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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