📚 Quick Study Guide: Simple Singular Subject-Verb Agreement
- 🧐 A subject is who or what the sentence is about.
- 🎯 A verb is the action or state of being in the sentence.
- 🤝 Agreement means the subject and verb must match in number (singular or plural).
- 👤 For a singular subject (one person, place, thing, or idea), the verb usually ends with an -s or -es in the present tense.
- ❌ Common Mistake: Don't confuse the -s on a noun (plural) with the -s on a verb (singular subject). Example: The cat runs (singular subject, singular verb) vs. The cats run (plural subject, plural verb).
📝 Practice Quiz: Simple Singular Subjects
1. My brother ______ to play soccer.
- A) love
- B) loves
- C) loving
- D) are loving
2. The small bird ______ a beautiful song.
- A) sing
- B) singing
- C) sings
- D) sang
3. She ______ her homework every evening.
- A) do
- B) does
- C) doing
- D) did
4. A single flower ______ in the garden.
- A) bloom
- B) blooms
- C) blooming
- D) are blooming
5. He always ______ his dog for a walk.
- A) take
- B) takes
- C) taking
- D) took
6. The sun ______ brightly in the sky.
- A) shine
- B) shining
- C) shines
- D) shined
7. My mom ______ delicious cookies.
- A) bake
- B) baking
- C) bakes
- D) are baking
Click to see Answers
1. B) loves (My brother is singular, so the verb needs an -s.)
2. C) sings (The small bird is singular, so the verb needs an -s.)
3. B) does (She is singular, so the verb needs an -es.)
4. B) blooms (A single flower is singular, so the verb needs an -s.)
5. B) takes (He is singular, so the verb needs an -s.)
6. C) shines (The sun is singular, so the verb needs an -s.)
7. C) bakes (My mom is singular, so the verb needs an -s.)