5.2 and 5.3 Subject Verb Agreement and Objects.

Question 1

Agreement in a grammatical sense means

Answer 1

The elements of a sentence have to match up with each other. Subject and verb have to agree in number.

Question 2

Compound subjects (joined with and) are singular or plural?

Answer 2

Plural.

ex. Cameron and Sloane were laughing as they watched Ferris jump onto a float and sing.

Question 3

Indefinite pronouns (everyone, anyone, someone, each) take a singular or plural verb?

Answer 3

Singular.

ex. everybody knows that Angelo’s has the best pizza.

Question 4

Compound subjects joined by either…or or neither…nor take singular or plural verbs?

Answer 4

The verb agrees with the closest subject.
ex. Neither the workers nor the supervisor wants to compromise.
Neither the supervisor nor the workers want to compromise.

Question 5

What is an indirect object?

Answer 5

Comes between the action verb and the direct object and answers the question “to whom or what?” or “for whom or what?”
ex. The guests brought the birthday girl presents.
Presents, is what they brought, the direct object, and the birthday girl is who received them, the indirect object.

Question 6

What part of speech is an indirect object?

Answer 6

A noun or pronoun and almost never appears by itself without a direct object.

Question 7

What is an object of a preposition?

Answer 7

A noun or pronoun, or sometimes a whole clause, that follows a preposition to complete a prepositional phrase.
ex. The party was held at Watson park.
Watson park is the object of the preposition in.