If a word refers to one person or thing it is singular. Chicken(s)  Ticket(s)  Toy(s)

Agreement of subject and verb:

1. Singular subjects take a singular verb – “I walk”

2. Plural subjects take a plural verb – “They walk”

3. The number of the subject is not changed by a phrase following the subject.

a) The child of the streets is happy…
b) Walter together with John and Tim love movies…
c) He along with Tim and John works hard to achieve…

4.The following pronouns are singular:

a) “one” group – one, no one, anyone, someone, everyone.
b) “body” group – everybody, anybody, somebody, nobody.
c) “miscellaneous” group – each, either, neither.

5. Some, all, most, and none may be singular or plural. If the meaning is singular use a singular verb.

a) Some of the men are working.
b) Some of it was eaten.

6. Identify simple subjects, simple predicates, complete subjects and complete predicates.

7. Identify single word adjectives, single word adverbs and prepositional phrases.

8. Identify complements.

- All can’t win. You must not feel upset because you lost.

- We were standing in the sun. We suffered from the heat.

- John was a tall person. His height quite overwhelmed us.

- Seeing a cowboy lasso a bull that had broken away from the herd was the most thrilling sight of the ride for us girls.

- When he had finished his apple pie, John turned to Jim and me and said, “let’s go down to the old farm house and talk to Jack.”

- As we boys passed the pasture, the cattle began milling around nervously in the darkness.

- As he punched our tickets, the conductor assured John and me that we’d reach Cleveland in time for supper.

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