Subject Verb Agreement

Topic: Subject Verb Agreement

Objectives & Outcomes

  • Students will be able to identify and correctly use verbs in a sentence.
  • Students will be able to determine if a verb in a sentence is agreeing with its subject in number (i.e. singular or plural).

Materials

  • Pencils and paper for each student
  • Examples of sentences with incorrect subject-verb agreement (e.g. "The dog is running" instead of "Dogs are running" or "The cat is sleeping" instead of "Cats are sleeping")

Warm-Up

  • Review the concept of nouns and their declensions. Nouns can be singular or plural, and can be masculine, feminine or neutral. Ask students to provide examples of each.
  • Next, introduce the concept of verbs and their tenses. Verbs can be in the present tense, past tense or future tense. Ask students to provide examples of each.
  • Finally, introduce the concept of subject verb agreement and explain that a verb must match its subject in number (i.e. singular or plural).

Direct Instruction

  • Review the past participle of regular verbs. This is the -ed form of the verb that is used in the past tense.
  • Introduce the irregular past participles of common irregular verbs. This is the -d or -ed form of the verb that is used in the past tense and does not follow the usual pattern of -ed forms.
  • Review the subject verb agreement rules. A verb must match its subject in number (i.e. singular or plural).

Guided Practice:

  • Have students work in pairs. Give each pair a set of sentence strips with irregular past participle verbs and a set of sentence strips with regular past participle verbs.
  • Have students match the past participle verb to its subject and then create a sentence with a correctly matched verb and subject.

Independent Practice:

  • For independent practice, have students choose two irregular past participle verbs and create a short passage using both verbs in a sentence. They should use context clues and their knowledge of verb tenses to determine the correct verb tense and subject pronoun to use.

Closure:

  • Review the instructions for creating a past participle verb and the rules for subject verb agreement with the students.
  • Ask students to share their past participle verb sentences with the class.

Assessment:

  • Observe students during the guided practice activity and make note of any errors or confusion.
  • Collect and assess the completed past participle verb sentences.

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