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Understanding Subject-Verb Agreement: Key Rules and Exercises

This guide delves into the fundamental concepts of subject-verb agreement, highlighting how phrases or clauses can separate subjects from their verbs without affecting grammatical correctness. Through various examples, such as "That magazine about tennis is very interesting," we clarify both singular and plural agreements. Additionally, this resource includes targeted exercises to reinforce learning, featuring irregularities and specific cases such as collective nouns. Master these rules to enhance your writing and comprehension skills in English grammar.

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Understanding Subject-Verb Agreement: Key Rules and Exercises

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  1. Subject – Verb Agreement Ch . 6

  2. 6-2 Basic SV Agreement:

  3. Sometimes a phrase or clause separates a subject from its verb. These interrupting structures don’t affect basic agreement: • That magazine about tennisis very interesting. • Those magazine _____ are very interesting. • The article that I readwas very interesting.

  4. Exercise 8, p. 87-88 • is • are • astounds • are • is • agree • approves • has • are…is • is • do • was • were • Is • is

  5. Exercise 11, p. 89 • apples…are • movie…is • movies…are • students…are • clothing…is • students…are

  6. Exercise 11, p. 89 8.  clothing   is 9.  One of ... is 10. Each…has 11. Each... has 12. Every one…is 13. Animals…are…. All…are 14.  A number of (many/a lot)  are 15. The number is 17.  Do ... students 18.  Does ... homework 19.  were ... students 20.  was ... one of

  7. There + be Introduces the idea that something exists in a particular place. • There + is + singular subject • There’s a fly in the room. • There’s two sides to every story (informal) • There + are + plural subject • There are two windows in this classroom.

  8. Exercise 14, p. 91 • aren’t • isn’t • are • is • are • isn’t • was • is • are • has been

  9. Irregularities

  10. Ex. 19, p. 94 2.  The news ... is 3. NY Times is 4. Physics seeks 5. Statistics is 6. The statistics... are 7. 50 mins is 8. $20 is  9. people ... do  10. The police are 11. Rabies is 12. The French are 13. French is 14. Japanese commute 15 Portuguese is ... isn't it 16. The poor are... 17.  The blind want... 18.  effect ... depends         people are         there have been instances

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