Subject Verb Agreement

Let’s
Do
This
Task 3: Choosy Me!
Choose the verb inside the
parenthesis that agrees with
the subject.
1. Pet owners (treat, treats) their pets well.
2. Before the advent of motor vehicles, the
horse (was, were) the fastest means of
transportation on land.
3. In some parts of the country, horse drawn
rig (seem, seems) to be still a common
means of transport.
.
.4. Marionne (drive, drives) a banca.
5. Either my Mom or my Dad (know,
knows) how to use the Internet.
6. Most animals in the zoo (was, were)
rescued from the wild.
7. The ruthless people usually (dislike,
dislikes) taking care of animals.
8. Mr. and Mrs. Del Fonso (tend, tends) to
travel around the Philippines every
summer.
Let’s
Do
More
Task 4: On Our Own
Work with a partner and compose your
own sentences using the following
pairs of subject and verb in a sentence.
Be sure to observe rules in subject-
verb agreement.
1. Neither the soldiers nor the master-
believe
2. Either the pupils or Mrs. Price- ridicule
3. Belle or the Beast- dance
4. Alden and Yaya Dub- love
5. She- allow
Let’s
Remember
This
 Verbs must always agree with the
noun or pronoun subject of a sentence
both in tense and number.
Subjects and verbs should agree
with one another in number- singular
or plural.
 Thus, if a subject is plural, its
verb must also be in plural form.
The base form is used in all other
instances.
 Subject-verb agreement is not
applied when the tense is in the past.
Subject-verb agreement is applied
when the verb be is used as a main
verb or as a helping verb in both past
tenses.
Let’s Test
Ourselves
Testing...1,2,3!
Choose the correct verb in the
parentheses to complete the sentence
and then write
your answer on a piece of paper.
1. Mrs. Hulipas (teach, teaches) her pupils
well.
2. The pupils (learn, learns) much from her.
3. The MAPEH Teacher (teach, teaches)
beautiful songs to her class.
4. The Grade VI pupils (love, loves) to sing
the songs.
5. The coach (explain, explains) the
techniques in singing.
6. My pupils (is, are) excited to visit he
National Museum.
7. My parents (own, owns) a small piggery.
8. My younger brother (work, works) as a
nurse in the U.S.
9. He (drive, drives) his own car to work.
10. Andrei (study, studies) his lesson with
his father.
11. Byron (clean, cleans) his room every
weekend.
12. We all (live, lives) in a world full of
wonders.
13. I can (show, shows) you the world.
14. Volunteers (donate, donates)
books at Bakakeng Elementary
School.
15. James and Nadine (visit, visits) the
orphanage.
Compose a narrative about a recent
movie, cartoon or television show
that you’ve watched. Make a 2 -
paragraph composition and make
sure to follow the subject-verb
agreement that you have learned.