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    04apr Week 5 - Year 5 Eng

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    The document discusses subject-verb agreement in sentences. It provides examples of singular and plural subjects and the correct verb forms to use. It also covers special cases like compound subjects, collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, and more. There are also two practice exercises for readers to identify correct subject-verb pairs.

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    The document discusses subject-verb agreement in sentences. It provides examples of singular and plural subjects and the correct verb forms to use. It also covers special cases like compound subjects, collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, and more. There are also two practice exercises for readers to identify correct subject-verb pairs.

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    The document discusses subject-verb agreement in sentences. It provides examples of singular and plural subjects and the correct verb forms to use. It also covers special cases like compound subjects, collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, and more. There are also two practice exercises for readers to identify correct subject-verb pairs.

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    The document discusses subject-verb agreement in sentences. It provides examples of singular and plural subjects and the correct verb forms to use. It also covers special cases like compound subjects, collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, and more. There are also two practice exercises for readers to identify correct subject-verb pairs.

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    YEAR 5 – ENGLISH I want! I can! I will! – Mr.

    Azimi
    TUTOR – Mr. AZIMI
    THEME: Subject – Verb Agreement

    The subject and the verb in a sentence should match with each other in number.
    For singular subject, must use singular verb. For plural subject, must use plural verb.
    Subject Verb Usage Subject Verb Usage
    He reads ➢ All verbs must end with We read ➢ All verbs do not end with
    She plays the letter ‘s’. They play the letter ‘s’.
    It reaches The students have
    The object flies ➢ Verbs like ‘is’, ‘was’ ➢ Verbs like ‘are’, ‘were’
    The person has and ‘does’ end with the and ‘do’ do not end with
    letter ‘s’. the letter ‘s’.

    Subject Verb Usage Subject Verb Usage


    I am ➢ All verbs do not end You are ➢ All verbs do not end with
    read with the letter ‘s’. play the letter ‘s’.
    have have

    For compound subjects:


    Subject Verb Usage Subject Verb Usage
    Bob or Sarah reads ➢ If the conjunction uses Mom and Dad read ➢ If the conjunction uses is
    is ‘or’, then the verb is ‘and’, then the verb is
    singular. plural.

    For collective nouns, abstract nouns and uncountable nouns:


    Subject Verb Usage Example
    (Collective noun) reads ➢ For all of ➢ The class of students
    Class of students these nouns reads the question.
    (collective,
    (Abstract noun) is abstract, ➢ Imagination is powerful.
    Imagination uncountable),
    the verb is
    (Uncountable noun) flows singular. ➢ Water flows through the
    Water pipe.

    For indefinite pronouns:


    Subject Verb Usage
    everyone is ➢ For all of these indefinite pronouns,
    someone the verb is singular.
    anyone
    no one

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    PRACTICE 1. Choose the correct answer.

    1) The cow _______ the grass. 2) Jenny _______ her school bag.

    eat / eats pack / packs

    3) The rabbit _______ behind the bush. 4) John and his dog _______ together at home.

    hide / hides play / plays

    5) The girl _______ at herself in the mirror. 6) Elephants _______ water with their trunks.

    look / looks drink / drinks

    7) The fleet of ships _______ on the water. 8) You _______ two butterflies.

    float / floats see / sees


    9) You can see someone _______ the door 10) His friend said, “I see everyone _______ to
    for his friend. that door.”

    hold / holds walk / walks

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    PRACTICE 2. Circle the correct answer.

    Malaysians are eating healthier food during the MCO

    Since middle of March, you may (1) ( know / knows ) that people cannot go outside of
    their homes very often. This is because Malaysia (2) ( has / have ) been in a state of
    Movement Control Order (MCO). Under the MCO, crowd of people (3) ( need / needs ) to
    stay at home and not go out unless it is important. For a teenager named Iydid Aman, he
    (4) ( understand / understands ) how important it is to look after his health.

    "To stay healthy, I more (5) ( eat / eats ) fresh fruits and vegetables, drinking extra
    fluids like the kombucha tea," (6) ( say / says ) Iydid during an email interview. He and
    his mother (7) ( live / lives ) together in Kuala Lumpur.

    Kombucha (8) ( is / are ) known to be a fermented tea drink with beneficial probiotics,
    and kombucha jelly. Iydid and his mother (9) ( consume / consumes ) kombucha tea,
    kombucha jelly and homemade fruit juices. As a fact, anyone who (10) ( take / takes )
    kombucha drinks will have good immunity and healthy stomach.

    Iydid thinks that fruit berries or coffee (11) ( taste / tastes ) good to his homemade
    kombucha jelly. The process of making kombucha jelly (12) ( has / have ) been shown in
    YouTube. Iydid also (13) ( explain / explains ), "It is easy to learn, even for a beginner
    like me. Kombucha jellies (14) ( is / are ) refreshing and good for health."

    As we struggle through these hard times, eating healthier food is good for the body and
    then our personality (15) ( become / becomes ) happy and positive.

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