DETAILED LESSON PLAN

IN GRADE 8 SUBJECT VERB-AGREEMENT

I. LEARNING OUTCOMES:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

a. Define the different types of paragraphs;

b. Differentiate the types of paragraphs based on use and content; and
c. Explain the importance of using the types of paragraphs in writing.
II. SUBJECT MATTER:
Topic: Subject Verb-Agreement

Reference: Hacker, D. (2006). The Bedford handbook (7th ed.). Boston: Bedford/
St. Martins.

Materials: Laptop

III. PROCEDURE

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

Preparatory Activities

 Prayer
“Ms. _____, kindly lead the prayer.”
 Greetings “Almighty Father……..
"Good morning class. How are you
today?”
“Wow! That’s good to hear.” “We’re doing fine ma’am.”
 Checking of Attendance
“Class beadle, kindly do a screenshot
now and send to me the attendance
later.”
 Preparation
“Okay. Now, before we start our
lesson, may I request everyone to “Noted maam”
please turn on your camera for
attendance purposes.
(Students turning their cameras on and
muting their microphones.)
Preparation
“Okay once again, let us all be reminded of our
CLASSROOM RULES to ensure better
discipline while on class. Classroom rules are
as follows:”
1. Be on-time, on task and prepared to
learn everyday.
2. Be attentive all the time.
3. Respect the teacher and other
students.
4. Do not answer in chorus; answer
one at a time.
5. State your family name first if you
want to answer and/or have
questions.

 Review

“Okay now, let’s have a review. What was

your topic last meeting?”

“What have you learned from the topic?”

(Answer may vary)
“Okay, very good!”

“Now let’s begin this with an activity.”

A. ACTIVITY
The class will be presented various sentences
in which they will be asked if the construction
(Students participating)
of sentences are correct or wrong and they will
answer it by responding to it through their face
reaction whether if it is correct they will
respond a happy face and if its wrong they will
respond a sad face.
Sentence:
(students answer may vary)
1: I love you.
(students answer may vary)
2. The car looks expensive.
(students answer may vary)
3. The dog bark.
(students answer may vary)
4. The dogs barks.
(students answer may vary)
5. The dolphins wiggle their tail.
 Did you enjoy it?
B. ABSTRACTION
“In relation to the activity we just had, what do
you think is our topic for today?”
“We have observed ma’am that our topic
“What are your observations?” for today is about the rules of Subject
Verb-Agreement.

“Very good. That’s right.”

“Today, we will talk about the fundamental
rules of Subject Verb-Agreement but let us go
back first to the simple rules;
(Student volunteers to read)
Anybody who wants to read?
Okey,(states the name of the student) please
read.
In the present tense, verbs agree with their
subjects in NUMBER (singular/plural) and in
(Students listen attentively)
PERSON (first, second, or third). The present
tense ending –s (or –es) is used on a verb if the
subject is THIRD PERSON SINGULAR.
Otherwise, the verb takes NO ENDING.

SINGULAR PLURAL
First person I Love We Love
Second person You Love You Love
Third person He/she Loves They Love
/ it
After learning
the basic
fundamentals of subject-verb agreement, read
and understand these special rules and after
some practice, forming correct sentences will
be easy!
Are you excited to know more the special rules
or the Eight rules of the subject verb-
agreement?

Yes ma’am!
1. Make the verb agree with its subject,
 not with the word in between

(Anybody wants to read?) (students listen attentively)

High levels of pollution cause damage to the

respiratory tract.
The subject is levels, NOT pollution
2. With subjects joined with or, nor,
(Student volunteers to read)
either…or, or neither… nor, make the
verb agree with the part of the subject
NEARER to the verb
(students listen attentively)
Example:
* A driver’s license or credit card is
required.
-->See, the term “driver’s license” was not
used in making the verb agree the sentence.
Instead it was the term “credit card”.
*Neither the lab assistant nor the
students were able to download the
information

3. Treat most indefinite pronouns as

SINGULAR
Anybody, Each, Everyone, Nobody, Somebody
Anyone, Either, Everything, No one, Someone
Anything, Everybody, Neither ,Nothing
Something

Examples:

* Everybody who signed up for the

snowboarding trip was taking lessons

* Everyone on the team supports the coach

4.However, a few indefinite nouns such as

ALL, ANY, NONE and SOME may be
singular or plural DEPENDING on the noun or
pronoun they refer to.

(Anybody wants to read the examples?)

Examples:
* Some of our luggage was lost

None of his advice makes sense

5.Make the verb agree with its subject even “Maam” ( a student volunteers)
when the subject follows the verb.

