Subject-verb agreement simply means that the subject and verb in a sentence must agree in number. They both need to be singular, or they both need to be plural. Keep reading for subject-verb agreement examples in different kinds of sentences.
What is a subject verb in a sentence?
A subject is a part of a sentence that contains the person or thing performing the action (or verb) in a sentence. (See What is a verb?) Example: Jennifer walked to the store. In this sentence, the subject is "Jennifer" and the verb is "walked."
What are the types of subject and verb?
There are several types of subject-verb agreement that students and writers must be familiar with to produce grammatically correct work.
- Compound Subjects Using "And" ...
- Singular Nouns Using "Or" or "Nor" ...
- Singular and Plural Nouns Using "Or" or "Nor" ...
- Singular Subjects that Sound Plural. ...
- Singular Subjects that End in "S"
