Grammatical Agreements and Subject-Verb Agreement Study Guide

Singular predicate verbs examples

is, has, does, bites, plays

Present participles

Verbs ending with -ing that can act as nouns and function as part of continuous verb

The Four Types Of Grammatical Problems

subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement, verb tense agreement, modifier placement,

Agreement strategy

involves identifying the partner of a specific word

Rule one for sentences

There is always one subject noun and one predicate verb

Rule two for sentences

The two elements share a mandatory relationship, if the noun is singular so is the verb, if its plural so is the verb

3 step strategy for prepositions

1. cross out the prepositions and the words following it

2. underline the remaining subject noun and the predicate verb

3. Adjust the subject noun or predicate verb to match the subject

Comma Rule

If a comma is located to the left of the predicate verb, cross out all the following words between them, it removes the descriptive interruptions

One set of special exceptions to the subject noun and predicate verb relationship

Each/Every=always singular verb

2nd set of special exceptions to the subject noun and predicate verb relationship

Neither/Either=singular verb when they are the subject noun

Last special exception to the subject noun and predicate verb relationship (whats the meaning of the last exception)

Gerunds: biological verbs that end with -ing and function as a noun these can only take singular verbs