Subject-Verb Agreement

subject verb agreement  Rule 2: Phrases which come between the subject and the verb usually have nothing to do with whether a subject is singular or plural Examples: The girls on the SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT by Rachel Ansong • Every sentence has a subject and a verb

The present tense ending –s is used on a verb if the subject is THIRD PERSON SINGULAR Otherwise, the verb takes NO ENDING SINGULAR PLURAL First Subject-verb agreement is the grammatical rule that states the subject and verb in your sentence must agree in number In simpler terms, if the subject is

This handout gives you several guidelines to help your subjects and verbs agree 1 When the subject of a sentence is composed of two or more nouns or STEP 1: DEFINITION Subject-verb agreement is a grammatical rule that states that the verb must agree in number with its subject In English, present tense