Subject-Verb Agreement: Return to Your Writing

Read aloud the paragraph you wrote at the beginning of this chapter. Check to see whether you've marked all subjects and verbs correctly. If any verbs don't agree with their subjects, correct them. Make any other changes that you think a reader would appreciate.

Read a classmate's paragraph, looking at each subject/verb combination and checking for agreement. Suggest corrections.

Complete your work on subject/verb agreement challenges by taking the Mastery Test for this chapter.

/* */ CONTENTS MAIN PAGE 12.1 Pretest 12.2 Writing 12.3 Present Tenses 12.4 Was and Were 12.5 There is, There are, and There Were 12.6 Modifying Phrases or Clauses 12.7 Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects 12.8 Who, Which, and That as Subjects 12.9 Compound Subjects 12.10 Review and Practice Part 1 12.10 Review and Practice Part 2 12.11 Fun with Grammar 12.12 Return to Your Writing 12.13 Mastery Test