Subject/Verb Agreement Examples
Here are some examples of subject verb agreement (the subject is bolded and the verb underlined):
•My dog always growls at the postal carrier.
•Basketballs roll across the floor.
•I don’t understand the assignment.
•These clothes are too small for me.
•Peter doesn’t like vegetables.
Compound Subjects
Compound subjects (two subjects in the same sentence) usually take a plural verb, unless the combination is treated as singular in popular usage or the two subjects refer to the same thing or person. Here are some examples of subject verb agreement with compound subjects: