Elm3 chart09 09

1. Section A

2. The verb in a sentence usually agrees with the
main noun in the subject: We use a singular verb
with a singular main noun.
tropical rain forest.The natural vegetation of the upper Amazon River
subject
is
verb
The verb is is singular
because the main
noun vegetation is
singular.

3. friendly.Most of the people who live in this city
The verb are is
plural because the
main noun people
is plural.
are
subject verb
We use a plural verb with a plural main noun.

4. In a long noun phrase, don’t be confused by the
words that follow the main noun.
clothes in his spare time.
subject
Shaun White, a famous snowboarder,
verb
designs

5. in the fall. cheap.
The color of the trees
subject
changes
verb
Every place that we visited on
the islands
subject
was
verb