Subject-Verb Agreement

• When the subject is singular, the verb must also be singular. When the subject is plural, the verb must also be plural.
• What is subject?


  The subject is the noun or pronoun that performs the action or is being described in a sentence.
• What is verb?


  A verb is a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being.
• What is a subject-verb agreement?


  form of the verb matches the number of the subject
• SS = SV and, PS = PV.
• 1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.

  are
• 1. George and Tamara (doesn’t, don’t) want to see that movie.

  doesn't
• Either answer (is,are) acceptable.  

  is
• Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I’ve seen.

  knows
• (Is,Are) the tweezers in this drawer?

  are
• 1. One of my dogs (is,are) old.

  is
• 1. The dog or the cats (is,are) outside.


  is
• Benito (doesn’t, don’t) know the answer.

  doesn't
• (Is,Are) the news on at five or six?


  is
• 1. There (go,goes) the president.


  goes
• Both of you (know,knows) the rules.

  know
• 1. Some of the money (is,are) missing.

  is
• The pair of gloves (is,are) mine.


  are
• Few (was/were) left alive after the flood.

  were
• One of the keys (do/does) not fit the lock.


  does
• Everybody (want, wants) to be loved. 


  wants
• Ten hours (is/are) how much time we'll need to complete this project.

  is
• Fifteen dollars (is/are) the cost of the cake.

  is
• Each of these hot dogs (is/are) juicy.

  is
• No lady nor gentleman(seem/seems) to care.

  seems
• A lot of people (goes/go) there every day.

  go
• The train (run/runs) from Phoenix to El Paso.

  runs
• Aryan (do/does) not like to play basketball. 

  does
• Mary (sing/sings) very well. 

  sings
• The reason why he became ill (is/are) a secret.

  is
• The cell phone that is on the bed (belong/belongs) to Andrès.

  belongs