Quick Review of Parts of

Speech and Subject Verb

Agreement
 The Eight Parts of Speech
The eight parts of speech are
the pieces of language that
make up correct sentence
structure. They are: noun,
pronoun, verb, adverb,
adjective, preposition,
 Parts of Speech
1. Nouns
A noun is a naming word. A noun may name a person, place, thing or idea.
2. Verbs
A verb is either an action word or a state-of-being-word.
3. Adjectives
An adjective describes or modifies a noun.
4. Pronouns
Pronouns take the place of nouns.
5. Adverbs
Adverbs tell about verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Adverbs add meaning or
intensity to verbs. Adverbs tell how, when or where about a verb.
6. Prepositions
Propositions show position or how things go together.
7. Conjunctions
Conjunctions are joining words.
8. Interjections
Interjections express strong or sudden feeling. They are not needed to complete a
sentence.
 Subject
To identify the subject of a sentence, ask
yourself "who or what is doing the action?"

Verb
To identify the verb in a sentence, ask
yourself "what is the action?" or "what is
being done here?" In some sentences, though,
the verb is a "state of being." The verb "to
be" in all its forms is an example of this.
 RULES FOR SUBJECT – VERB AGREEMENT

Subject Verb

 Singular Subject
 Singular Verb (s / es)
 Plural Subject
 Plural Verb ( are, were,
have)
 The pronoun “I” is a plural
 Plural Verb ( are, do, have,
subject
were)
 The pronoun “You” is a
 Plural Verb (are, do, have,
plural subject
were)
 Singular Subject - each,
 These words take a singular
neither, every
verb
Some Basic Rules
Pay Attention To This
 Treat most indefinite pronouns as singular. – Indefinite
pronouns are pronouns that do not refer to specific persons or
things.
 The following commonly used indefinite pronouns are
singular: anybody, anyone, anything, each, either, everybody,
everyone, everything, neither, nobody, no one, somebody,
someone, something.
 Everyone on the team supports the coach.
 Each of the furrows has been seeded.
 Everybody who signed up for the ski trip was taking
lessons.
 A few indefinite pronouns (all, any, none,
some) may be singular or plural depending on
the noun or pronoun they refer to.
 Some of our luggage was lost.
 None of his advice makes sense.
 Some of the rocks are slippery.
 None of the eggs were broken.
 Note: When the meaning of none is
emphatically “not one,” none may be treated
as singular.
 Treat collective nouns as singular unless the
meaning is clearly plural.
 Collective nouns such as jury, committee,
audience, crowd, class, troop, family and couple.
Usually, a class or a group is generally treated as
singular. s
 The class respects the teacher.
 Occasionally, when there is some reason to draw
attention to the individual members of the group, a
collective noun may be treated as plural.
 The class are debating among themselves.
We have examined some of the crucial rules.
Continue to revise and practise. Remember
this is crucial for your writing.