Subject-Verb Agreement

Language ArtsMs. Campbell

February 2nd-6th ,2015

Academic Language•Subject

•Verb•Agree•Singular•Plural

Essential Question

•What form of verb is in a sentence when our subject is singular?

•What form of verb is in a sentence when our subject is plural?

Subject-Verb Agreement•A verb should agree

in number with its subject.

•Singular subjects take singular verbs.

Example #1•The ocean roars in the distance.

•Subject: ocean•Verb: roars

Example #2•She plays the violin well.

•Subject: She•Verb: plays

Essential Question•What form of

verb is in a sentence when our subject is

singular?

Subject-Verb Agreement•A verb should agree

in number with its subject.

•Plural subjects take plural verbs.

Example #3•Squirrels eat the seeds from the bird feeder.

•Subject: squirrels•Verb: eat

Example #4•They practice after school.

•Subject: They•Verb: practice

Essential Question•What form of

verb is in a sentence when our subject is plural?

Let’s Practice! •Tell if the following subjects are singular or plural.

1.socks match2.lightning crackles3.leaves rustle4.bands march

White Boards•Now we will do an activity with your partner. I will give you an example and it will either be in singular or plural form. I want you and your partner to come up with the opposite.

For example…•If I give you the sentence… Lions roar on the plains of Kenya. •You would write on your white board…A lion roars on the plains of Kenya.

For example…•If I give you the sentence…Maps show the shape of a country. •You would write on your white board…A (or The) map shows the shape of a country.

For example…•If I give you the sentence…What countries are highlighted on the map below? •You would write on your white board…What country is highlightedon the map below?

For example…•If I give you the sentence…Does an ocean form Kenya’s eastern border?•You would write on your white board…Do oceans form Kenya’s eastern border?

Essential Question

•What form of verb is in a sentence when our subject is singular?

•What form of verb is in a sentence when our subject is plural?

For example…•If I give you the sentence…Visitors enjoy Kenya’s beautiful scenery. •You would write on your white board…A (or The) visitor enjoys Kenya’s beautiful scenery.

For example…•If I give you the sentence…Mount Kenya’s peaks are covered with snow. •You would write on your white board…Mount Kenya’s peak is covered with snow.

For example…•If I give you the sentence…Wildlife parks have been created in Kenya. •You would write on your white board…A wildlife park has been created in Kenya

For example…•If I give you the sentence…In the picture below, rangers patrol a park to protect the animals.•You would write on your white board…In the picture below, a (or the) park ranger patrols a park to protect the animals.

Essential Question

•What form of verb is in a sentence when our subject is singular?

•What form of verb is in a sentence when our subject is plural?

For example…•If I give you the sentence…They certainly have unusual transportation. •You would write on your white board…He (or She) certainly hasunusual transportation.

For example…•If I give you the sentence…Many industries are located in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. •You would write on your white board…An industry is located in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.

For example…•If I give you the sentence…Kenyan farmers grow such crops as wheat, corn, and rice. •You would write on your white board…A (or The) Kenyan farmersgrows such crops as wheat, corn, and rice.

Your example…•Now, I want you and your partner to come up with two sentences and write them in both singular and plural form. •So you need four sentences total.

Essential Question

•What form of verb is in a sentence when our subject is singular?

•What form of verb is in a sentence when our subject is plural?

Subject-Verb AgreementPhrases Between Subject

and Verb

Language ArtsMs. Campbell

February 2nd-6th ,2015

Academic Language•Subject

•Verb•Noun•Singular•Plural

Essential Question• Do phrases

between the subject and verb change the subject-verb agreement rule?

Subject-Verb Agreement

•The number of a subject is NOT changed by a phrase following the subject.

Example #1•These shades of blue are my favorite colors.

•Subject: shades•Verb: are

Example #2•The ballerina with long black braids has been my sisters’ ballet teacher for two years.

•Subject: ballerina •Verb: has

FUNNN FACT!•The subject of a sentence is never in a prepositional phrase.

More helpful facts…•If the subject is an

indefinite pronoun, all, any, more, none, or

some, its number may be determined by the

object of a prepositional phrase that follows it.

Example #3• Myra, along with her brothers, helps with the house hold chores

each evening. • The prepositional phrase along

with her brothers, does not affect the number of the subject,

Myra.•Myra is a singular so it takes a singular verb, helps.

Subject-Verb Agreement

One More Than One

am areis

was were

Essential Question• Do phrases

between the subject and verb change the subject-verb agreement rule?

Let’s Practice!!! •Go to the Show Me App on

your iPads. •I will put a sentence on the

board and I want you to write the correct verb on

your white board. •Keep a tally of how many

you get right.

Let’s Practice!!!

1.The second-largest island of the United States (is, are) located in the Gulf of Alaska.

Let’s Practice!!! 2.The thirteen thousand

people on Kodiak Island (is, are) mostly Scandinavian, Russian, or Native Arctic descent.

Let’s Practice!!!

