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Southern Illinois University

Subject-Verb Agreement

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Your writing lessons may be all about solid arguments, but in grammar, it's all about agreement! Learners practice identifying proper and improper verb form in a worksheet focused on subject-verb agreement and indefinite pronouns.
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Other

English Channel: Subject Verb Agreement With Correlative Conjunctions

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
A brief explanation of the subject-verb agreement rules when using correlative conjunctions is followed by a practice exercise.
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Usage Subject Verb Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This entry provides the rules and examples for subject-verb agreement under a variety of situations such as with collective nouns, inverted subjects, compound subjects, indefinite pronoun subjects, and when a phrase or clause separates...
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Other

D'youville College: Subject Verb Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
After defining subject-verb agreement and giving examples, this site answers several frequently asked questions about subject-verb agreement. Links to separate exercises are provided.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Subject Verb Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief discussion of the subject-verb agreement. Includes examples and quizzes.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin, Madison: Subject Verb Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This excellent site explains numerous guidelines, complete with examples, for determining subject-verb agreement.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Subject and Verb Agreement Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with subject and verb agreement.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Subject and Verb Agreement Rules [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a four-page PDF of subject and verb agreement rules with examples.
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English Club

English Club: Learn English: Grammar: Verbs: Subject Verb Agreement

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An explanation and examples of subject-verb agreement including the use of compound subjects, midsentence words, singular/plural nouns, inverted subjects, collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, and fractions. Links to additional...
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Subject Verb Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site provides some different rules applying to subject-verb agreement, especially in cases of "expressions of quantity." Excellent information for students looking to hone their craft of writing.
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University of Maryland

University of Maryland/grammar/subject Verb Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site offers fundamental explanation of subject-verb agreement, additional information, and examples of exceptions to the general rules. Good information at this site, but does not link to other information.
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Other

Grammar book.com: Subject Verb Agreement

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Notes and examples on proper agreement between subjects and verbs within sentences.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Making Subjects and Verbs Agree

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to determine whether a sentence's subject is singular or plural.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Sentence Subject

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Part of larger website devoted to sentence structure, grammar, and writing skills, this tutorial teaches the subject of a sentence--the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something.
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University of Washington

Mary Nell's Summary on Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Excellent summaries in table form of agreement issues, particularly those involving subjects and verbs.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Grammar and Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides a grammar reference for students. The rules for using dashes, commas, semicolons, coordinating conjunctions, and conjunctive adverb are included. Topics including subject-verb agreement, how to proofread, and twelve...
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The Write Place

Literacy Education Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Usage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This entry provides links to usage entries such as misplaced modifiers, subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, etc.
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Usage Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This entry provides the nine rules for pronoun-antecedent agreement and examples for each.
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Avoiding Shifts

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry focuses on avoiding shifts when writing sentences including shifts in verb tense, mood, number, person, discourse, and sentence structure. It provides explanation and examples of each type of error and explanation and examples...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Knowing the Basics of Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This grammar tutorial for college students features help on verb agreement, the use of semicolons, sentence structure, and more.
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Other

English Made in Brazil: Writing English Correctly

For Students 9th - 10th
A very useful page from English Made in Brazil designed to help Portuguese English language learners write better in English. Subject placement, objectivity, brevity, and words of transition are some of the points discussed. Great examples.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Lots or Plenty of and Singular Nouns

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of how to use qualifying nouns like "lots" and "plenty" correctly in a sentence.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: What Is a Generic Noun?

For Students 6th - 8th
This page discusses generic nouns, non-specific nouns such as in "a gang of boys," as compared to collective nouns such as "a pride of lions." Several examples of generic noun usage are provided.