UNDERSTANDING PARTS OF SPEECH:
SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT

Materials

• Understanding Subject Verb Agreement Lesson - Use the printable lesson for your lesson plan, or use as a lesson supplement.

Procedure:

Students should read the lesson, and complete the worksheet. As an option, teachers may also use the lesson as part of a classroom lesson plan.

Excerpt from Lesson:

Exploring Subject/Verb Agreement

• There are three items that work together to form a complete sentence. They are:

1. Subjects
2. Verbs
3. Complete Thought

• In order to form a complete thought, subjects and verbs must agree.

• In this lesson, you will learn about subject/verb agreement.

What is a Subject/Verb Agreement?

• Subject/Verb agreement is a necessary for sentence structure to be correct.
• In Subject/verb agreement, the subject and verb must agree in number. That is, either both must be singular, or both must be plural. 
• A singular subject has no “s” on the end, but a singular verb has an “s,” whereas the opposite is true for plural subjects and verbs.

For example:

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