3.The citizens of Kodiak (calls, call) Alaska the mainland.

Essential Question• Do phrases

between the subject and verb change the subject-verb agreement rule?

Let’s Practice!!!

4. Sacks of mail (is, are) flown there from the mainland.

Let’s Practice!!! 5.Industries in the

community, originally known as Kikhtak, (include, includes) farming, fishing, and mining.

Let’s Practice!!!

6. One cannery on the island (cans, can) salmon eggs or roe.

Let’s Practice!!!

7.Many residents on the mainland (considers, consider) roe as a delicacy.

Let’s Practice!!!

8.Bears like this one (catch, catches) fresh salmon.

Let’s Practice!!! 9.However, their

search for leftovers often (create, creates) problems for Kodiak.

Let’s Practice!!! 10.The officials of one

town (has, have) had to put a special bear-proof fence around the garbage dump.

Essential Question• Do phrases

between the subject and verb change the subject-verb agreement rule?

Subject-Verb AgreementIndefinite Pronouns

Language ArtsMs. Campbell

February 2nd-6th ,2015

Academic Language•Pronoun

•Definite•Noun

Essential Question•What is an

indefinite pronoun?

Indefinite Pronouns•A personal pronoun refers to specific people, places, things or ideas.

•For example: he, she, it, they, we them, you.

Indefinite Pronouns•A pronoun that does not refer to a definite person, place, thing, or idea is called an indefinite pronoun.

•For example: each, manyanyone, all

Indefinite Pronouns: Singularanybody anyone

anything each

either everybody

everyone everything

neither nobody

no one nothing

one somebody

someone

something

FUNNN FACT!•The words, one, thing, and body are singular. The indefinite pronouns that contain these words are singular, too.

Example #1•Nearly everybody (was, were) wearing a helmet.

Example #2•Neither of them (was, were) wearing a helmet.

Example #3•Somebody in the class (speaks, speak) French.

Example #4•Nobody in the first two rows (want, wants) to volunteer to the magician's assistant.

Example #5•Each of these songs (is, are) by Josephine Marie.

Example #6•Someone in the crowd (is, are) waving a pennant, but I can’t tell whether it’s Nick.

Example #7•Everyone in those exercise classes (has, have) lost weight.

Example #8•One of the band members (play, plays) lead guitar and sings backup vocals.

Example #9•No one (was, were) listening to the speaker.

Example #10•(Does, Do)

either of them know how?

Indefinite Pronouns•The following indefinite pronouns are plural.

•For example: both, few, many, several

Indefinite Pronouns•Examples

–Both overflow occasionally. –Few of the guests are wearing formal clothes.

–Many of the newer houses have built-in smoke detectors.

–Several in the group say yes.

Indefinite Pronouns•The indefinite pronouns all, more most, non, and some may be singular or plural, depending on their meaning in the sentence.

Indefinite Pronouns•Example

–All of the snow has melted. •All is singular because snow is singular.

•The helping verb has is singular to agree with all.

Indefinite Pronouns•Example

–All of the snowflakes have melted.

–All is plural because snowflakes is plural.

–The helping verb have is plural to agree with all.

Let’s Practice!!! •Go to the Show Me App on

your iPads. •I will put a sentence on the

board and I want you to write the correct verb on

your white board. •Keep a tally of how many

you get right.

Let’s Practice!!!

1.Most of the balloons (has, have) long strings.

Let’s Practice!!!

2.All of the girls wearing purple uniforms (plays, play) on the softball team.

Let’s Practice!!!

3.Both of the sneakers (gives, give) me blisters.

Let’s Practice!!!

4.Most of these recipes (requires, require) ricotta cheese.

Let’s Practice!!!

5.Some of the artists (paint, paints) landscapes.

Let’s Practice!!!

6. Few of those songs (was, were) composed by Duke Ellington.

Let’s Practice!!!

7. None of the apartments (has, have) been painted.

Let’s Practice!!!

8.All of the jewels (is, are) in the safe.

Let’s Practice!!!

9.Many in the crowd (waves, wave) signs.

Let’s Practice!!!

10.All of the writing (is, are) upside down.

Subject- Verb AgreementCompound Subjects

Language ArtsMs. Campbell

February 2nd-6th ,2015

Academic Language•Subject

•Conjunction •Compound

Essential Question•What is an

compound subject?

Compound Subject•A compound subject is made up of two or more subjects that are connected by the conjunction and, or nor.

Compound Subject•A compound subject is made up of two or more subjects that are connected by the conjunction and, or nor.

•These connected subjects share the same verb.

Compound Subject•Subjects joined by and generally take a plural verb.

Example #1•Red and blue are the schools colors.

Example #2•Mr. Lewis, Mr. Kirk, and Ms. Jefferson have applied for new jobs.

WE DO, YOU DO! 1. The blanket and

the robe (has, have) Navajo designs.

WE DO, YOU DO! 2. Wind, hail, and

freezing rain (is, are) predicted for Thursday.

