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This document discusses subject-verb agreement and provides examples. It defines the subject as the person, place, thing or idea doing or being something in a sentence. A subject can be singular, plural, or uncountable. It defines the verb as the word describing the action. Verbs can be singular or plural. The key rule is that subjects and verbs must agree in number - a singular subject takes a singular verb and a plural subject takes a plural verb.

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Subject-Verb Agreement
What is a subject? - The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something . Examples - Builders are at work. - The large car stopped outside our house.
A subject can be- 1 . Singular e.g. a pen, a body, a box 2. Plural e.g. children, plates, boxes 3. Uncountable e.g. furniture , sugar
What is a verb? A verb is a word which describes the action in a sentence (the doing word) Examples - I play football. - They skip quickly. - We eat spaghetti. - Bob is seven today .
Therefore, all nouns can be either countable or uncountable. Some nouns look as if they are plural but are in fact singular. Eg:- Politics has been the most important thing in his life for many years.
Verbs can be either singular or plural . SINGULAR VERB Eg:- Acoustics is the study of the behavior of sound. PLURAL VERB Eg:- The acoustics in this hall are terrible .
Subject-Verb Agreement Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural).  Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural. In present tenses, nouns and verbs form plurals in opposite ways:        nouns ADD an s to the singular form,           BUT      verbs REMOVE an s from the singular form.                
By Soundarya Mythri Preyasha Ashwin

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  • 2. What is a subject? - The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something . Examples - Builders are at work. - The large car stopped outside our house.
  • 3. A subject can be- 1 . Singular e.g. a pen, a body, a box 2. Plural e.g. children, plates, boxes 3. Uncountable e.g. furniture , sugar
  • 4. What is a verb? A verb is a word which describes the action in a sentence (the doing word) Examples - I play football. - They skip quickly. - We eat spaghetti. - Bob is seven today .
  • 5. Therefore, all nouns can be either countable or uncountable. Some nouns look as if they are plural but are in fact singular. Eg:- Politics has been the most important thing in his life for many years.
  • 6. Verbs can be either singular or plural . SINGULAR VERB Eg:- Acoustics is the study of the behavior of sound. PLURAL VERB Eg:- The acoustics in this hall are terrible .
  • 7. Subject-Verb Agreement Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural).  Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural. In present tenses, nouns and verbs form plurals in opposite ways:        nouns ADD an s to the singular form,           BUT      verbs REMOVE an s from the singular form.                
  • 8. By Soundarya Mythri Preyasha Ashwin