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A one-page CAPS Grade 4 English poster on subject and verb agreement (Grammar), with the key ideas, key words and a tip to remember.

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English · Grade 4 · Grammar
Subject and verb agreement

1What is concord?

The verb must agree with its subject. The subject is the person or thing that does the action.

Example

The dog barks. The dogs bark.

2Present tense verbs

  • One person or thing (he, she, it): the verb ends in s. The girl sings.
  • More than one, and I and you: no s. The girls sing. I sing.

3Is, am and are

  • is: one person or thing
  • are: more than one, and you
  • am: I
Example

The cat is asleep. The cats are asleep.
I am awake. You are awake.

4Was and were

  • was: I and one person or thing
  • were: more than one, and you
Example

I was cold. We were cold.

5Has and have

  • has: he, she, it and one person or thing
  • have: I, you, we, they and more than one
Example

Mum has a car. The boys have a ball.

6Two subjects, and finding the subject

  • Two subjects joined by and need a plural verb: Lungi and Sam are friends.
  • Find the subject first. In The bag of apples is heavy, the subject is bag, so we use is.

Key words

concord
the verb agrees with the subject
subject
the person or thing doing the action
singular
one
plural
more than one
agree
match in number
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