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COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
School Year 2022 – 2023
Lesson Plan in SUBJECT AND VERB AGREEMENT

I. OBJECTIVES:
a) Define the Subject and verb Agreement
b) Determine the rules of Subject and Verb Agreement.
c) Demonstrate the understanding of SVA by participating on the different group
activities involving the SVA
d) Apply the rules of Subject and Verb Agreement on finding the correct verbs to
sentences by filling the blanks in the activity given.
e) Construct sentences that supports the rules of the Subject and Verb Agreement
II. SUBJECT MATTER
a. Topic: Subject and Verb Agreement
b. Learning Resources:
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/grammar/subjectverbagreement
c. Additional references:
https://youtu.be/0i_reoEG81Q
d. Instructional materials:
PowerPoint presentation, flash cards, 2 mini board
e. Values: Cooperation, discipline, attentiveness
III. LEARNING ACTIVITIES
A. Preliminary Activities
1. Daily Routine
a) Opening Prayer/ Verse
b) Greetings
c) Checking of Attendance e.
d) Classroom Management

2. Motivation
1. Energizer

The teacher will group the students to two, the boy and the girls, each will send one
representative per round, the representatives will identify the correct verb per each
sentence by writing their answer to the mini board, the group with the higher score
wins.

1. The lady (waits) (wait) for the train to stop.

2. The waiter (run) (runs) to the manager.
3. She (know) (knows) our secret.
4. Wally (watch) (watches) Game of Thrones with me.
 5. Adelynn (is) (are) very beautiful.
6. Any and Addy (is) (are) best friends.
7. Either Marry or Chichi (is) (are) going to win the crown.
8. Avengers (is) (are) a very good movie.
9. All of us (complete) (completes) the family.
10. Brave soldiers (keeps) (keep) their promise to defend the land.

Guided questions
1. What is the Subject and Verb Agreement?
2. Define the subject?
3. Define the verb?

B. Enabling Activities
I. Activity
The teacher will call random students who will pick from face down flash
cards that contains verbs, the student will formulate a sentence using
the verb chosen.
II. Analysis
The teacher will ask the following questions
• How does the subject and verb agreement affect
sentence structure?
• How essential is the subject and verb agreement to
English grammar?

III. Abstraction

Lesson proper: RULE 1: Subjects and verbs must agree in number.

This is the cornerstone rule that forms the background of the
concept. Example:
• The dog growls when he is angry.
• The dogs growl when they are angry.

RULE 2: Don’t get confused by the words that come between the
subject and verb; they do not affect agreement.
Example:
• The dog, who is chewing on my jeans, is usually very good.

RULE 3: Prepositional phrases between the subject and verb

usually do not affect agreement.
Example:
• The colors of the rainbow are beautiful.
RULE 4: When sentences start with “there” or “here,” the subject will
always be placed after the verb, so care needs to be taken to
identify it correctly.
Example:
• There is a problem with the balance sheet. Here are the
papers you requested.

RULE 5: Subjects don't always come before verbs in questions.

Make sure you accurately identify the subject before deciding on the
proper verb form to use. Example:
• Does Lefty usually eat grass?
• Where are the pieces of this puzzle?

RULE 6: If two subjects are joined by and, they typically require a

plural verb form.
Example:
• The cow and the pig are jumping over the moon.

RULE 7: The verb is singular if the two subjects separated by and

refer to the same person or thing.
Example:
• Red beans and rice is my mom's favorite dish.

RULE 8: If the words each, every, or no come before the subject,

the verb is singular.
Example:
• No smoking and drinking is allowed.
• Every man and woman is required to check in.

RULE 9: If the subjects are both singular and are connected by the
words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also the verb is
singular.
Example:
• Jessica or Christian is to blame for the accident.

RULE 10: The only time when the object of the preposition factors
into the decision of plural or singular verb forms is when noun and
pronoun subjects like some, half, none, more, all, etc. are followed
by a prepositional phrase. In these sentences, the object of the
preposition determines the form of the verb.
Example:
• All of the chicken is gone.
• All of the chickens are gone.

RULE 11: The singular verb form is usually used for units of
measurement.
Example:
• Four quarts of oil was required to get the car running.

RULE 12: If the subjects are both plural and are connected by the
words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also, the verb
is plural.
Example:
• Dogs and cats are both available at the pound.

RULE 13: If one subject is singular and one plural and the words are
connected by the words or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not
only/but also, you use the verb form of the subject that is nearest the
verb.
Example:
• Do your sisters or your girlfriend want any pizza?

RULE 14: Indefinite pronouns typically take singular verbs. *

Example:
• Everybody wants to be loved.

RULE 15: * Except for the pronouns (few, many, several, both) that
always take the plural form.
Example:
• Few were left alive after the flood.

RULE 16: If two infinitives are separated by and they take the plural
form of the verb.
Example:
• To walk and to chew gum require great skill.

RULE 17: When gerunds are used as the subject of a sentence they
take the singular verb form of the verb, but when they are linked by
and they take the plural form.
Example:
• Standing in the water was a bad idea.
 • Swimming in the ocean and playing drums are my hobbies.

RULE 18: Collective nouns like herd, senate, class, crowd, etc.
usually take a singular verb form.
Example:
• The herd is stampeding.

RULE 19: Titles of books, movies, novels, etc. are treated as

singular and take a singular verb.
Example:
• The Burbs is a movie starring Tom Hanks.

RULE 20: Final Rule – Remember, only the subject affects the verb.

IV. Generalization
The teacher will ask the students to summarize the discussion,
and give 1 rule of subject and verb agreement then create an
example sentence.

V. Application

Divide the class into four groups

Group 1: will construct 5 sentences that depicts least 5 rules of

SVA
Group 2: will cite what rule is present on each of the Group 1
sentences
Group 3: will discuss at least 5 rules of SVA, 1 per each member
Group 4: will create a short paragraph on the importance of SVA
on the English Language

VI. Assessment

Fill in the blank

1. If the subjects are both singular and are connected by the words
or, nor, neither/nor, either/or, and not only/but also the verb is

2. The verb is if the two subjects separated by and refer to the

same person or thing.
 3. Except for the (few, many, several, both) that always take
the plural form.

4. If two are separated by and they take the plural form of the
verb.

5. When are used as the subject of a sentence they take the

singular verb form of the verb, but when they are linked by and
they take the plural form.

VII. Assignment

Construct one sentence for each rule of Subject and verb

Agreement, write the rule exemplified by the sentence, do this in a
one whole sheet of paper