

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Development of the
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questionnaire