Look at the sentences below Do you find

Look at the sentences below. Do you find anything wrong with them? 1. My mother go to the market every day. 2. They is laughing. 3. He love durians. 4. Ashley and Joey eats together during recess. 5. I likes English. 6. You does not live here.

Subject-Verb Agreement WALT

All sentences have a verb. What are verbs? A verb is usually an action word and can have present/past tense. (Some verbs are not action words e. g. ‘be’ verbs - is, are, am, was were) Example: The dog barks.

Most sentences have a subject too. What are subjects? The subject performs the action. The subject is the person/thing being described. Example: The dog barks.

Identify the subjects and verbs 1. The cat jumps over the wall. 2. Yu Xin swims every Sunday. 3. Ying and Shalitha are in the same group. 4. The boys run to the canteen. 5. I believe you.

Subject-Verb Agreement Grammar rule: Singular subjects (nouns) go with singular verbs Plural subjects (nouns) go with plural verbs Singular subject (noun) = one E. g. Zi Jian is a boy. He likes apples. Plural subject (noun) = more than one E. g. Mickey and Minnie are friends. They have my books.

Subject-Verb Agreement When your subject (noun) is singular, you must use singular verbs! Singular Verbs 1. is, was 2. goes 3. does 4. has 5. any verb + ‘s’ behind e. g. walk+ s

Subject-Verb Agreement When your subject (noun) is plural, you must use plural verbs! Plural Verbs 1. are, were 2. go 3. do 4. have 5. verb without ‘s’ behind e. g. walk

Special Cases: ‘I’ and ‘You’ I = one person = singular noun But we NEVER say I is going home. I am going home. I was going home. I love apples (I loves apples X) ‘I’ is used with the special verb ‘am’ and it is used with plural verb e. g. was, do, have, go & verbs without ‘s’ behind e. g. love

Special Cases: ‘I’ and ‘You’ You = one person = singular noun But we NEVER say You is my friend. You are my friend. You were late. You do not go there. (You does not go there. X) ‘You’ is used with plural verbs e. g. are, do, have, go & verbs without ‘s’ behind e. g. walk

Can you spot the mistakes? 1. Allen do not like to dance. 2. Elyn go to school every morning at seven o’clock. 3. Bing, Bong and Brownie is Mrs Tan’s dogs. 4. They has been playing since 4 o’clock. 5. I were late for class. 6. Does you like chocolate? 7. Chin Ning read at least one book every week. 8. Jeremy walk home from school.

What have I learnt today? Grammar rule: subject-verb agreement Singular subjects (nouns) go with singular verbs E. g Meronne is a girl. She likes chicken rice. Plural subjects (nouns) go with plural verbs E. g Jaron and Raihan are friends.

What have I learnt today? ‘I’ is used with the special verb ‘am’ and it is used with plural verbs E. g. I am Darius. I like English. ‘You’ is used with plural verbs E. g. You are early.

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