subject/verb agreement we really must start getting along
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Verb Conjugation English doesn’t seem so bad sometimes…TRANSCRIPT
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Subject/Verb AgreementWe really must start getting along…
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Check Sentences1. We is the champions. 2. He eat meat. 3. I is in charge here.
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Verb ConjugationEnglish doesn’t seem so bad sometimes…
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The English Trend…
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The English Trend…
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Simple Subject he/she/it needs verb + s
Basically, a good way to remember which verb to use is to decide if the subject is about one person or thing (he/she/it), and add an s to the verb. It can get more complicated, though…
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Simple Vs. ComplexSimple Subjects
JaneItAll
runsiswrite
Complex SubjectsJane and Todd (compound) The blue monsterAll of them
runs away like a madwomanis growling like a mad dogswiftly write their hearts down on paper
Simple Predicate Complex Predicate
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Check1. She and I is the champions. 2. Bob and Chris eat meat. 3. Juan and I is in charge here. 4. Juan or I is in charge here.
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Check
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CluesSingular Verb: or, neither, either, each, anyone, nobody, anybody, someone, somebody, everyone, everybody, every
Neither Ms. Dorsey nor Ms. Bills has a jet.Each teacher has “jet” on his or her Christmas list.
Plural Verb: and, all, both (Sometimes “all is more complicated.)
Both Ms. Dorsey and Ms. Bills want a jet.All teachers have “jet” on their Christmas lists.
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More CluesCrazy Singular Words
newsmeaslesmathematicsfamily
Crazy Plural Wordsscissorstweezersplierspants
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Conflict ResolutionDivide the Class in Half.Take out your half sheet of sentences from the beginning.
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subject + predicate = sentence
Complex Subjects
Jane and her gorillaAll the blue lockersThe greasy tomatoBill, Julie, and EarlNeither Bob nor Kiko
Complex Predicates
is growling like a mad dogswiftly write their hearts down on paperruns away like a madwoman
More than one word! Present tense (happening right now)!Raise your half-sentence paper proudly in the
air when you’re finished!
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Pair up.Create a sentence that makes sense, where the SUBJECT and VERB agree with each other.
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Make a M
atchHere are some of yours:
The big, fat panda dances lightly and
delicately on his feet. -- Grace P. and AnneMerie J.
The green bottle skips like an evil villain. -- Takota L
and Riley C
The purple tooth fell off the cliff like a rag doll. --
Estelle N and Hayley R
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Do we agree?May we continue to get along grammatically… Check for subject-verb agreement.