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Unit 2 Sentence Agreement Goals 1. Learn to make the subject and the verb agree in your sentence. 2. Be able to cut out dangling modifiers in your sentences. 3. Write sentences with pronouns and their antecedents in agreement. Agreement between Subject and Verb A verb and its subject in a sentence agree when their forms indicate the same number. Problems can often be found in the present tense because you have to put an -s or -es at the end of the verb to agree with a singular third person subject such as he, she, it, Mike, his father···　　Pay attention to the difference between singular and plural forms in the following examples: Singular 　Plural The child sings. These children sing. The bird migrates. Those birds migrate. 　　To find out if your subject and verb agree, you must identify the subject of your sentence. Most often, the subject is what the sentence says about and is often the first noun to the left of the verb: The chairman of the board chooses the qualified man for the position. Subject: The chairman of the board 　　　　Verb: chooses The union members were satisfied with the agreement. Subject: The union members 　　　　Verb: were satisfied Occasionally, the subject of a sentence follows the verb. Such usage is often seen in poems. Over yonder hill rises a burning sun.Subject: a burning sun 　　　　Verb: rises There was a well-known writer in that county.Subject: a well-known writer 　　　　Verb: was 　　Subjects linked by and are usually considered plural. The students and the teacher are having a celebration. Subject: the students and the teacher 　　Verb: are having If subjects are joined by or or nor, the verb should agree with the closer subject. Either the players or the referee is at fault. Subjects: players, referee 　　　　　Verb: is Either the referee or the players are at fault. Subject: referee, players 　　　　　Verb: are A relative pronoun (who, which, and that) used as subject has the same number as its antecedent. The department manager is very