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9. Review Exercise 12-4 Using Irregular Verbs

B. Chapter 13 Subject-Verb Agreement

1. Learning Objectives

2. The Basic Pattern

a. Practice 13-1 Conjugating a Verb

b. Practice 13-2 Conjugating Verbs
c. Verbs Ending in s

d. Using Third Person

e. The Verb to be

f. A Fundamental Rule

a. Practice 13-3 Making Subjects and Verbs Agree

3. Problems in Subject-Verb Agreement

a. Prepositional Phrase between Subject and Verb

a. Incorrect Solution

b. Correct Solution

a. Practice 13-4 Eliminating Prepositional
Phrases

b. Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects

a. Practice 13-5 Making Verbs Agree with

Indefinite Pronouns

c. Subject Following the Verb

a. Practice 13-6 Making Verbs Agree with

Subjects That Come after Verbs