(Okey, another one who wants to volunteer to

read the example?)

*There are surprisingly few children in our

neighbourhood. (Students participating)

*There were a social worker and a crew of

twenty volunteers at the scene of the accident.
( a student volunteers)
6. Words such as athletics, economics, measles
and news are usually SINGULAR, despite their
plural form.

Example:

Statistics is among the most difficult courses in

our program

7. Titles of works, company names, words

mentioned as words, and gerund phrases are
SINGULAR.

Examples:

*Lost Cities describes the discoveries of many

ancient civilizations

*Delmonico Brothers specializes in organic

produce and additive-free meats.

Okey, lets move on to the last special rules, can

you please read ------?

8. Treat collective nouns (e.g. team, audience,

crowd, class, family) as SINGULAR unless the
meaning is clearly plural

1. SINGULAR

Collective nouns nearly always emphasize a Yes ma’am.

group as a UNIT
 a. The class respects the teacher (student is reading)

b. The board of trustees meets in Denver

twice a year

2. PLURAL

Occasionally, a collective noun is treated as

plural to draw attention to the INDIVIDUAL
members of the group

a. The class are debating amongst

themselves

“If that is the case, it is better to change it

to:”
The class members are debating
amongst themselves

(The teacher further discusses the lesson.)

C. ANALYSIS
The teacher will ask the students to give a short
review about the simple rules of Subject Verb
Agreement.

“Okay. What are the simple rules of Subject

Verb-Agreement.

“Yes, _________.”

“Yes very good. What else?

(Student volunteer)

“Okay, ________.” The verbs agree with their subjects in

NUMBER (singular/plural) and in
“Very good.” PERSON (first, second, or third). The
present tense ending –s (or –es) is used
on a verb if the subject is THIRD
PERSON SINGULAR
 D. APPLICATION
The teacher will give the students an activity
that will measure student’s learning about
Subject Verb-Agreement.

“Okey class, so let’s have an exercises please

follow the direction given.
Direction: Read the sentence first then
identify the subject (or compound
subject) and the verb that agrees with it.

Example:
Everyone in the telecom focus group
has /have) experienced problems with
cell phones.
“ Okey, class let’s begin!
I will call a name or somebody wants to
volunteer to read and answer”

1. Your friendship over the years and

your support (has/have) meant a great
deal to us.

2. Hamilton Family Center, a shelter for (Students are participating)

teenage runaways in San Francisco,
(offers/offer) a wide variety of services.

3. The main source of income for

Trinidad (is/are) oil and pitch.

4. The chances of your being promoted

(is/are) excellent.

5. There (was/were) a Pokémon card

stuck to the refrigerator.
(student volunteers)
6. Neither the professor nor his
assistants (was/were) able to solve the
mystery of the eerie glow in the
laboratory.

7. Many hours at the driving range

(has/have) led us to design golf balls
with GPS locators in them.

8. Discovered in the soil of our city

garden (was/were) a button dating from
 the Civil War dating from the turn of the
century.

9. Every year, during the midsummer

festival, the smoke of village bonfires
(fills/fill) the sky.

10. The story performers (was/were)

surrounded by children and adults eager
to see magical tales.

Okey, great job students.

“Very good class! I am pleased with the results

of your activity.”
“Now, please prepare yourself for a short
quiz.”

E. ASSESSMENT
The students will be given an eight-item test to
be answered in 10 minutes.

Edit the following sentences to eliminate

problems with subject-verb agreement and
write the edited sentence. If a sentence is
correct, write “correct.”
After answering it you may send it on our
meeting inbox.
Jack’s first days in the infantry was gruelling
Jack’s first days in the infantry were gruelling

1. One of the main reasons for elephant

poaching are the profits received from selling
the ivory tusks.

2. Not until my interview with Dr. Chang were

other possibilities opened to me.

3. Batik cloth from Bali, blue and white

ceramics from Cambodia, and a bocce ball
from Turin has made Hannah’s room the talk
of the dorm.
4. The board of directors, ignoring the wishes
of the neighbourhood, has voted to allow
further development.

5. Measles is a contagious childhood disease.

6. The presence of certain bacteria in our

bodies are one of the factors that determines
our overall health.

7. Leah is the only one of the many applicants

who has the ability to step into this job.

8. Neither the explorer nor his companions was

ever seen again.

F. ASSIGNMENT

In relation to the fundamental rules or the eight rules that we had been discussed,
construct a sentence in each rules.
Prepared by: Chamma Luab Garsula
Jenelyn Baguio Rustia
Nol-Ena Cambia