AGREEMENT:

MATCHING
SENTENCE PARTS
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Look at the picture.
What can you say?

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 What do you think
‘agreement’ means?

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 Why should sentence parts
agree to each other?

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Remember!!!

Singular subject = Singular verb

Plural subject = Plural verb

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Subject – verb agreement
• When you write a sentence you must make sure that the subject and
the verb agree.
• If the subject is a singular noun, or the pronoun ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘it’, you need
a singular verb.
She enjoys music.
The zookeeper is feeding the animals.
The children are playing on the swings.
• Use a plural verb if the subject is a plural noun, or the pronoun ‘we’, ‘you’
or ‘they’.
The stars shine brightly on a clear night.
Mom and Dad love us a lot.
Do you all know the words?
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• Collective nouns may be used with either singular or plural verbs. If the
group members are all acting together as one, use a singular verb. If the
members of the group are acting as individuals, use a plural verb.
• Examples:
Singular
That family has moved to Texas.
The team is coached by Mr. Clark.
Plural
The family were giving their opinions.
The team are sharing new ideas.
• Some plural nouns, such as people, cattle, police, don’t end with -s. Always
use a plural verb with these nouns.
People like to be praised.
The cattle are in the field.
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Pay Attention to Passive Sentences
• Example 1:
• Active : John drank a lot of milk last night.
• Passive : A lot of milk was drank by John last night.
• Example 2:
• Active : Naomi calls Jack and I.
• Passive : Jack and I are called by Naomi.

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Pay Attention to Direct and Indirect Sentence
(or known as Reported Speech) (10f3)
• Example 1:
• Direct : Tom said ‘I’m feeling sick.’
• Indirect : Tom said that he was feeling sick.
• Example 2:
• Direct : Tom says ‘I’m feeling sick.’
• Indirect : Tom says that he is feeling sick.
• Example 3:
• Direct : Tom said ‘New York is bigger than London.’
• Indirect : Tom said that New York is bigger than London.’

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Pay Attention to Direct and Indirect Sentence
(or known as Reported Speech) (2of3)
• If you say who you are talking to, use ‘tell’:
• Tom told me that he didn’t like Brian. (Not Tom said me…)
• Otherwise, use ‘say’:
• Tom said that he didn’t like Brian.
• Use the ‘infinitive (to do/to say, etc.) in indirect speech, especially
with ‘tell’ and ‘ask’:
• Direct : ‘Stay in bed for a few days,’ the doctor said to me.
• Indirect : The doctor told me to stay in bed for a few days.
• Direct : ‘Please don’t tell anyone what happened,’ Anna said to me.
• Indirect : Anna asked me not to tell anyone what had happened.

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Pay Attention to Direct and Indirect Sentence
(or known as Reported Speech) (3of3)
• Rules of changes for Indirect speech:
• Tenses : 1 tense back
• Pronoun :
• Direct : Jim said ‘I’ll send you a card, Jane.’
• Indirect: Jim said to Jane that he would send her a card.
• Time signal :
• Direct vs Indirect: now – immediately, today – that day, tonight – that night.
• Adverb of place
• Direct vs Indirect: here – there

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