Impact Grammar lesson #18.
We learned about:SUBJECT VERB
AGREEMENT WITH SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE
HOMEWORK:
-Subject verb agreement 13 questions
-Trying it: Think of a movie you have seen
recently(Cinema or DVD)
Write your own listing decribing the movie.
*USE THE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE*
Structure
In present tenses, the verb must agree with the subject of the sentence. This means that there are two forms of the verb in present: one for subjects I, you, we, and they, and one for subjects he, she, and it.
"I/You/We/They live in New York."
"He/She/Itlives in New York."
(The easiest way to remember this is that first and second person nouns and third person plural nouns have no -s, and third person singular nouns have an -s.)
In the first example we used pronouns, but the same rules are true for proper nouns. If you aren't sure which verb form to use with a proper noun, ask yourself which pronoun could replace it, for example:
Mary >>> she
William >>> he
my cat >>> he/she/it
the Green Bay Packers team>>> they
me and my family >>> we
you and your family >>> you
Usage
As mentioned, subject/verb agreement generally only happens in present tenses.
As mentioned, subject/verb agreement generally only happens in present tenses.
The exeception to this rule is the verb be, which has the past forms were (for you, we, and they) and was (for he, she, it, and I).
Therefore, the simple past of be shows agreement, as does the past progressive of any verb.
In progressive tenses, the auxiliary be shows the agreement.
In progressive tenses, the auxiliary be shows the agreement.
"Rod is making a lot of noise, and his neighbors are getting annoyed."
"Rod was making a lot of noise, and his neighbors were getting annoyed."
In perfect tenses, the auxiliary have shows the agreement:
"I have been to France three times, but he has never been there."
"I have been to France three times, but he has never been there."
"I have been coming here for ten years, but hehas been coming here for twenty."
