Subject-Verb Agreement
Theory Subject-verb agreement is one of the most basic parts of English Grammar and commonly repeated in exams. Subject-verb agreement simply means the subject and verb must agree in number, both need to be singular or both need to be plural. Subject that tells us what sentence is about, it can be either a noun (pencil, cars, Beth, etc) or a pronoun (she, he, they, etc). It can be either singular or plural. Verb represents the action of a sentence (is, went, have taken, etc). In present tenses, nouns and verbs form plurals in opposite ways: nouns ADD an s to singular form BUT verbs REMOVE an s from singular form. 10 Rules of Subject Verb Agreement 1. Subjects and verbs must agree in number. ex: - The cat meows when he is hungry. (singular) - The cats meow when they are hungry. (plural) 2. The words between the subject and verb do not affect agreement. ex: The little girl, who is wearing gloves, is well-dressed.