I. Objective: At the end of the period, the students should be able to: a. identify the rules in subject-verb agreement; b. write correct sentences through proper subject-verb agreement; and c. construct their own sentences using correct subject-verb agreement II. Subject Matter: ▪ Topic: Subject Verb Agreement ▪ Materials: teacher-made visual, whiteboard, pictures ▪ References: English 7 (pg. 29 to pg. 31 LM) (pg.25 TG) EN7-G-I-a-11 ▪ URL: https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/sub-verb.html
III. Learning Procedure
Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity
A. Preliminary Activity
Prayer The teacher will ask someone to lead the prayer. Father in heaven, bless us this day. Give unto us thy graces and wisdom to understand our I am requesting everyone to stand up, please. lesson. Teach us and guide us for our lesson May I ask someone to lead the prayer this morning. Bless our parents, teachers, and voluntarily? school officials, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Classroom Management
Before you take your seats please arrange
your chairs properly and kindly pick up the (Students pick up pieces of trash and arrange trash you can see inside the classroom and put their chairs properly.) it in the trash bins.
After a minute….
- You may now take your seat class. Thank you, ma’am!
Greetings Good morning, my dear students! Welcome to our English class!” Good morning, Ma’am Clara!
How are you feeling today?
We are doing great, Ma’am! That’s good to hear that you are all fine.
Checking of Attendance
Okay class, let’s check your attendance.
How many are absent today? Ma’am, no one is absent, everyone is present.
Very good! Let’s give ourselves a 3-heart clap.
Review Now, before we move on to our new topic let’s just have a quick review first. Can you tell me what is our topic yesterday?
Yes, Charlotte. “Our topic yesterday is all about listening skills
ma’am. Very good! And what are listening skills again? Jackie: Ma’am listening is the ability to Yes, Jackie! accurately receive and interpret messages in the communication process.
Correct! How are you going to become an
effective listener? Mark Anthony: Ma’am to become an effective Yes, Mark Anthony. listener we must aware of different kinds of listening, different purpose of listening, and the qualities of good listener.
Alright! And as you listen, what basic questions
you must try to answer? Joana: The 5 W’s and How ma’am! Yes, Joana.
Awesome! You did understand our lesson
yesterday.
B. Motivation Before we start our lesson, let’s play a game first. This game is called 4 pics one word. I present here four pictures and then task you with guessing what specific word fits with the theme of the photos presented. Am I understood? Yes, ma’am!
(The students will try to guess)
What do you think is the word being portrayed (Student’s will raise their hands) in this picture? Anyone who can give me the word portrayed in the picture posted on the board? Rhealyn: Subject Ma’am. Yes, Rhealyn?
Very good! You got the correct answer, but Rhealyn: I guessed that it is the word SUBJECT how did you guess that answer? because all of the given pictures are related to our subject areas like Math, English, Filipino and Science. Yes, I think it is very obvious.
Now, can you guess the second picture?
Yes, Michael. Michael: The word is VERB ma’am Class, do you agree that it is a verb? “YES Ma’am! The word is VERB ma’am.”
Yes, the answer is a verb, very good!
Here is the third set of pictures…
Now can you guess the picture?
What’s the word portrayed in this picture?
Yes, Angela can you give me the answer? Angela: Agreement, ma’am!
Correct! Very well said! Thank you for sharing,
Angela.
Thank you so much class for your active
participation. Did you enjoy it? “Yes, ma’am!” (Everyone)
Lesson Proper Alright, so let’s proceed to our lesson proper, today we will be discussing the subject-verb agreement.
Subject-verb agreement is a grammatical rule,
which states that the subject and the verb must agree in a sentence.
Get your book and Open it to page 29. Read
the following sentences on Task 13.1 (whole class reading)
Alright, What did you notice about the
underlined words? The underlined words are subjects. Correct! All the underlined words are subject.
What about the encircled words??
Very good. In the first sentence, is the subject All the encircled words are verbs, ma’am. plural or singular?
How about the verb? Plural Ma’am.
That’s right!
Please keep in mind that Singular subjects take Also plural, ma’am. singular verbs and plural subjects take plural verbs, that’s the general rule of subject-verb agreement.
