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9.3.1 Sentences
English · Grade 10 · 4 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Subject-verb agreement: the basic rule
- Agreement with compound subjects
- Agreement with collective nouns and quantities
- Agreement when words come between subject and verb
- Agreement with indefinite pronouns
What you will be able to do
- apply subject-verb agreement correctly
- identify the true subject when other words intervene
- handle agreement with compound and collective subjects
- use indefinite pronouns with the correct verb form
Key questions
“How do you find the word the verb must agree with?”
Lessons
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Finding the subject
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizThe basic rule, and why the nearest noun is so often the wrong one.
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Collective nouns and quantities
40 min · 2 practice tasks · quizSubjects that look plural but are not, and the reverse.
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Each, none, and the words in between
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizMaking the verb agree with the true subject when an indefinite pronoun or a long phrase stands in the way.
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Agreement in money sentences
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizHandling amounts, a number / the number, and compound subjects in the financial sentences this theme actually uses.