Grammar Lesson

SUBJECT AND VERB

AGREEMENT
Prepared by:
Kerby M. Cortejo
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES
define agreement in connection
to subject and verb
explain some rules in subject and
verb agreement
rewrite a paragraph observing
subject and verb agreement
Give me a WHAT IS GRAMMAR?
break.

Grammar is the study of the

rules and principles of a
language. It includes how
words, sounds, sentences,
and other elements are
combined and interpreted.
QUESTION OF THE DAY!
WHY DO YOU THINK
STUDYING GRAMMAR
MATTERS?
Wow!
CAN YOU STILL
REMEMBER THE TWO
PARTS OF A
SENTENCE? WHAT
ARE THEY?
 PARTS OF A SENTENCE
SUBJECT
The subject is the person, place, or thing
that is being talked about, described, and
modified in the sentence.

PREDICATE
tells something about the subject
 EXAMPLE
Hermione Granger likes reading books.

SUBJECT PREDICATE
 EXAMPLE
Tom Holland and Andrew Garfield are great actors.

SUBJECT PREDICATE
LEARNING TASK

THE TEACHER WILL BE SHOWING A

LIST OF JUMBLED WORDS ON THE
SCREEN. THE STUDENTS SHALL
ARRANGE THE WORDS TO FORM
GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT
SENTENCES.
sings in
loud the
street boy
out The.
The boy
sings out
loud in the
street.
dogs The
chase cat
the
The dogs
chase the
cat.
is as well as
excited The
student the
teachers.
The student,
as well as
the teachers,
is excited .
together with
attacks the
camp enemy
The captain
the battalion
The captain,
together with
the battalion,
attacks the
enemy camp.
 Wow!

run The lion

for the tiger
lives their
and
 Wow!

The lion
and the
tiger run for
their lives.
staple the
Filipino Rice
and fish the
food of
people is
Rice and fish
is the staple
food of the
Filipino
people
 RULE NO. 4
“SINGULAR INDEFINITE
PRONOUN REQUIRES
SINGULAR VERB. PLURAL
INDEFINITE PRONOUN
REQUIRES PLURAL VERB.”
 WHAT IS INDEFINITE PRONOUN?
Wow!

An indefinite
pronoun refers to a
general, vague, or
unknown person,
object, group, or
amount.
“IF THE SUBJECT IS
SINGULAR
INDEFINITE
PRONOUN THE
VERB MUST ALSO
BE SINGULAR
(WITH S)”
 EXAMPLE
Few know what really happened that day.

“IF THE SUBJECT IS

PLURAL INDEFINITE
PLURAL VERB
PLURAL INDEFINITE (WITHOUT S) PRONOUN THE
PRONOUN
VERB MUST ALSO
Both of the twins are lazy BE PLURAL
(WITHOUT S)”

PLURAL INDEFINITE PLURAL VERB

PRONOUN (WITHOUT S)
 Certain indefinite pronouns may be treated as either singular or plural,
depending on whether they refer to multiple items or to a proportion of a
single item

All of the cookies are gone.

INDEFINITE
PRONOUN PLURAL VERB
PLURAL NOUN
(FUNCTIONS AS (LINKING VERB)
PLURAL IN THE
SENTENCE
All of the cookie is gone.

INDEFINITE
PRONOUN SINGULAR VERB
(FUNCTIONS AS
SINGULAR NOUN
(LINKING VERB)
SINGULAR IN THE
SENTENCE
 RULE NO. 5
NOUNS THAT END IN -S BUT
CONSIDERED SINGULAR,
REQUIRE SINGULAR VERB.
EXAMPLES (gymnastics,
physics, statistics,
economics, diabetes, news)
NOUNS THAT END IN -S BUT CONSIDERED SINGULAR, REQUIRE SINGULAR VERB.

Physics is an interesting subject

SINGULAR VERB
ALWAYS SINGULAR (LINKING VERB)
(PLURAL IN FORM BUT
SINGULAR IN MEANING)

Diabetes affects many people around the world

ALWAYS SINGULAR SINGULAR VERB

(PLURAL IN FORM BUT
SINGULAR IN MEANING)
RULE NO. 6
 LAW OF PROXIMITY (rule of proximity)
Neither the students nor the teacher attends the flag ceremony.

SUBJECT NEARER TO THE SINGULAR VERB

VERB
WHICH IS
SINGULAR

Either the father or the children take cupcake

SUBJECT NEARER TO THE

PLURAL VERB
VERB
WHICH IS (WITHOUT S)
PLURAL
 RULE NO. 6
COLLECTIVE NOUNS (THEY MAY BE SINGULAR OR
PLURAL DEPENDING ON THEIR USE IN THE SENTENCE)

A COLLECTIVE NOUN TAKES A SINGULAR VERB WHEN

THE GROUP IT NAMES ACTS AS A SINGLE UNIT,
WEHREAS A COLLECTIVE NOUN TAKES A PLURAL
VERB WHEN THE GROUP IT NAMES ACT AS
INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT ACTIONS OR POINT OF
VIEWS

(THE FAMILY, THE TEAM, THE COUNCIL ETC)

 RULE NO. 7
NOUNS THAT ARE
ALWAYS SINGULAR TAKE
SINGULAR VERB; NOUNS
THAT ARE ALWAYS
PLURAL TAKE PLURAL
VERB.
 RULE NO. 7
The Philippines is an archipelago.

SINGULAR VERB
SUBJECT THAT IS (LINKING VERB)
ALWAYS SINGULAR.

The scissors used were sharped.

PLURAL VERB
SUBJECT THAT IS (LINKING VERB)
ALWAYS PLURAL.
 RULE NO. 8
THE NUMBER IS ALWAYS
SINGULAR (WITH
SINGULAR VERB); A
NUMBER IS ALWAYS
PLURAL
 RULE NO. 8
The number of people killed in the landslide was 145

SUBJECT SINGULAR VERB

(SINGULAR) (LINKING VERB)

A number of tomatoes grow each year

SUBJECT PLURAL VERB

(PLURAL) (LINKING VERB)