A presentation that introduces the grammar of simple sentences and looks at subject-verb agreement.

1. Sentence Structure 1 Simple sentences Subject – verb agreement

2. Who is this? What do you know about him and his films? Do you like his films?

3. Reading What has George Lucas achieved? What did he want to do first in his career? What 3 innovations has he produced that have changed the film industry?

4. Sentence structure Look at the following sentence: George Lucas has produced many films in the last 40 years. Can you give grammatical names to any parts of the sentence? For example, what is the subject?

5. Sentence structure George Lucashas produced many films in the Subject last 40 years. In this sentence, George Lucas is the subject: it is the noun before the verb.

6. Sentence structure George Lucashas produced many films in the Subject last 40 years. What are the other parts of the sentence?

7. Sentence structure George Lucashas producedmanyfilmsin the Subject verb determiner object last 40 years. prepositional phrase

8. Sentence structure George Lucashas produced many films in the Subject verb last 40 years. Today we are looking at subjects and verbs

9. Sentence structure Look at the following four sentences. What are the subjects and verbs in each one?

10. Sentence structure The Star Wars movies were international hits. Young people and adults enjoyed them. The films entertained and thrilled audiences everywhere. Luke Skywalker and his friends battled evil and made us laugh at the same time.

11. Sentence structure The Star Wars movieswere international hits. subject verb Young people and adultsenjoyed them. subject subjectverb The filmsentertained and thrilled audiences subject verbverb everywhere. Luke Skywalker and his friendsbattled evil and subject subjectverb made us laugh at the same time. verb

12. Simple Sentences

13. Simple Sentences Look at the first text. Underline all the subjects with one line. Underline all the verbs with two lines. How many subjects and how many verbs are there in each sentence?

14. Subjects in red; verbs in blue Filmmaker George Lucashas changed the film industry in many ways. Hehas written, directed, and produced some of the best-loved movies of our time. Hehas also made major contributions to modern film technology. At first, Lucasdid not plan to become a filmmaker. His first dreamwas to become a race car driver. After a bad accident, however, hedecided to go to college. In college, Lucas studied movie-making and made a number of student films. Lucas's third feature film, Star Wars, changed everything. A seemingly simple story of good versus evil, Star Warsbecame a huge international hit. The movieused new technologies that revolutionized the film industry. One new technologywas a special computer-assisted camera crane. Camera operatorsfilmed most of the space fight scenes from the crane. Lucasis also responsible for the modern THX sound system, which improves the way a movie sounds in theatres. His latest innovationis the use of digital photography in filmmaking. To sum up, George Lucas's love of storytelling and his technological innovationshave transformed movie-making forever.

15. Subject - verb agreement Complete these sentences with the verb “be”. My sister _____ married. My sisters _____ married. My brother and I _____ single.

16. Subject - verb agreement My sister is married. My sisters are married. My brother and I are single.

17. Subject - verb agreement Why do we use different verb forms in each sentence? My sister is married. My sisters are married. My brother and I are single.

18. Subject - verb agreement Why do we use different verb forms in each sentence? My sister is married. Because the subject is singular My sisters are married. Because the subject is plural My brother and I are single. Because there is more than one subject

19. Subject - verb agreement There + be What form of the verb “be” fits in the gaps? Why? (present tense) There _____ a student in the hall. There _____ three students in the hall. (past tense) There _____ no reason for his action. There _____ many reasons for his success.

20. Subject - verb agreement There + be What form of the verb “be” fits in the gaps? (present tense) There is a student in the hall. There are three students in the hall. (past tense) There was no reason for his action. There were many reasons for his success.

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22. Prepositional phrases What is the subject of each sentence? What is the correct form of the verb? One of my sisters is/are a singer. The colour of her eyes change/changes when she is angry. Six kinds of rice is/are available in the shop.

23. Prepositional phrases What is the subject of each sentence? What is the correct form of the verb? One of my sisters is/are a singer. subject The colour of her eyes change/changes when she is angry. Six kinds of rice is/are available in the shop.

24. Prepositional phrases What is the subject of each sentence? What is the correct form of the verb? One of my sisters is/are a singer. subject The colour of her eyes change/changes when subject she is angry. Six kinds of rice is/are available in the shop. subject

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26. Subject - verb agreement Some subjects are always singular, some are always plural. Are the following words singular or plural? anyone both each either many much neither nothing one several

27. Subject - verb agreement Some subjects are always singular, some are always plural. Are the following words singular or plural? for example anyone both each either many singular much neither nothing one several

28. Subject - verb agreement Some subjects are always singular, some are always plural. Are the following words singular or plural? anyone both each either many singular plural singular singular plural much neither nothing one several singular singularsingularsingular plural

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30. Subject - verb agreement Some words can be singular or plural, depending on the noun in the prepositional phrase. Which do you think is correct? All of my time is/are spent in the library. All of my brothers is/are singers.

31. Subject - verb agreement Some words can be singular or plural, depending on the noun in the prepositional phrase. Which do you think is correct? All of my time is/are spent in the library. (“time” is uncountable and singular) All of my brothers is/are singers. (“brothers” is countable and plural)

32. Subject - verb agreementLook at these sentences. What is the correct form of the verb and why? Some of the money was/were missing. Some of the students was/were missing. Most of the ice cubes was/were melting. Most of the ice was/were melting. A lot of the people was/were angry. A lot of the work was/were too easy. None of the fruit is/are fresh. None of the apples is/are fresh.

33. Subject - verb agreementLook at these sentences. What is the correct form of the verb and why? Some of the money was/were missing. Some of the students was/were missing. Most of the ice cubes was/were melting. Most of the ice was/were melting. A lot of the people was/were angry. A lot of the work was/were too easy. None of the fruit is/are fresh. None of the apples is/are fresh.

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