Is the subject singular or plural?
key notes :
✨ Is the Subject Singular or Plural? ✨
| 👩🏫 What is a Subject? |
👉 The subject is the person, place, thing, or animal that does the action in a sentence.
| 🌟 Singular Subject (One) |
🐶 A singular subject means only ONE.
💡 Example:
- The dog runs. 🐕
- A girl sings. 👧🎶
📌 Clue: Use a singular verb (usually ends with -s or -es).
| 🌟 Plural Subject (More than One) |
🐕🐕 A plural subject means MORE THAN ONE.
💡 Example:
- The dogs run. 🐕🐕
- Girls sing. 👧👧🎶
📌 Clue: Use a plural verb (no -s).
| 🎯 Quick Tips |
✅ One = Singular = Verb ends in -s
✅ More than one = Plural = Verb has no -s
| 📝 Practice Examples: |
- 🍎 The apple (is / are) red. → is
- 👨 The men (work / works) hard. → work
- 🐱 The cat (chase / chases) the mouse. → chases
- 🐦 Birds (fly / flies) in the sky. → fly
| 💡 Remember: |
🌈 Singular = One (Add -s to the verb)
🌈 Plural = Many (Verb has no -s)
✨ That’s how we know if the subject is singular or plural! 🎉
Learn with an example
🎯 Look at the subject in bold. Is it singular or plural? Lucas and I slide down the hill in our sled.
- singular
- plural
- The subject Lucas and I is plural. It names more than one person. It goes with the verb slide, which does not end in -s or -es.
- What do Lucas and I do? We slide down the hill in our sled.
🎯 Look at the subject in bold. Is it singular or plural? These berries taste much better than those other ones.
- singular
- plural
- The subject these berries is plural. It names more than one thing. It goes with the verb taste, which does not end in -s or -es.
- What do these berries do? They taste much better than those other ones.
🎯 Look at the subject in bold. Is it singular or plural? My sister behaves nicely at the supermarket with our mum.
- singular
- plural
- The subject my sister is singular. It names one person. It goes with the verb behaves, which ends in -s.
- What does my sister do? She behaves nicely at the supermarket with our mum.
Let’s practice!🖊️
