Subject/Verb
Singular or Plural?
Subject-Verb Agreement
Picture to Sentence
100
What is the SUBJECT of a sentence?
The subject of a sentence is the main noun(s) or pronoun(s) that tells who or what the sentence is about.
100
A water droplet
Singular
100
Anthony jump/jumps high.
jumps
100
e.g. The two kids are walking happily under the rain.
200
What is the VERB of a sentence?
The verb (a linking verb or an action verb) of a sentence is just the word(s) that tells what the subject does or is.
200
Those men
Plural
200
Some children hear/hears the dog barking.
hear
200
e.g. We recycle the plastic bottles to save the environment.
300
Ice is a hard block that is put in drinks to cool them down.
What is the subject?
Subject: Ice
300
The principal
Singular
300
The books at Famous Bookstore is/are really expensive.
are
300
e.g. Ice begins to melt when its temperature exceeds 0 degrees Celsius.
400
Water moves from place to place through the water cycle.
What is the verb?
moves
400
Tommy and friends
Plural
400
P4 students have/has all got the dictation scope.
have
400
e.g. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
500
BONUS QUESTION! Liquid water evaporates into water vapor, condenses to form clouds, and precipitates back to earth in the form of rain and snow. What is the subject? What are the verbs?
Subject: Liquid water / Verbs: evaporates, condenses, precipitates
500
BONUS QUESTION! Is 'Tooth' singular or plural? Think of another example that there is a change of form. e.g. man--> men
Singular
e.g. foot--> feet / mouse--> mice / goose--> geese
500
BONUS QUESTION! I know teachers ______ (be) always there for me. I _______ (appreciate) that.
are / appreciate
500
e.g. The man is diving in the sea.