Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
6.10.D
(D) edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
consistent, appropriate use of verb tenses;
conjunctive adverbs;
prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;
pronouns, including relative;
subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor;
capitalization of proper nouns, including abbreviations, initials, acronyms, and organizations;
punctuation marks, including commas in complex sentences, transitions, and introductory elements; and
correct spelling, including commonly confused terms such as its/it's, affect/effect, there/their/they're, and to/two/too;
Georgia Math and ELA Standards:
6.L.GC.1.53
Grammar, Mechanics Use parts of speech and their associated phrases or clauses to perform indicated sentence functions (e.g., subject, direct object, predicate nominative, modifier). (Introduce)
Georgia Math and ELA Standards:
6.L.GC.2.b
Use a variety of simple, compound, complex, and compound- complex sentences to condense and combine ideas, maintaining consistent verb tense throughout the text. (C)
Georgia Math and ELA Standards:
6.L.GC.2.c
Identify and use active voice in sentences, revising for subject-verb agreement. (C)
6th Grade Writing - Sentence Structure Lesson
SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
SINGULAR subjects — SINGULAR verbs
PLURAL subjects — PLURAL verbs
Example:
Example:
OTHER SUBJECT-VERB RULES
Rule #1 —
Compound subjects that are connected by the coordinating conjunction and are considered plural.
Example:
Rule #2 —
For compound subjects that are connected by the coordinating conjunctions or and/or nor, the verb will agree with the subject closest to it.
Example:
Example:
Rule #3 —
Collective nouns will usually act as singular nouns when used as the subject of a clause or sentence.
Example:
Rule #4.1 —
Some indefinite pronouns are always singular while others are always plural.