Subject-Verb Agreement
Previewing
Nouns and Verbs
- Nouns: people, places, things, ideas
- Verbs: the action, what is happening in the sentence
Singular and Plural (Number)
- Singular: one
- Plural: any other number or amount
- 0 people vs. 1 person
- 1.2 centemeters vs. 1 centemeter
- 2 pizzas vs. 1 pizza
Only nouns and verbs have number in English (but BOTH of them do!)
singular (1) | plural (0, 2+) | |
nouns | NO -s | YES -s |
verbs | YES -s | NO -s |
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