Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
L.3.1f
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
Tennessee Academic Standards:
3.FL.SC.6.f
Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
Wisconsin Academic Standards:
L.3.5.c
subject-verb agreement,
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.3.F
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E03.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
E03.D.1.1.2 - Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
E03.D.1.1.3 - Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
E03.D.1.1.4 - Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
E03.D.1.1.5 - Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk).
E03.D.1.1.6 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. *
E03.D.1.1.7 - Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
E03.D.1.1.8 - Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
E03.D.1.1.9 - Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
E03.D.1.2.1 - Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
E03.D.1.2.2 -Use commas in addresses.
E03.D.1.2.3 - Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
E03.D.1.2.4 - Form and use possessives.
E03.D.1.2.5 - Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
E03.D.1.2.6 - Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.3.L
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling
E03.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
E03.D.1.1.2 - Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
E03.D.1.1.3 - Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
E03.D.1.1.4 - Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
E03.D.1.1.5 - Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk).
E03.D.1.1.6 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. *
E03.D.1.1.7 - Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
E03.D.1.1.8 - Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
E03.D.1.1.9 - Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
E03.D.1.2.1 - Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
E03.D.1.2.2 -Use commas in addresses.
E03.D.1.2.3 - Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
E03.D.1.2.4 - Form and use possessives.
E03.D.1.2.5 - Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
E03.D.1.2.6 - Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.3.R
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E03.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
E03.D.1.1.2 - Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
E03.D.1.1.3 - Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
E03.D.1.1.4 - Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
E03.D.1.1.5 - Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk).
E03.D.1.1.6 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. *
E03.D.1.1.7 - Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
E03.D.1.1.8 - Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
E03.D.1.1.9 - Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
E03.D.1.2.1 - Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
E03.D.1.2.2 -Use commas in addresses.
E03.D.1.2.3 - Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
E03.D.1.2.4 - Form and use possessives.
E03.D.1.2.5 - Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
E03.D.1.2.6 - Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words
3rd Grade Writing - Subject-Verb Agreement Lesson
Subject
The subject of a sentence is who or what is doing something in a sentence.
We walked in the forest.
In this sentence, “we” is the subject because it is the who or what of the sentence.
Verb
A verb is a word that shows an action or a state of being.
We walked in the forest.
In this sentence, “walked” is the verb because it is the action.
Subject-Verb Agreement
The subject and verb of a sentence must agree.
Singular subject → singular verb
A cow has black spots.
"Cow" is a singular subject. "Has" is a singular verb.
Plural subject → plural verb
Cows have black spots.
"Cows" is a plural subject. "Have" is a plural verb.
3rd Grade Writing - Subject-Verb Agreement Lesson