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Grade 4 · English
Subject-Verb Agreement
3 activities · Sort it! · Rewrite it!
Singular subjects, plural subjects, collective nouns — make every verb agree!
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1
Sort each subject — does it need a Singular verb (verb+s, or is/has/does) or a Plural verb (base verb, or are/have/do)?
1the players
2everyone in the class
3Rohan and Priya
4my parents
5the committee
6the scissors
7my grandmother
8the twins
9the herd of elephants
10the audience
Needs Singular Verb
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Needs Plural Verb
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2
Choose the verb form that agrees with the subject, and write the full sentence.
1.Wild elephants (travel/travels) in large herds.
2.The library (close/closes) at six in the evening.
3.My uncle (drive/drives) a delivery truck.
4.The mango tree (bear/bears) fruit every summer.
5.The stars (twinkle/twinkles) brightly on a clear night.
3
Choose the verb form that agrees with the COLLECTIVE noun subject (treated as one single group), and write the full sentence.
1.The audience (was/were) silent throughout the play.
2.The jury (is/are) still discussing the case.
3.The flock of geese (fly/flies) south every winter.
4.The committee (meet/meets) once a month.
5.Our cricket team (practise/practises) every Saturday morning.
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