The document discusses subject-verb agreement and prepositions. It explains that a prepositional phrase contains a preposition followed by its object, and the verb must agree with the subject of the sentence, not the object of the prepositional phrase. Examples are provided of sentences containing prepositional phrases and exercises for determining the correct subject and verb.

2. Identify the correct
verb that
should be used
in each statement.

3. BE

4. BEGIN

5. UNDERSTAND

6. DRIVE

7. SPEAK

8. LIFT

9. WHAT ARE THE BASIC
RULES IN SUBJECTVERB AGREEMENT?

11. WHAT IS A
PREPOSITION?
It is a word placed
before an object to
specify its location.

14. Let’s find the penguin…

15. The penguin on
the box

16. The penguin inside the box

17. The penguin between the boxes

18. The penguin behind the boxes

19. But who/what is the main topic?

20. In subject-verb
agreement…
A prepositional phrase is a phrase with two
or more words that begins with a
preposition. A verb must agree with its
subject, not with the object of a
prepositional phrase, which often comes
between the subject and the verb.

21. The penguin on
the box is
Gunther.

22. The penguin behind the boxes
is Gunther.

23. EXERCISES
DETERMINE THE SUBJECT and
THE CORRECT VERB THAT
SHOULD BE USED IN
THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES.

24. EXERCISES
The student in the back of the
classroom _________
attentively to the teacher.
LISTEN
LISTENS

27. EXERCISES
The girl between those two
boys _________ not my
cousin.
IS
ARE

30. EXERCISES
Escons, together with Ports and
Montebs, ______ to the TLE
building.
GO
GOES

33. EXERCISES
The Island, between the two
seas, _______ gone.
has
have

36. QUIZ!

37. QUIZ
1. Apartments in this city (is, are)
expensive.

38. QUIZ
2.A dealer in rare books (is asked, are
asked) to look at the collection of
novels to ensure the authenticity.

39. QUIZ
3. The musicians in the band (is
practicing, are practicing).

40. QUIZ
4. The blue areas on the map
(indicates, indicate) water.

41. QUIZ
5. The leaves on the oak tree
(is turning, are turning) bright
orange and yellow.