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Subject-Verb Agreement
Date
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You may think it is strange that most plural nouns end in -s but many singular, not
plural, verbs end in -s. Keep that in mind when you read the paragraph below.
Choose the correct form of the verb. But beware! There’s a trap. Don’t fall in.
Some people (think)
gardening is fun. The members of
Jim’s family all (enjoy) it. They also (work) hard.
In the fall, Jim’s father (plant)
That’s so they (come)
crocus and daffodil bulbs.
up in the early spring. A bulb (store)
food for the plant, and a flower (grow)
up from it.
Do you (think)
that nothing (happen)
during the winter? The winter is when Jim’s parents (order)
seeds to plant in the spring. His sister (love)
to look in the
catalogs. Then she (wait)
impatiently for the seeds to arrive in
the mail.
Jim and his family (plan)
(choose)
their garden carefully. They
some plants that bloom year after year. Others
(bloom)
just one year. Jim’s parents (divide)
their garden so they get vegetables, fruit, and some showy flowers.
In summer, the garden (show)
itself off best. That’s when
Jim’s mother (pick)
Some (last)
fall everyone (clean)
the most vegetables, fruit, and flowers.
into the fall and even the early winter. In the late
up from the long gardening seasons.
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At Home: If you were trying to teach a nonnative speaker
of English about subject-verb agreement, how would you
do it? Sketch out your ideas.
Critical Thinking
McGraw-Hill Language Arts
Grade 5, Unit 3, Verbs,
pages 174–175