Year 6 English Module 2

VII. A few nouns, though plural in form, take a singular verb.

Examples:
1. Civics is the best subject.
2. Acrobatics involves skills in agility and balance.

Activity 1: Choose the correct answers.

1. Eight dollars (is/are) the price of a movie these days.
2. Mathematics (seem/seems) easy this year.
3. Mumps (is/are) certainly an uncomfortable disease.
4. The news (was/were) not good.
5. Economics (is/are) taught by Professor Gray.
6. The news on the radio (was/were) encouraging.
7. Ethics (is/are) a code of values.
8. Politics (appeal/appeals) to some people.
9. Measles (is/are) very contagious.
10. Social Studies 101 (has/have) always been an interesting course.
11. Aerobics (is/are) a fun activity for most youngsters.
12. Gymnastics often (require/requires) the use of special apparatus

EXTRA ACTIVITY

Directions: Underline the verb in each sentence. If the subject and verb do not agree,
write the correct verb form above the error. If it is correct, write C above it.

are
Example: The birds is building their nests in our trees.

1. The cutest little bird have built a nest in our apple tree.
2. She work all day on her nest.
3. She has even lined it with grass to make it soft.
4. I hope she are going to lay eggs in it very soon.
5. I thinks baby birds are so cute!
6. They sound so sweet when they chirp for their mother.
7. My family enjoy watching the mother bird while she teaches them how to fly.
8. When they is trying to learn to fly, I wonder if they are scared.

9. We is going to watch for the baby birds to hatch this year.
10. They will be safe because the mother bird are building a good nest.
11. The wonders of nature is really fascinating.
12. Flowers blooming and birds singing makes me want to smile.
13. If you takes the time to look around you, you will sees how great nature is.
14. From birds singing to squirrels playing, animals offers us much entertainment.
15. So be observant and enjoy nature’s gift of animals at their best.

Directions: Edit the following paragraph, correcting subject / verb agreement.

Next month we is going on our vacation to Florida. My sister like it when we go to
Florida because she get to swim in the ocean. My brother and I wants to go deep-
sea fishing while we is there. My dad say he is going to take us this time. I sure hopes
the weather is good so we can go. While my mom and sister swims in the ocean, we
are going to be catching fish for our dinner. Then, while mom cook the fish, my dad
and I are going to swim and have a good time.

Directions: Read the paragraph. Choose the correct verb.

I bought a new computer game yesterday. It ( seem, seems ) very easy, but I ( bet,
bets ) the game ( get, gets ) harder. Timmy and Jim, my computer buddies, ( want,
wants ) to come over and play it this afternoon. My mom says that they ( has, have )
to ask their mothers first. Their mom ( think, thinks ) it is okay, and she ( is, are ) bringing
them over to my house. I ( hope, hopes ) they get here soon. Timmy just ( know, knows
) that he is going to beat Jim and me. However, I ( disagree, disagrees ) with him.
Everybody ( know, knows ) that I am the best.

Directions: Edit the following paragraph, correcting subject / verb agreement.

I am going to the movie tonight with my friends and my sister. We is going to see the
new dinosaur movie. I heard the dinosaurs really seems real and looks like they are
in the theater with you. I hope my sister don’t get scared and starts screaming like a
baby. I wouldn’t let her go, but my mom is making me takes her.

My friends says they don’t mind that she is going with us. I hopes they still feels that
way after the movie. My friends and I has been wanting to see this movie for months.
Watches out dinosaurs, here we come!