Subject Verb Agreement Isn’t it nicer when we all agree? (Info is located on pages for sophomores, for seniors)

Singular and Plural Number When a word refers to one person or thing, it is singular. When a word refers to more than one it is plural. One of the Normans was not wearing his jersey. Several of the Normans were not wearing their jerseys.

Collective nouns may be singular or plural The class has a sub. (class is a unit and is singular) Some examples of collective nouns are: army, club, family, flock, group, herd. (pg 153)

Agreement of Subject and Verb A verb agrees with its subject in number Singular subjects take singular verbs Plural subjects take plural verbs Ex. Ms. Goler teaches at Beverly. The administrators work at Beverly.

Singular Pronouns (you’ll see this twice, so know that it’s important!) Each, either, neither, one, everyone, everybody, no one, nobody, anyone, anybody, someone, somebody.

Plural Pronouns Several Few Both Many Ex. Several of the students were on the track team.

Some Pronouns can be singular and plural depending upon meaning of sentence. These are: Some All Any Most None (See page 147)

Compound Subject Most compound subjects joined by and take a plural verb. Freshmen and sophomores are considered underclassmen. Singular subjects joined by or / nor take a singular verb. Neither Beverly Hills nor Santa Monica is a bad place to live.

Compound Subject Trick When a singular and a plural are joined by or/ nor, the verb agrees with the nearer subject. Either the boy or his sisters were up to something. (sisters were) Neither the cupcakes nor the lemonade seems sweet enough. (lemonade seems)

When a subject follows a verb... Be careful to anticipate the subject and make sure that the verb agrees: Trick: Flip around the sentence to figure out which verb must be used... Here are the brushes that you need. There is the boy in the family.

Don’t and doesn’t must agree with the subject of the sentence. I don’t have a clue. You don’t need my permission to use the stapler. It doesn’t look good when you don’t wear socks. They don’t feel nervous about the test.

More to follow on this with: Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement. I bet you can’t wait to agree even more... Seniors: Please do exercises beginning on page 108 :1, 2 and 3 for Monday’s class.