Subject-verb agreement

What is Subject-verb agreement?

Subject-verb agreementA verb must agree in number with

its subject. Consider the examples. In the first sentence, a plural verb form are follows a plural pronoun we.

We are tired.

However, in the second sentence, a singular form is follows the plural subject we. This sentence is incorrect.

We is tired.(incorrect)

Plural and singular verbUse a plural verb following two or

more nouns that are joined by and.

For example: Sara and her sister live in Scotland.

Use a singular verb following a group noun when it talks about the group as a whole.

For example: the class goes on a field trip every month.

Using a singular verb following a noun in expressions that refer to a single member of a group.

for example: one of the students owns a restaurant. the leader of the wolves eats first.

Exercise