Subject and Verb Agreement

How do we find the subject and the verb in a sentence?

First, find the verb: What is the action / what happens in this sentence?

Then, find the subject: Who likes? Who travels? Who is walking? The answer tells you what the subject is.

Sheilalikes ice cream.

LANGUAGE WORK

s v My parentstravel a lot. s v Kabiris walking his dogs. s v The dogsare walking Kabir. s v Markwrote a new song. s v His friendslistened to it. s v Vurderingseksemplar

TASK First find the verb and then the subject in these sentences:

1 John studies hard for the test. 2 We live in London. 3 EnglishClub is a website. 4 Bobby and Linda are waiting for their mum. 5 Ramona walks to school every day. 6 Chuck and Sam were playing Minecraft. 7 My cousins went to the zoo.

If the subject is singular, the verb must be singular too. If the subject is plural, the verb must be plural too.

singular plural I play we play you play you play he/she/it plays they play TASK What is the correct agreement between subject and verb? Explain why. 1 I play/plays football.Vurderingseksemplar 2 My sister are singing / is singing in the shower. 3 My dad wash/washes his car. 4 Naim and Peter go/goes to the club. 5 All the students in class are/is very smart. 6 Our teacher has made / have made a mistake. 7 She and her daughter was walking / were walking to school together.