Nouns as Subjects
Identify the noun/subject in the following sentence: "The dog drinks his water every day."
What is dog; dog.
Identify the verb in the following sentence: "The dog drinks his water every day."
What is drinks; drinks
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: "Jack (enjoy, enjoys) playing golf every Sunday."
What is enjoys; enjoys
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: "The dogs (chases, chase) the cat."
What is chase; chase
Identify the noun/subject in the following sentence: "Annie and her brothers are at school."
Who are Annie and her brothers; Annie and her brothers.
Identify the verb in the following sentence: "Teachers and students often meet outside of class."
What is meet; meet.
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: "The list of items (is, are) on the desk."
What is is; is
*A subject will come before a phrase beginning with of.
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: "A car and a bike (is, are) my means of transportation."
What is are; are
*As a general rule, use a plural verb with two or more subjects when they are connected by and.
Identify the noun/subject in the following sentence: "The student with all the Master's degrees is very motivated."
What is the student; the student/student.
Identify the verb in the following sentence: "Annie and her brothers are at school."
What is are; are
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the singular subject: "A bouquet of yellow roses (lends, lend) color and fragrance to the room."
What is lends; lends
*A subject will come before a phrase beginning with of.
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: "The men (enjoys, enjoy) playing golf every Sunday."
What is enjoy; enjoy
* A plural verb does not have an s added to it
Identify the noun/subject in the following sentence: "Teachers and students often meet outside of class."
Who are teachers and students; teachers and students.
Identify the verb in the following sentence: "The student with all the Master's degrees is very motivated."
What is is; is.
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the singular subject: "The committee (appreciate, appreciates) it when the meetings go by quickly."
What is appreciates; appreciates
*Collective nouns require a singular verb when the group acts as one
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject: "Neither snow nor storms (keep, keeps) the postman from delivering the mail."
What is keep; keep
*If singular subjects are joined by or or nor to plural subjects, the subject closest to the verb determines agreement.