Subject-Verb Agreement
Augie (walk/walks) to school.
walks
Auggie (lies/lays) on the couch
lies
Fix: He didn't say nothing.
Jack and Summer (is/are) friends.
are
A noun is...
Jack and Via (help/helps) Auggie.
help
(Set/sit) your book on the desk.
set
Fix: Auggie couldn't find no locker.
Auggie couldn't find any locker.
Mr. Browne (teach/teaches) precepts.
teaches
people
The team of 5th graders (is/are) ready.
is
raise
Via didn't tell anybody.
Kindness (make/makes) a difference.
makes
Give an example of an interjection
Answers will vary: but it needs to show emotion.
Neither Julian nor his friends (listen/listens).
listen
Yesterday, Daisy (lay/laid) down.
lay
Fix: Jack wouldn't never break a promise
Jack wouldn't ever break a promise.
Every student and teacher (cheer/cheers).
cheers
What does a preposition show?
location, time, direction
If a subject is plural the verb is...
plural
I lay/laid down my phone.
laid
Fix: I don't know nothing.
I don't know anything.
Fix: Auggie helmet (was/were) left behind.
Auggie's helmet was left behind.
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So