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Subject-Verb Agreement Handout

Instructions: As we learn about 10 of the SVA rules, fill out this handout
for every Enrichment Assignment. Some information have already been
filled out, and you will have to fill in the missing information.

VERB
RUL SUBJECT EXAMPLE
E# SINGULAR PLURAL
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Singular Paul loves
1 to cook
✓ spaghetti.

Plural The
2 Children
✓ want to
study
English.
3 Two subjects connected by ✓ Kate and
“and” Paul cook
their favorite
breakfast
dish.
and
Singular subject Two verbs Two verbs Paolo plays
basketball
✓ and writes
4 essays well.

Plural subject Two verbs Two verbs Jasper and

Kate run
✓ towards
 their house
and cook
their dinner.

Singular subject, followed ✓ Gab, who

by a phrase lives near
Kate’s
house, is
5 the class
valedictoria
n.
Plural subject, followed by ✓ Rodrigo and
a phrase Vito, who
are best
friends
since birth,
are both in
the same
law school.
6 Two singular subjects ✓ Either
connected by “or” or “nor” spaghetti or
carbonara is
available as
a snack to
or/nor all guests.
Singular and plural subjects ✓ Neither
connected by “or” or “nor” Paul nor his
teammates
love to play
7 chess.
or/nor
Plural and singular subjects ✓ Either the
connected by “or” or “nor” soldiers or
Jake wants
to serve his
country.
or/nor
 Indefinite pronouns (ex. ✓ Everyone
everyone, somebody, has the right
anything, no one, etc. to vote for
8
their chosen
political
candidate
during the
election.
Uncountable/mass nouns ✓ Milk is the
(ex. milk, sand) best
9 beverage
for people
with
insomnia.
Collective nouns (ex. ✓ My family is
family) the best
people I
10
have.