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Focus Activity Reviews

This guide provides key insights into subject-verb agreement rules through practical sentence corrections. It includes sentence examples that require adjustments to ensure subjects and verbs align in number. Each section highlights common errors, such as plural subjects taking singular verbs and vice versa, and offers corrections for clarity. The guide emphasizes the importance of grammatical accuracy for effective communication in Language Arts, making it a valuable resource for students and educators alike.

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Focus Activity Reviews

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  1. Focus Activity Reviews Mr. Wright – Language Arts 8

  2. Subject-Verb Agreement • Write the sentence below exactly as it is shown. Make the necessary correction(s). Skip lines. • Here comes Joe and JoLondia with several cases of water to prepare for the hurricane. The subject is plural, Joe and JoLondia. The verb must be plural.

  3. Subject-Verb Agreement • Write the sentence below exactly as it is shown. Make the necessary correction(s). Skip lines. • A box of several used gloves and T-shirts were sold at the yard sale for five dollars after the hurricane. was The subject and the verb must agree in number. A box . . . was sold

  4. Subject-Verb Agreement • Write the sentence below exactly as it is shown. Make the necessary correction(s). Skip lines. • Each of the girls stand near the street during the storm waiting for the school bus. s The verb must also be singular. The subject is singular.

  5. Subject-Verb Agreement • Write the sentence below exactly as it is shown. Make the necessary correction(s). Skip lines. • Was both of Juliet’s friends planning to go with her to the hurricane shelter? Were The verb must be plural. The subject is plural.

  6. Subject-Verb Agreement • Write the sentence below exactly as it is shown. Make the necessary correction(s). Skip lines. • The height of the storm surge and the coastal waves around both cities are unusually great. is When the subject is singular, the verb must also be singular.

  7. Subject-Verb Agreement • Write the sentence below exactly as it is shown. Make the necessary correction(s). Skip lines. • Neither of the boys who helped fill the sandbags have their homework completed. has his Any verb or pronoun that refers to the subject must also be singular. “Neither” is always singular.

  8. Subject-Verb Agreement • Write the sentence below exactly as it is shown. Make the necessary correction(s). Skip lines. • Neither Micah nor Bobby write about Hurricane Katrina for more than half an hour. s The verb must be singular. The subject is singular.

  9. News from Other Schools • A Grand Bay teacher smiles because two of her students made an “A” on the basket weaving exam.

  10. Subject-Verb Agreement • Write the sentence below exactly as it is shown. Make the necessary correction(s). Skip lines. • Politics are an important factor in the controversy surrounding the storm cleanup. is “Politics” is a singular “problem subject.” When used as a subject, the verb must also be singular.

  11. News from Other Schools A sign at the entrance of Causey Middle School.

  12. Subject-Verb Agreement • Write the sentence below exactly as it is shown. Make the necessary correction(s). Skip lines. • Everybody expect to hear their name for recognition during the storm rescue. s his or her The verb must also be singular. The subject is singular.

  13. Subject-Verb Agreement • Write the sentence below exactly as it is shown. Make the necessary correction(s). Skip lines. • Into the pool (jump, jumps) the hot children. Children jump into the pool. The subject is “children.”

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