Subject & Verb Agreement

What is a subject?

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​A subject tells who or what the sentence is about.

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The dog runs fast.

A grasshopper jumped on my shoe.

Mike and Sally went to McDonald's.​

Multiple Select

Which of these might be a subject?

Choose ALL that might be a subject.

• bird

• sings

• Matt

• eats

What is a verb?

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​A verb is an action word.

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The dog runs fast.

A grasshopper jumped on my shoe.

Mike and Sally went to McDonald's.​

Multiple Select

Which of these is a verb?

Choose ALL that are verbs.

• bird

• sings

• Matt

• eats

​When we write, we must make sure the subject and verb agree!

That means that they sound good together.

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​Rules for Subject/Verb Agreement

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Multiple Choice

Which verb agrees with the subject?

Mrs. Merriman _______ lots of books.

• read

• reads

Multiple Choice

Which verb agrees with the subject?

Our teachers _______ to school at 7:45.

• come

• comes

Multiple Choice

Which verb agrees with the subject?

Mr. Yohe _______ to watch baseball.

• like

• likes

Multiple Choice

Which verb agrees with the subject?

The students _______ hard every day.

• work

• works

Multiple Choice

Which verb agrees with the subject?

On Friday, we ______ a reading quiz.

• take

• takes

Multiple Choice

Which subject agrees with the verb?

_______ play football at recess.

• Ben

• Ben and Pete

Multiple Choice

Which subject agrees with the verb?

_______ likes to do cheerleading.

• Sally

• Sally and Sarah

Multiple Choice

Which subject agrees with the verb?

_______ love to play in the snow.

• We all

• He