Example: The baby drinks milk. (singular) The
babies drink milk. (plural) Now, give me your example, Carlo. Carlo: The dog barks. The dogs bark. Very good, Carlo!
C. Discussion
Subject-verb agreement means ensuring that
the verb used agrees in number (singular or plural) with its subject. For example, "The student writes" since both nouns and verbs agree in singular form. Proper usage helps convey clear meaning and improves communication effectiveness.
Additional rule. 1. If subjects are joined by
“and” they are considered plural.
Example: My mother and my aunt prefer
Filipino dishes.
Give me another example, Geraldine. Geraldine: The teacher and Analyn were busy yesterday. Thank you.
2. If subjects are joined by or nor, the verb
should agree with the closer subject.
Example: Either the baby or the puppies drink
milk.
Another example, Marcela! Marcela: Neither the students nor the teacher is present. Thank you so much. Thank you, Ma’am. As you can see, class the given example by Marcela is singular because the closest subject to the verb is singular which is the teacher.
3. The relative pronouns (who, whom, which,
and that) are either singular or plural, depending on the words they refer to.
Example: The sales manager is a good
researcher who spends a great amount of time surfing the Web for information.
Another example, Kath! Kath: Jesele is one of the students who
participate in the activity. Very good. Thank you.
4. Indefinite pronouns (someone, somebody,
each, either one, everyone, or anyone) are considered singular and need singular verbs although they convey plural meaning.
“Example: Anyone who wants to pursue
higher education has to pass entrance exams.
5. A few subjects look plural but are
really singular or vice versa. Example: The news of the discovery is spreading. Give me an example of words that look plural but really singular.
Yes, Sarah Mae. Sarah Mae: Mathematics, measles, scissors,
Very good, Sarah! Thank you dollars, etc.
6. Expressions stating the amount of time,
money, weight, and volume are plural in form but take a singular verb as in:”
Example: Two hundred dollars is a lot of
money.
Another example, Justine. Justine: Four hours is enough for me to stroll
Okay, Thank you. in the mall.
Do you have any questions? None, ma’am! (Everyone)
Did you understand the basics of subject-verb
agreement? Yes Ma’am! (Everyone)
D. Application Pg. 30. More of verbs. Directions: Choose the correct form of verb inside the parenthesis.
1. A stitch in time (saves, save) nine. 1. A stitch in time saves nine.
2. Noisy is the can that (contains, contain) 2. Noisy is the can that contains nothing. nothing. 3. He who speaks too much works too late. 3. He who speaks too much (works, work) too 4. A desperate person holds on to a knife edge. late. 5. Whatever you do, think about it seven 4. A desperate person (holds, hold) on to a times. knife edge. 6. A monkey, which is dressed up is still a 5. Whatever you (does, do), think about it monkey. seven times. 7. When the blanket is short, learn to curl up 6. A monkey, which is dressed up (is, are) still under it. monkey. 8. A person who is outwardly calm has anger 7. When the blanket (is, are) short, learn to ranging inside his stomach. curl up under it. 9. He who does not love his native language is 8. A person who is outwardly calm (has, have) worst than beast or a rotten fish. anger ranging inside his stomach. 10. A heavy burden is lightened if everyone 9. He who does not love his native language participates in carrying it. (is, are) worst than beast or a rotten fish. 10. A heavy burden is lightened if everyone (participates, participate) in carrying it.
E. Generalization
Subject-verb agreement is a grammatical
rule, which states that the subject and the verb must agree in a sentence. Singular subjects take singular verbs and plural subjects take plural verb. IV. Evaluation Direction: Pg. 31Task.13.3 Paragraph. Read the paragraph below and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given inside the parenthesis. Copy and complete the paragraph in your notebook. Do this activity on your own.
Barking Dogs Seldom Bite
We know that dogs ______(bark) when they
______(see) strange people. But dogs that _____(growl) rarely ______(bite) strangers. So those who______(be)talkative ______(need) not be always practical. They ______(be) simply boasting. Containers which _______(be) full of water ________(make) less noise. Educated people _______(not brag) themselves very much. Great men________(act) and their actions ________(speak) for themselves. His worth ______(be) readily recognized by others. So _______(talk) less, and _______(do) more must
V. Assignment Directions: Give at least 5 verbs and use it in a sentence using the Subject-Verb Agreement Rules.
