[11] Revised Agreement

Agree to agree:
Is and Are

Do you know that words in a sentence have to agree with
one another? Now let’s see.

The crocodile is The crocodile are
Swimming. Swimming.

The subject and the verb must match.
If the subject is singular, the verb is singular.
If the subject is plural, the verb is plural.

The cow is eating grass. The cow are eating grass.

singular singular plural plural

SKILLS 1

Discovering and understanding that subject and
verb must agree

Match the sentences to the pictures.

The dog is barking.
The dogs are barking.

The robin is singing.
The robins are singing.

The cat is playing with the
string.
The cats are playing with the
string.

Draw into the picture the animals that are
described in the sentences below.

The ducks are wading in the pond. 2
The chicken is eating a worm.
The fox is walking closeby.

SKILLS

Thinking about subject – verb agreement: Is and are

Agree to agree: Was and Were

Present The squirrel are munching on
The squirrel is munching on a some nut.
nut.

Past The squirrel were munching
The squirrel was munching on some nut.
on a nut.

Is and are refer to the present.
Was and were refer to the past.
The subject and verb must also agree
whether is it in the past pr present tense.

SKILLS 3

Discovering and understanding subject – verb
agreement: was and were

Where were they? Write out the sentences to
show where they were at.

museum cinema swimming pool

Tom was at the museum.
Tim __________________________________________________________
Mary and Joanne ______________________________________________

Still agreeing:
I am and You are

I agrees with am.
You agrees with are.

SKILLS 4

Deriving information from a picture, thinking and learning to write
sentences with subject – verb agreement, discovering subject verb
agreement: I am, You are