College Writing Skills: 5th Edition     John Langan
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Chapter 27: Subject-Verb Agreement

For list of chapters click on arrow Using the Internet Plagiarism and the Internet Summarizing and Paraphrasing Useful Links for Students Chapter 1: An Introduction To Writing Chapter 2: The Writing Process Chapter 3: The First and Second Steps in Essay Writing Chapter 4: The Third and Fourth Steps in Essay Writing Chapter 5: The Fourth Step In Essay Writing Chapter 6: The Four Bases For Evaluating Essay Writing Chapter 8: Description Chapter 9: Narration Chapter 10: Examples Chapter 11: Process Chapter 12: Cause And Effect Chapter 13: Comparison And Contrast Chapter 14: Definition Chapter 15: Division And Classification Chapter 16: Argumentation Chapter 17: Taking Essay Exams Chapter 18: Preparing A Summary Chapter 19: Writing A Report Chapter 20: Writing A Resume And Job Application Letter Chapter 22: Writing A Research Paper Chapter 23: Subjects and Verbs Chapter 24: Fragments Chapter 25: Run-Ons Chapter 26: Regular and Irregular Verbs Chapter 27: Subject-Verb Agreement Chapter 28: Additional Information About Verbs Chapter 29: Pronoun Agreement and Reference Chapter 30: Pronoun Types Chapter 31: Adjectives and Adverbs Chapter 32: Misplaced Modifiers Chapter 33: Dangling Modifiers Chapter 34: Manuscript Form Chapter 35: Capital Letters Chapter 36: Numbers and Abbreviations Chapter 37: Apostrophe Chapter 38: Quotation Marks Chapter 39: Comma Chapter 40: Other Punctuation Marks Chapter 41: Spelling Improvement Chapter 42: Commonly Confused Words Chapter 43: Effective Word Choice

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Writing Activities

 

Activity A

Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, rewrite the following sentences with the correct form of the verb.

1. Here (is, are) the keys to my car.

2. There (was, were) streamers hung from the ceiling.

3. Neither of those hats (look, looks) good on the model.

4. Everyone (win, wins) something by the end of the contest.

5. One of these socks (slip, slips) down my leg when I walk.

 

Activity B

Directions: For additional help with subject-verb agreement, visit The Purdue Unversity Online Writing Lab

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