Subject and Verb Agreement in

Making Definitions
ENGLISH 10

CIZA RHEA AMIGO- OSOTEO, PhD

RL
English Teacher
 Subject and Verb
Agreement in Making
Definitions
 In making definitions, correct grammar must be
observed. One of the common grammatical errors is
the subject and verb agreement. When a subject and
its verb fit together properly, they are said to agree
with each other.
In this lesson, we will study the grammatical agreement
of subjects and verbs as well as pronouns and their
antecedents. The table below comprises the common
mistakes in the subject-verb agreement in making
definitions.
Exercise 1.
Directions: Choose and underline the
correct verb from the given choices to
complete the statements.
1. Frontliners (refer, refers, referred,
referring) to the most advanced or
important position or activity in a
field or undertaking just like the
doctors, nurses and others during this
time of COVID 19 outbreak.
2. Heroes are those who commit an
act of remarkable bravery who have
shown an admirable quality such as
great courage or strength of
character. In an epic, they (remain,
remains, remained, remaining)
undefeated at the end.
3. Family usually (consist, consists,
consisted, consisting) of a father, a
mother, and children living together.
4. Economics (pertain, pertains,
pertained, pertaining) to the social
science that determine the
production, distribution and
consumption of goods and services.
5. Faculty is the entire teaching staff
of a university, a college, or school
including any administrators holding
academic rank. Each of them
(observe, observes, observed,
observing) his/her rights and
responsibilities given.
6. Queen is a woman who rules over
a country, usually by right of birth.
(It, She, Her, Hers) is the wife of the
king.
7. Social Amelioration Program is a cash
emergency subsidy program for 18
million Filipino families whose lives are
greatly affected by the ECQ. (It, They,
Them, Its) is mandated by the new law,
the Bayanihan To Heal As One Act,
which was signed by the President last
March 25, 2020.
8.Doctors (is, are, was,
were) those who are
qualified in medicine
and treats people.
9. Social distancing is a set of non-
pharmaceutical interventions or measures
which (intend, intends, intended,
intending) to prevent the spread of a
contagious disease by maintaining a
physical distance between people and
reducing the number of times people
come into contact with each other.
10. Harlequins, like the
circus clown, (wear, wears,
wore, worn) a costume,
usually diamond- patterned
costume.
Evaluation:
Directions: Read and understand the
given paragraph below. There are five
underlined words/terms used in the
paragraph. Give your definitions to each
of the terms (3-5 sentences each).
Observe subject-verb agreement in
making definitions.
COVID-19 pandemic is the global
health crisis we are facing right now It
is transferable disease once the virus is
transmitted. Cases are rising daily.
Because of that, many countries are
doing their best to look for a cure and
means to slow the spread of the virus.
For the meantime, they test and treat
patients, carry out contact tracing,
limit travels, quarantine citizens, and
cancel large gatherings like sporting
events, concerts, as well as schools.
Many establishments were also close
which directly affect the income of the
people. That is why the government is
continuously doing all the ways and
means to help every citizen by giving
cash assistance and others for nobody
knows when normality will return.
On the other hand, Department
of Health (DOH) always
reminds us to regularly do the
health protocols which we can
at least do to fight against this
disease.
 VALUE FOCUS
In making your outputs, and in answering
your activities, how important is academic
honesty?
 ASSIGNMENT
Cut out news from newspaper articles, and
underline the subject and verb agreement.
Underline also the terms being defined in
the article. Paste the article in a short
bondpaper.