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Grammar
Unit 7: Subject-Verb Agreement
Lesson 44
Subject-Verb Agreement
A verb must agree with its subject in person and number. Most verbs change form to
indicate agreement only in the present tense. For a third person singular subject an -
s
(or -es) is added to the base verb. The linking verb be changes form in both the present
and the past tense. When be, have, and do are used as auxiliaries in verb phrases, their
form changes to show agreement with third-person subjects.
SINGULAR
PLURAL
He paints.
They paint.
She is happy.
They are happy.
She was joyful.
They were joyful.
He has volunteered.
They have volunteered.
It does function.
They do function.
Exercise 1
Draw one line under the simple subject of each sentence and two lines under the
verb in parentheses that agrees with the subject.
Over lunch, Celeste (tells, tell) us about her trip to New Zealand.
1. I (knows, know) little about the country.
2. Celeste (explains, explain) that it consists of two main islands and several smaller ones.
3. New Zealand (is, are) slightly smaller than the state of Colorado.
4. Celeste’s family (visits, visit) Wellington, the capital of the country, as well as Auckland, the
largest city in New Zealand.
5. Though the temperature is mild most of the year, summer weather (remains, remain) the best.
6. In the summer, New Zealand (enjoys, enjoy) long periods of bright sunshine.
7. Celeste’s parents (insists, insist) they have never seen such bright sunshine before.
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