Spoonful #4: SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT

IT'S A MATCH!

Subjects and verbs of the world unite!

In each sentence, SUBJECTS are bold and matching VERBS are red. 



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SINGULAR 

• Honey is excited to see me, whether I'm gone for minutes or hours. 
• Either Honey or Daisy is sure to grab that Frisbee. 
• Honey nor Daisy was responsible for the ruined lawn. 
• The other dogs or Honey walks to Berry Pond every day. 
• Memorial Hall Library in Andover is my second home. 
• The table shakes whenever the door opens. 
• I am a huge dog lover, as if you couldn't tell. 
• The topic of these books is French cooking. (These books aren't random - they share the same topic! That's why topic is the subject, not books.)  

PLURAL  

• The other dogs run loose, but mine rarely does. 
• Multiple libraries across Massachusetts combine into a consortium.
• Hummingbirds are my favorite type of birds. 
• They promise to bring pizza to the track meet. 
• Honey and Daisy were born just a few months apart. 
• Honey or the other dogs walk to Berry Pond every day.  
• After the enjoyable trip to Acapulco, the Coopers and Michael pledge to travel together every year. (When a sentence starts with an introductory phrase, the subject should appear right after the comma!)

SPECIAL NOTE: Subject-verb mis-matches are commonly found in the SAT Writing section!!

​Thanks for reading this spoonful. Until next time...

Sincerely,
Laura Fineberg Cooper 

laurafcooper.com
@spoonfulgrammar

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