This lesson will help students be able to identify the verb and the subject of any sentence. In addition, students will learn that the verb must agree with the subject in number regardless of the word (s) or phrases between them.
Grades(s) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Subjects(s) Language Arts
Objective
This is the first lesson in a series designed to teach verb and subject agreement. After this lesson, they will know that the verb must agree with the subject in number.
Materials
None
Lesson
Instruction:
"Today we will begin to review some of the basic rules of English grammar usage. We will spend the next few days focusing on subject - verb agreement. This may seem very simple at first, but please remember that your ear may play tricks on you. Sometimes what sounds good may not be correct. You must know the rules to be sure."
Go over the rules and have students complete the following ten items: They will do it quickly. Ask them to also underline or label the subject and verb in each sentence.
1. The soup (taste, tastes) good.
2. Carlos (kick, kicks) the football very well.
3. The cars on the freeway (travel, travels) at a high rate of speed.
4. The editors (isn't, aren't) meeting today.
5. That dog(don't, doesn't) look like a German Shepard.
6. Our new neighbors (hasn't, haven't) moved in yet.
7. Those two little girls (do, does) look like twins.
8. The water at this beach (is, are) very warm for this time of year.
9. Jose (study, studies) for his math test every Thursday evening.
10. I (hop, hopes) to get a job working at McDonalds after school.
Assessment
Have students exchange papers and have them score their ten sentences.