Subject-Verb Agreement Rule 1

The verb agrees with its subject in person and number

Examples:

A. He wants to read every night.

"He",singular pronoun, is the subject and the verb "wants" which is in singular form agrees to the subject

B. The children shout while they play.

"children", plural noun, is the subject and the verb "shout" which is in plural form agrees with the subject.

PS (plural subject) ----> PV (plural verb) or SS (singular subject) ----> SV (singular verb)

Note: To form the singular form of the verb you have to add -s eg. want(base form)+ s = wants (sv) however, this rule of forming the singular form of the verb is not applicable to all of the verbs; To form the plural form of the verb you only need to take its base form such that want being the base form is used to agree with the plural subject.

Exercise 01:

Directions: Read the statements carefully and identify the correct verbs to be used in the following sentences.

1. She (work, works) hard in order to finish her studies.

2. The soldiers (take, takes) their guns to fight the rebels.

3. Joey (come, comes) home late.

4. You (drop, drops) by the store.

5. Women (play, plays)an important role in the society.

Refs

Intensive English Book

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