Introduction
The purpose of this webquest is to help you correct errors of student like you who have common problem in the subject - verb agreement specially in most academic writing. We provide more in - depth and comprehensive discussions, video references, exercises, and activities that are designed for better and effective understanding of the lesson. Task are given to check and evaluate your learning of the lesson. Learning and understanding subject - verb agreement is a skills that helps you to become more effective writers and speakers.
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Your task for this webquest are the following.
1. Write a composition about your childhood highlighting the unforgetable part of your experince depicting the rules of the subject - verb agreement.
2. Look for a magazine of your choice finds sentences that reflects the rules of the subject - verb agreement. Cut the sentences, combined these sentences to form essay depending on the topic of your choice.
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Process
After watching the videos / discussions of the lesson , I prepared exercises and activities that you could work on as a formative assessment of the lesson.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws3o-OxDgOw
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyAtyAdCStM
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0emlVxINBUk
Exercise # 1
Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.
2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
6. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
7. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
10. The players, as well as the captain, (want, wants) to win.
11. Either answer (is, are) acceptable.
12. Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.
13. Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.
14. (Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.
17. (Is, Are) the tweezers in this drawer?
18. Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's.
19. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!
20. The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.
21. The committee (leads, lead) very different lives in private.
22. The Prime Minister, together with his wife, (greets, greet) the press cordially.
23. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.
Exercises # 2.
Fill in the correct verb in the sentence.
1. Some people _____very good at math.
2. Somebody _____ the winning the lottery ticket.
3. The doctor who has visited dozens of countries and has helped thousands of patients all around the world ____ over there.
4. There _______ two sides to every argument.
5. 5,280 feet _____ a mile.
6. Jill as well as Jack _____ up the hill.
7. Either Heather or I ____.
8. There ____ a lot of people here.
9. Ten dollars _____ a nice raise. I need the extra money.
10. Rice ____ a common food all over the world. It is ____ very cheap. Two bags of rice ____ only five hundred pesos.
11. Either the bus driver or the motorcycle rider ____ responsible for the accident.
12. Neither the 23 children in the class nor Tony ____ to be upset about failing the spelling bee.
13. A large number of countries ____ members of the United Nations.
14. Not only the fans but also the team’s head coach ____ shocked to be in the championship game.
15.The number of computer advances ____ increasing every year.
Activity 1
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
An important aspect of learning subject-verb agreement is learning to identify subjects and verbs in sentences. Bring in a stack of magazines and have look through them. Find one article that you finds interesting. Read the article and identify one singular subject and verb, one plural subject and verb and one compound subject. Find sentences that fits on each the rules and agreement and accumulate these sentences to form a summary of the article.
Mad Libs
Sentences containing blanks that students have to fill in offer a teaching opportunity that encourages creativity. Come up with a variety of sentences with either the subject or the verb missing. Have students use their knowledge to determine what type of subject or verb should be inserted. Allow students to come up with funny and crazy subjects and verbs, as long as they are grammatically correct. Have students read their hilarious completed sentences out to the class. Ask other students to identify any mistakes.
Incorrect Sentences
Although it might defy what you would expect, having students create grammatically incorrect sentences can help them learn the rules of subject-verb agreement. After all, to break a rule intentionally, you have to know the rule in the first place. Have each student write a short paragraph containing a variety of subject-verb errors. Have students exchange their paragraphs and correct the mistakes in a classmate's work.
Evaluation
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CRITERIA |
TRY HARDER (1) |
ALMOST THERE (2) |
GREAT (3) |
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Complete Sentence |
Sentence did not make sense and is incomplete. |
Sentence was complete. Sentence did not contain the correct subject and predicate. |
Sentence was clear. Contained the correct subject and predicate. |
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Subject was correct |
Subject was not clearly identified. |
Subject was clearly identified. |
Student was able to correctly identify the subject and make a complete sentence. |
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Verb was correct |
Verb was not clearly identified. |
Verb was clearly identified. |
Student was able to correctly identify the verb and make a complete sentence. |
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Participation |
Student chose to not participate in this activity. |
Student showed some participation during this activity. |
Student fully participated in this activity. |
Conclusion
Subject/Verb agreement is a necessary for sentence structure to be correct. In Subject/verb agreement, the subject and verb must agree in number. In order to form a complete thought, subjects and verbs must agree.That is, either both must be singular, or both must be plural. A singular subject has no “s” on the end, but a singular verb has an “s,” whereas the opposite is true for plural subjects and verbs.You may be knowledgeable about a certain area of expertise, but if you cannot communicate effectively, your ability to share that knowledge is affected. I inserted some links for your further study on the lesson.
http://www.nova.edu/tutoring-testing/study-resources/forms/subject-verb…;
Credits
1. file:///E:/UUEGExp6.pdf