Used with a year 11 English class.

1. Skills 101
Subject-Verb Agreement

2. What is it?
Singular subjects need singular verbs, plural
subjects need plural verbs.

3. The child plays quietly.
singular
subject
singular
verb

4. The boys play quietly.
Plural
subject
Plural
verb

5. The children play quietly.
Collective
noun
Plural
verb

6. Pronouns and the “be”
verb
You = are (you can be either singular or plural)
I = am
We = are (we is definitely plural)
They = are (they is also plural)
He, she, it = is (these are singular)

7. To have?
I = have
You = have
We = have
They = have
He, She, It = has

8. Neither, Either
Both of these take the singular (he, she, it) form
of a verb
They refer to a singular (even though it seems
they are referring to plural)

9. Your verbs and subjects will
live in harmony!

10. Your verbs and subjects will
live in harmony!