LEARNING PACKAGE IN ENGLISH IIIHIGH SCHOOL

OBJECTIVES:At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:

A. determine the appropriate forms of the verb that agree with the subject;

B. manifest the value of using subject-verb agreement in communication through class recitation; and

C. do the seatwork in relation to subject-verb agreement.

Topic: Subject-Verb Agreement

Learning Experiences REMARKS(Routine Activities)-prayer-checking of attendance-housekeeping-review of the past lesson

A.EXPLORE1. What is the importance of knowing the subject-verb agreement? How can you apply it in your daily lives?2. Just like in your agreements with others, how important is it to conform to agreements? Is it good to forget your agreements with others? Why or why not?

Writing, a skill required by many jobs on the planet, contains many chances for mistakes that can make your writing unclear or even unreadable. Understanding the significance behind subject-verb agreement can help you write better and make your writing much easier to understand.

To communicate clearly in the English language, you must match a singular subject with a singular verb and a plural subject with a plural verb. 

B. FIRM-UP1. Today, we shall have a seatwork on the Subject-Verb

Agreement.

*As a General Principle, singular subjects need singular verbs; plural subjects need plural verbs. Directions. Read and analyze the sentences. Underline the correct verb form in order to form the correct agreement between the subject and the verb.  

1.It (are, is) never too late to say sorry for the wrong things we’ve done.

2. The world (change, changes) so rapidly that we can hardly keep up.

3. All of the students (walk, walks) quickly to get to class on time.

4. Life (is, are) wonderful and at the same time challenging.5. All she hopes (are, is) world peace.6. All of the children (was, were) hunting eggs in the garden for their activity.

7. The Drama Club, not the Speech classes, (meet, meets) on Tuesdays and Thursdays at three o'clock.

8. Mr. and Mrs. Jones (commutes, commute) to the city by train.

9. The big oak tree in the front yard (shade, shades )our front porch most of the day.

10. Either Sue or Jill (is, are) likely to be voted for this year's prom queen.

11. None (seems, seem) to bother him.

12. A notebook and a pen (is, are) lying on the desk in the library. 13. None of the workers (is, are) coming to the conference. 14. One-fourth of the students will (attends, attend) the seminar. 15. You (is, are) proud to be CKCians. 16. All of the dogs in the neighborhood (was, were) barking.  17. The students, not the Principal, will (joins, join) the Vocation week celebration. 18. None but the industrious (clean, cleans) the room. 19. You (are, is) the author of your own life. 20. All of the members (are, is) cooperating and welcoming.

C.DEEPENAnalysis of the sentences.

1.It is never too late to say sorry for the wrong things we’ve done.(The pronoun IT always takes a singular verb.)

2. The world changes so rapidly that we can hardly keep up. (The world is singular so it takes a singular verb.)

3. All of the students walk quickly to get to class on time.(The indefinite pronoun ALL followed by the “of the phrase” and a plural noun takes a plural verb.)

4. Life is wonderful and at the same time challenging.( Life is singular so it takes singular verb.)5. All she hopes is world peace.( ALL means “the only thing” so it takes a singular verb.)6. All of the children were hunting eggs in the garden

for their activity.(The indefinite pronoun ALL followed by the “of the phrase” and a plural noun takes a plural verb.)

7. The Drama Club, not the Speech classes, meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays at three o'clock.(The positive subject, not the negative agrees with the verb in number.)

8. Mr. and Mrs. Jones commute to the city by train.(Compound nouns joined by and takes a plural verb if they refer to different persons.)

9. The big oak tree in the front yard shades our front porch most of the day.(The subject is singular so it takes a singular verb.)

10. Either Sue or Jill is likely to be voted for this year's prom queen.(If Compound nouns are joined by “either-or”, neither-nor”, the verb agrees with the nearer subject.))

11. None seems to bother him.(None followed by a verb takes a singular verb.)

12. A notebook and a pen are lying on the desk in the library.(Compound nouns joined by and takes a plural verb if they refer to different thing.) 13. None of the workers are coming to the conference.(None followed by the “of the phrase” and a plural subject takes a plural verb.) 14. One-fourth of the students will attend the seminar.(Fractions takes a plural verb if the subject is a count noun.) 15. You are proud to be CKCians.(The pronoun YOU always takes a singular verb.) 16. All of the dogs in the neighborhood were barking. (The indefinite pronoun ALL followed by the “of the phrase” and a plural noun takes a plural verb.) 17. The students, not the Principal, will join the Vocation week celebration. (The positive subject, not the negative agrees with the verb in number.) 18. None but the industrious cleans the room.(None followed by an adjective used as a noun takes a singular verb.) 19. You are the author of your own life.(The pronoun YOU always takes a singular verb.) 20. All of the members are cooperating and welcoming.(The indefinite pronoun ALL followed by the “of the phrase” and a plural noun takes a plural verb.)