Subject-Verb Agreement


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In today's lesson we continue our unit on verbs. 

Subjects and Prepositional Phrases

 



Power Edit #5

 


The following sentences are from ESL students' writing. Find the problems(s) in subject-verb agreement and correct them.

Check your answers when you are done. 

1.  The two principal colors ... are green and red.

2.  The misuse ... causes fatal accidents.

3.  ...sculpture that has many smaller sculptures within it.

4.  ...yelling and screaming ... teaches ....

5.  One ... involves how children are disciplined.



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