Subject-verb
agreement 2
sometimes it is tricky getting subjects and verbs
to agree. compound subjects are double trouble when
it comes to agreement. when a compound subject is
joined by and, use a plural verb. if a compound subject
is connected by or or nor, use a verb that agrees with the
subject closest to the verb. (for more information, see
pages 563 and 570 in texas write source.)
examples
jack and jill were on their way down the hill.
(the subject "jack" and "jill” is plural so the plural verb “were" is used.)
neither jack nor jill was able to avoid falling.
("jill" is singular so the singular verb "was” is used.)
jack's neighbor or his sisters were first on the scene.
("sisters"—the subject closest to the verb—is plural so the plural verb "were" is used.)
directions
correct any errors in subject-verb agreement in the following sentences
by changing the verbs. do not change verbs that are correct. the first
sentence has been done for you.
say
1. the owner of the well and his lawyer says jack and jill were trespassing.
2. jack and jill testify that the well and the hill is unsafe.
3. jack and jill and their lawyer says the hill should be fenced off because it is
too dangerous.
4. then one lawyer or the other object, and the judge pounds his gavel to quiet
the courtroom.
5. jack or jill need to ask permission and to pay for each pailful of water next
time he or she goes to the well.
6. jack and jill say to forget it; they will drink bottled water.

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification

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