SUBJECT-VERB-

AGREEMENT
 Singular subjects take singular verbs. Plural
subject take plural verbs.

Example:
 Martin is dull.
 (singular)
 We attend seminar today.
 (plural)
 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 sages
dazzles people.
Notice that although the intervening words are
in plural form, both the subject and the verb
are in singular form.
 The words some, all, most any are singular
when they refer on 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 times.
Example:
 Most of the work was begun by original
thinkers. (quantity)
 Some of the ideas exposed by the Emersion
were misunderstood.
 A compound subject joined by and takes a
plural verb. When they referred to as 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
was a speaker at Harvard. (one unit)
(GROUP PRESENTATION)
By group, create a Powerpoint Presentation presenting
the following sentences with correct verbs used.

1. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.

2. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
3. George and Tamara (doesn’t, don’t) want to see that
movie.
4. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
SUBJECT-VERB-AGREEMENT IN THE
NUTSHELL
 Singular subjects take singular verb; Plural subject
take plural verbs.
 The verb agrees only with its subject. Words
between subject and verb do not affect the number
of the subject. (intervening phrase)
 The words some, all, most any are singular when
they refer on 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 times.
 A compound subject joined by and takes a
plural verb. When they referred to as one
unit, it takes singular verb.
QUIZ
If the sentence is grammatically correct, write
the name of your crush before the number. If
there is an error in SVA, write the correct form
of verb.
1. Are you aware that the sale of the tickets have
started?
2. On the beach, Johari sings.
3. The photographs in the year book are her
work.
4. The decision of the director stand.
5. The child looks at the picture inside the
room.

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Johari A. Biangan
3 BSE A