Plural Nouns

Subject and verb agreement : Negative sentences

POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES

POSITIVE                                                                          NEGATIVE

I watch TV every day.	I do not (don’t) watch TV every day.
She watches TV every day.	She does not ( doesn’t )watch TV every day.
I watched TV yesterday	I did not (didn’t) watch TV yesterday.
She watched TV yesterday.	She did not (didn’t) watch TV yesterday.
There is a dog outside.	There isn’t a dog outside.
There are 2 dogs outside.	There aren’t 2 dogs outside.
There was a dog outside.	There wasn’t a dog outside.
There were 2 dogs outside.	There weren’t 2 dogs outside.

Subject/ Verb Agreement

Quiz time Directions: Select the correct form of the verb in the sentence. 1.  Some people  is/are/am  very good at math. 2.  Somebody   have/has    the winning  ticket. 3.  The doctor who  visit/visits lots of countries and  help/helps thousands of patients all around the world   is/are/am   over there. 4.  There   is/are/am   two sides to every argument. 5.  Jill as well as Jack   is/are/am   up there. 6.  Either Heather or I   go/goes  . 7.  A:  There   is/are/am   a lot of people here.      B:  Yeah.  Everybody   is/are/am   here for you.  All of them   is/are/am  waiting to listen to your song. 8.  Ten dollars   is/are/am   ok.  I need the extra money. 9.  Rice   is/are/am   a common food all over the world.  It   is/are/am   very cheap.  Two bags of rice   cost/costs  only £7. 10.  Either the bus driver or the motorcycle rider is/are/am responsible for the accident. 11.  Many  countries is/are/am members of the United Nations. 12.  There  is/are/am   so many computer games on the internet..

Ensure subject-verb agreement--Lesson 2 of 3 (Common Core Standard L.3.1f)