Subject Verb Agreement Pre-Written



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Share General Comments with the OWL Staff Subject-Verb Agreement – Part 2

Define It

Subjects and verbs must agree in number.

Apply It

Part II: Underline the correct verb in the parentheses and state the rule that shows why the answer is correct. 

RULE

_____ 1. Neither of you (jump / jumps) to conclusions. 

_____ 2. There (was / were) only two choices on the menu. 

_____ 3. Rudy as well as his cat (like / likes) milk. 

_____ 4. Each (serve / serves) a different purpose. 

_____ 5. Our team (play / plays) hard every night. 

Part III: Write sentences of your own using correct subject-verb agreement.

Use anybody, each, either, neither, one, everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, anyone, or someone

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Include a compound subject consisting of two singular words joined by or or nor

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Make the subject of the sentence a collective noun.

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Begin the sentence with the words “There is” or “There are”

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