LANGUAGE ARTS TOPIC: SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT - STRAND/Grammar & Conventions

FOCUS QUESTION

What was Jamaica's road to independence?

SPECIFIC OBJS.

Apply the rules of relative pronouns (that, which, whom) and subject/verb agreement to oral and written sentences

CONTENT SUMMARY

ENGAGE

Students I want you to tell me what you can recall about SUBJECT/AGREEMENT.

What do we refer to as the subject of a sentence?

When is a subject considered singular/plural?

EXPLORE

We are going to examine some of the subject verb agreement rules. Take a look at the CONTENT SUMMARY. Let us read the rules together.

For today, however, we are just going to focus on the first 4 rules below.

I want you to formulate different sentences for each example. 

Video clip - Subject/Verb Agreement

EXPLAIN

Explain what is meant by subject verb agreement.

Explain the rules associated with subject verb agreement. (1-4)

EXTEND/ELABORATE

Complete the table below.

Sentences	Error	No Error	Sentence Corrected
1. The teacher along with her students, eats lunch at the cafeteria.
2. The doctor and the patients has little space to sit.
3. The bouquet of flowers are on the table.
4.  The women wash at the river every Saturday.
5. The boy with the dog is having a good time at the park.
6. The cats drinks all the milk in the bowls.

EVALUATION

A. Directions: Choose the correct verb in these sentences.

1. Sally (run, runs) to the park every day.

2. The dogs (bark, barks) at strangers.

3. Ted and Mary (is, are) going to the movies.

4. The game (was, were) exciting.

5. They (worry, worries) too much.

6. She (study, studies) every night.

7. Black and white (is, are) your choice.

8. That (was, were) incredible.

9. Those (is, are) pretty shoes.

10. The cat and dog (is, are) in the yard.

B. Directions: Decide if the sentence is correct or incorrect.

1. ___ They have been waiting a long time.

2. ___ The pen or the pencil are lost.

3. ___ Shawn don't understand the Math problem.

4. ___ Those has been cheaper in the past.

5. ___ Randy and Juan like sports.

6. ___ These are really special.

7. ___ You rides with me.

8. ___ All of them goes to school.

9. ___ Tony likes Mary.

10. ___ That movie was awesome.