Subject Verb Agreement singular and plural noun action verb

before you watch this video can you guess which sentence is correct the apple fall the apple falls well that's what we are talking about today subject verb agreement so hold on to your answer because we'll come back to it in just bit what is subject-verb agreement this just means that the subject and the verb has to get along like their buddies they have to agree with each other so what does that mean that means if the subject is singular then the verb has to be singular if the subject is plural then the verb has to be plural if you're not sure what singular and plural noun means stop watching this video scroll down to the description box and find the link to the video about singular and plural nouns and watch that first we are going to focus on nouns as subjects today and we are going to learn how the nouns match the verbs first let's learn about singular noun and verb agreement we first need to remember that singular means there is just one it's single it's alone here's couple of singular nouns car tree ball here's something really important to remember about singular verb singular verb always has an at the end eats drinks remember that singular means just one thing try to remember putting an at the end by thinking that it wants little friend because it's single or alone know it's bit silly but it helps me remember read this sentence bird sings bird that's singular noun that means there's just one bird we need singular verb remember singular verb wants little friend at the end so we'll say bird sings here's another one flower grows flower is singular noun there's just one flower and gross is singular verb do you see our little friend at the end of our singular verb we have singular noun and singular verb so our subject and verb agree with each other now let's go back to those sentences you saw at the beginning of this video the apple fall the apple falls which subject and verb agree the apple is singular noun so we need singular verb balls now that we know how to match singular noun and singular verb in sentence can you spot which sentence is correct boy dances boy dance that's right boy dances is correct because boy is singular noun so you need singular verb dances don't forget that at the end of singular verb shall we now look at the plural noun and plural verb agreement we first need to remember that plural means there is more than one it is not alone here's couple of pronouns birds teeth bananas one thing you need to remember about plural verbs is that unlike singular verbs we will not add at the end think of it this way when sentence is in the plural form it means there's more than one it's not alone you don't want another friend to make it too crowded look at this next sentence flowers is plural noun so we need plural verb bloom is plural verb do you see that we did not add an at the end we have plural noun and plural verb so our subject and verb agree with each other what about these sentences which one is correct the children play with toys the children plays with toys the children play with toys is the correct sentence children is plural noun meaning there's more than one child so we need plural verb to go along with the subject play is the plural verb and there is no extra at the end of play try this one the elves wraps the presents the elves wrap the presents which one is correct the elves wrap the presents is the correct sentence elves is plural noun so we have plural verb plural verb does not have an extra at the end so it's rap now that we know how to match plural noun and plural verb in sentence can you spot which sentence is correct the stars shines stars shine good job the stars shine is correct because stars is plural noun and shine as plural verb hope this video helped you better understand about subject-verb agreement with singular and plural nouns check out the description below for more videos like this you'll also find links to games and activities about subject verb agreement thank you for watching and don't forget to subscribe by liking this video and subscribing to my channel i'll be able to make more videos like this for you bye now