WE DO, YOU DO! 3. A desk and a

bookcase (were, was) moved into Ella’s room.

WE DO, YOU DO! 4. A deliver truck

and a car with a trailer (were, was) stalled on the highway.

WE DO, YOU DO! 5. A raccoon and a

possum (raid, raids) our vegetable garden every night.

Compound Subject•Singular subjects that are joined by or or nor take a singular verb.

Example #3•A desert or a jungle is the setting for the play.

Example #4•The table or the bookshelves need dusting first.

Example #5•Neither the bus nor the train stops in our town.

Example #6•Neither jokes nor funny stories make Gordon laugh.

WE DO, YOU DO! Choose the form of

verb that agrees with the subject. Write it on your iPad.

WE DO, YOU DO! 1.Many vegetables (grow, grows) quite large during Alaska’s long summer days.

WE DO, YOU DO! 2. His mother (teach, teaches) math.

WE DO, YOU DO! 3. All of the boats in the harbor (belong, belongs) to the village.

WE DO, YOU DO! 4. You and your cousins (are, is) invited to the party.

WE DO, YOU DO! 5. Either the wall clock or our wristwatches (tell, tells) the correct time.

Subject- Verb AgreementSubject After the Verb

Language ArtsMs. Campbell

February 2nd-6th ,2015

Academic Language•Subject

•Verb •Agree

Essential Question•How do we

know a verb agrees with the subject?

Subject After the Verb•When the subject

follows the verb, find the subject and make sure that the verb agrees with it.

Subject After the Verb•The subject usually

follows the verb in questions and in sentences that begin with there and here.

Example #1•Are the birds in the nest?

•Is the nest on a high branch?

Example #2•There go the dragons.

•There goes the dragon.

FUNNN FACT! •The contractions there’s and here’s contain the verb is. These contractions are singular and should be used only with singular subjects.

Group Work•1. There (are, is) a new foreign-exchange student at my brother’s high school.

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Group Work•2. (Was, Were) the fans cheering for the other team?

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Group Work•3. (Has, Have) the Washingtons moved into their new home.

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Group Work•4. Here (stand, stands) one brave, young, woman, and her only son, Dale.

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Group Work•5. (Has, Have) the bees left the hive?

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Your Turn!

•Complete the next five examples on your notes page.

Your Turn! •1. (There’s, There are) several correct answers to that tough question.

Your Turn!

•2. How long (has, have) the Wilson family owned this building?

Your Turn! •3. (Here are, Here’s) the shells that we collected from Driftwood Beach.

Your Turn! •4. (There’s, There are) a pint of fresh strawberries on the kitchen table.

Your Turn!

•5. There (were, was) Amy and Wanda in the doorway.

Subject- Verb AgreementContractions Don’t Doesn’t

Language ArtsMs. Campbell

February 2nd-6th ,2015

Academic Language•Don’t (Do not)

•Doesn’t (Does not)•Verb•Subject•Agree

Essential Question•How do you know

when to use the contractions don’t

and doesn’t correctly?

Don ‘t & Doesn’t •The word don’t is the contraction of do not.

•Use don’t with all plural subjects and with the pronouns I and you.

Examples•I don’t have my keys. •You don’t care. •We don’t agree. •Dogs don’t meow. •Don’t they know?•The boots don’t fit.

Don ‘t & Doesn’t •The word doesn’t is the contraction of does not.

•Use don’t with all singular subjects except the pronouns I and you.

Examples•He doesn’t know you. •She doesn’t see it. •It doesn’t work. •Don doesn’t like thunder. •Doesn’t the car run?•A penguin doesn’t fly.

Group Work•1. He doesn’t want us to give him a party.

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Group Work•2. Margo and Jim don’t have any money left.

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Group Work•3. Lynna doesn’t remember the punch line.

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Group Work•4. The bus doesn’t stop here.

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Group Work•5. They don’t believe that old story.

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Group Work•6. It doesn’t snow here in October.

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Group Work•7. You don’t sing the blues anymore.

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Group Work•8. That Zuni vase doesn’t look very old.

•Subject?___________•Verb?_______________

Your Turn!

•Complete the next five examples on your notes page.

Your Turn!

•Choose the correct contraction to fit the sentence.

Your Turn!

•1. My parents _____________ listen to rap music.

Your Turn!

•2. I _________ have much homework tonight.

Your Turn!

•3. Jerome __________ play the guitar as well as Angela does.

Your Turn! •4. The pizza _____ have enough onions, mushrooms, green peppers, or cheese.

Your Turn! •5. They ________ permit diving into the pool.

Your Turn!

•6. This __________ look very neat.

Your Turn!

•7. My ski boots _____________ fit me this year.

Your Turn! •8. Matthew enjoys playing lacrosse, but he ________ like to play soccer.

Your Turn!

•9. You _________ love on this street anymore.

Your Turn! •10. It _________ seem possible that Leon grew an inch in one month.