Lesson Plan in Grade-9 English

I. Objectives; At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to;
A. state the rules of Subject-Verb Agreement.
B. sustain interest in studying Subject-Verb Agreement: and
C. construct their own sentences using correct Subject-Verb Agreement.

II. Subject Matter

 General Topic: Sentences Structure (Grammar)
 Specific Topic: Subject-Verb Agreement
 References: Smart English; San Miguel et. al., pp.120-123
 Materials; Visual Aids, Chalkboard

III. Procedure.
 Preliminary Activities: Prayer, Greetings, Checking of Attendance
 Review:
a. What are the basic parts of a sentences?
b. How are the subject and predicate related to each other?

III. Motivation
 The teacher will ask the students to write a short conversation of a
foreigner asking a Filipino vendor for a direction.
 Then, the teacher will call 3 random students to read their works.
 After the three students have read their works, the teacher will give
his/her evaluation to their works.

IV. Lesson Presentation:

 Remember class that verb, unlike nouns, have the S-Form of the
word for the singular form and the base form for its plural form.
Please take a look at the example.

Example:
 S-Form (singular)
Sings, dances, writes, eats
 Base form(plural)
Sing, dance, write, eat

(1) Singular subjects take singular verbs.

Plural subjects take plural verbs.
Example:
Envy is ignorance, imitation is suicide.
(singular)

We recognize our own rejected thoughts.

(plural)

(2) The verb agrees only with its subject.

Words between subject and verb do not affect the number of the
subject (Intervening phrase)
Example:
The luster of the firmament of bards and sage dazzles people.

Notice that although the intervening words are in plural form, both
the subject and the verb are in singular form.

(3) The words some, all, must, any, are singular when they refer to
quantity or a collection taken as one. On the other hand, they are
plural when they refer to a number or a collection taken as several
ideas.

Example:
Must of the work was begun by original thinkers (quantity)
Some of the ideas exposed by Emerson were misunderstood.
(number)

(4) A compound subject joined by and takes a plural verb. When they
referred to us one unit, it takes singular verb.
Example:
Conformity and consistency are two obstacles of self-reliance.
(separate units).

The writer and the lecturer of great renown as a speaker at Harvard.

(one unit).
 A. Activity:

 The teacher will ask the students to construct at least five sentences
for each rules.
 The students will be given (20) minutes for the activity.

B. Analysis

 What is Subject Verb-Agreement?

 Are rules in grammar necessary?

C. Abstraction
 Singular subject takes singular verb; plural subjects take
plural verb.
The verb agrees only to its subject.
Intervening words do not affect the number of the subject.
Some, all, must, and any are singular when they refer to a
quantity. They refer to a number.
A compound subject joined by and takes plural verb. When
the compound subject refers to one unit, it takes singular verb.

D. Application
Choose the correct form of the verb.
1. Here in the Philippines everyone (enjoy, enjoys) avocado with
sugar, milk and crushed ice.
2. Several of their dishes (uses, use) avocado as a main
ingredient for soup.
3. All of the people in Tibet, however (drinks, drink) yak’s milk.
4. I guess, everyone (prefers, prefer) food varieties popular in
their own countries.
5. Several of the marketplace in Vietnam (sells, sell) dog meat
openly.
IV. Evaluation

If the sentence is grammatically correct, write C before the number. If there is an

error in Subject Verb Agreement, write the correct form of the verb.
1. The date and the place of the Girl Scouts’ Jamboree has been set.
2. The photographs in the yearbook are her work.
3. One of today’s English lessons are not easy to comprehend.
4. The president, with his cabinet, is going to the luncheon meeting.
5. Are you aware that the sale of the tickets has started?
6. The decision of the director stand.
7. Everyone on these islands are very friendly.
8. On the beach, Jackson sings.
9. The child looks at the picture inside the room.
10. Beneath these buildings are an underground stream.

V. Assignment
Direction: For your assignment, in a 1 half sheet of paper, do the following;
1. Write examples for each of the first four rules of the subject-verb
agreement.
2. Give the three remaining rules and give examples for each of the following
rules.