subject verb agreement

you should be able to identify sentences with correct subject-verb agreement

Verb

a word used to describe an action, state or occurrence and forming the main part of the predicate in a sentence. Such as hear, become, happen.

ex: Mark EATS dinner quickly

Noun

a part of speech that names a person, place, thing, action, or quality.

Such as women, the act of walking.

ex: I heard the DOORBELL,

My KEYBOARD is sticky

Singular

referring to just one person or thing. Such as a person bc there’s only that one person

Ex: dog, cat, baby, Melanie

typically does not end in s because it’s not cats, dogs but the verb must end in s

Plural

Referring to more than one

Ex: cats, dogs, babies

Plural typically ends in s, but the verb does not end in s

subject

who or what. A person or thing doing the action or being described

Ex: LEE ate the pie, THE BOY puts a lot of garlic in his food

“Lee” and “the boy” are the subject

predicate

Action the SUBJECT is doing. Tells us what the subject does or is.

Ex: Jack EATS garlic snails

Jack is the subject, and the rest of the sentence is the predicate. It tells us what Jack is doing, in this case eating.

basically,the predicate is everything that is not the subject.

conjunctions

They are used to join words, phrases, or clauses.

common conjunctions: and, but, and or

ex: jack AND Hill went up the hill

subject verb agreement

A singular subject is matched with a singular verb or that a plural subject is matched with a plural verb

ex: My box IS under the stairs

The singular subject “box” is matched with the singular verb “is”

ex: My boxes ARE under the stairs

The plural subject “boxes” is matched with the plural verb '“are”