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Subject-verb agreement is tricky. There are a lot of rules that deal with different grammatical situations. For example, what do you do if you have a compound subject? That means the subject is more than one pronoun or noun joined with a word like "and" or "or". There are a few different rules about this. If you have two words joined by "and," usually you should use a plural verb: "The pasta and fish taste delicious." If the words are joined by "or," match the verb to the part of the subject it is closest to. "Usually the girl or her parents bring donuts for dessert."

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in the sentence below.

In this class, either our overall effort or participation in discussions _______ toward our final grade.

A
counts

B
count

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The first step to make sure subjects and verbs agree is to find the subject and verb of the sentence. Sometimes it can be hard to determine which noun is the true subject. Take this start of a sentence: "The pile of books…" The word "pile" is singular, but the word "books" is plural. Should you say "sits on the floor" or "sit on the floor"? A prepositional phrase can never contain the subject of a sentence. "Of books" is a prepositional phrase, so "the pile" is the subject in this case. "The pile of books sits on the floor." If this sounds a little strange, test it by removing the prepositional phrase: "The pile sits on the floor." That might sound better.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in the sentence below.

The team of soccer players ________ to the ice cream shop after the game.

A
walk

B
walks

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Basic sentences are comprised of a subject and a verb. The verb is the action. The subject is who does the action. Verbs are conjugated into different forms. The form of the verb has to agree with the subject.

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Pronouns can be the subjects of sentences, just like nouns. Different pronouns have different points of view. First person is when the speaker talks about him or herself, using the pronouns "I" or "we." Second person is when the speaker talks directly to someone else, using the pronoun "you." Third person is when the speaker talks about something or someone else with the pronouns "he," "she," "it" or "they." In the song, we cover rules for subject-verb agreement related to the pronouns "he," she" and "it." When "I," "we," "you" or "they" is the subject of a sentence, the verb doesn't need a special ending in the present tense. Check out this example: I run, we run, you run and they run. But he runs, she runs and it runs, too!

Which of these sentences has a third-person pronoun as the subject?

A
Despite being careful with the package, the glitter still got all over them.

B
No matter the weather, she wears shorts and sandals.

C
You scream upon seeing the rat scurry across the subway tracks.

D
We warned them not to eat pizza on the subway!

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The subject of a sentence can be singular or plural. A singular subject is just one person or thing. It needs a singular verb. A plural subject is more than one person or thing. It needs a plural verb. Many plural nouns end in the letter "s." For example, waffles, basketballs and unicorns are all plural. Most singular verbs in the present tense end in "s." For example, tastes, flies, hurts and wiggles are all singular forms of verbs.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in the sentence below.

The pineapple ________ to touch because it's so pointy!

A
hurts

B
to hurt

C
hurt

D
hurted

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A complete sentence is made of two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject tells who or what does the action of the sentence. The predicate states what the subject is being or does. The predicate always contains a verb, which is an action or state of being word. To make your writing and speech grammatically correct, the subject must agree with, or match, the verb. Take the sentence: "The monster jumps over the moon." The subject is "the monster" and the verb is "jumps." "Monster" is a singular noun and "jumps" is the singular form of the verb "to jump."

What is the subject of the sentence below?

The sandwich contains chocolate chips and marshmallows.

A
contains

B
chocolate chips

C
sandwich

D
marshmallows