Subject and Verb Agreement

Subject

The person/thing doing the action

Verb

The action or state of being

Subject–Verb Agreement

Subject and verb must match in number

Singular

One person/thing

Plural

More than one person/thing

Singular subject

Takes a singular verb

Plural subject

Takes a plural verb

Prepositional phrase

Extra phrase starting with of, with, from, in, on, by, for, etc.

Extra information

Words between the subject and verb that can be ignored

Inverted sentence

A sentence where the subject comes after the verb

Gerund

An -ing word acting as a noun; usually singular

“And”

Usually makes the subject plural

Everyone/Someone

Singular subjects

Noun + S

Usually plural

Verb + S

Usually singular