A Detailed Lesson Plan in English 4

I. OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the discussion, the students should be able to:

a) Identify the subject and verb in a sentence;

b) Choose the correct form of verb to make it agree with the subject;
c) Familiarize with the rules of Subject-Verb Agreement

II. SUBJECTMATTER:
a. Topic: ENGLISH GRAMMAR – SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT
b. Materials: pictures, cartolina paper, permanent marker, chalkboard, chalk
c. References: Morenberg, Max (2016). Doing Grammar (Third ed.). Oxford
University Press. ISBN978-0-1997-3288-3 ; YourDAISteny (2020 April)
Subject-Verb Agreement | Basic Rules| English grammar 2020
http://www.youtube.com/c/yourDAISteny
d. Strategy:

III. PROCEDURE
Teachers Activity Student Activity
a. Preparatory Activity

Class may we all stand for a short prayer? Rena

please lead the prayer.
(Rena will lead the prayer)
Good Morning Class!
Good Morning Teacher!
How are you today?
We’re all good teacher
That’s great!

May I ask the class secretary to check (the secretary will check the attendance)
the attendance for today?

How many are absent today? None so far teacher

Good!

Before we start our discussion, make sure that

your chairs are properly aligned according to
your row. Everybody sit down and minimize (the student will do as told)
unnecessary noise so that we can have a better
interaction, ok?
Yes teacher

b. Review
 Let us first have a recap, anyone in the
class still remember our lesson
yesterday?
(pupils raise their hands)
Yes Anna?
Teacher, our lesson yesterday is about
pronouns.
Excellent! again, what is a pronoun
Justine? Teacher, pronouns are words or phrase that
can replace a noun in sentence.
Very good! what are some example of
those? He
She
You
I
Us
Them
They
It
Excellent!

c. Motivation

Now, who wants to play? All of us teacher!

That’s good! Because we will be starting

our todays lesson with a game. Anyone who
can give me the correct answer will have an
extra points. Is that exciting? Yes teacher!!!

This game is called 4 PICS 1 WORD, all

you have to do is guess the word being
portrayed in a set of pictures. Here is the
first set of picture…

What is the 7 letter word being portrayed in

this picture? (The pupils trying to guess the picture)
 Yes? anyone who can give me the
word being portrayed by the flashed
picture?” (pupils raising their hands)

“Yes Kareen? “
SUBJECT Ma‟am
“Very Good! You got the correct answer.
But how did you guessed the word? Because all of the given pictures are related
to our subject areas like Math, English,
Filipino and Science.
That’s a very good observation.

Next….

Now who can you guess the picture? (pupils raise hands)

Yes Anne? I think the word is VERB teacher.

‘
Teacher, because all of the pictues in this set
Why do you think so? tells an action just like the baby is crying,
the children is running and so on.

Brilliant!

Here is the 3rd set of picture…

Who can give me the last word being portrayed (pupils raise hands)
in this set of picture?
The word is AGREEMENT ma’am !
Yes Samantha?

That’s great!
d. Presentation
SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT!!
For todays lesson, we will be tackling about
English grammar particularly in?

Absolutely!

LESSON PROPER

Subject-verb agreement is a grammatical rule

which states that the subject and the verb must
agree in number. This means that the subject
and the verb needs to be singular or both needs
to be plural. (pupils raise hands)
But before that, let us first identify what is the
subject and verb in a sentence. Anyone knows Teacher the subject is a word or group of
what is a subject? words which we are talking in the sentence.

Yes Melanie?

(pupils raise hands)

Very good! Or simply it is the person, animal,
or thing being described in a sentence. The verb is a word that tells about the action
being performed and the state being of the
How about verb? subject.

Yes Pablo?

Very good! to clarify let us have an example:

Lee!!
Lee eats the pie. eats!!
Now can you identify the subject in this
sentence?

That’s good. How about the verb?

Impressive! Now let’s move to the rules in

Subject-Verb Agreement.
1. A singular subject requires a singular
 RULES IN SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT verb a plural subject requires a plural
verb.
(posting of visuals)

Jessica, can you please read the first and main

rule?

Thank you. This means that if the subject in the

sentence is singular, the must be in its singular
form. If the subject is plural, then verb must
also be in its plural form. To clarify’ let’s take
examples:

The apple falls. Yes teacher!

subject verb

A flower grows.
subject verb

In the given examples, do subject agrees with

the verb?

Correct! Because both subject and verb is in its

singular form.
Yes teacher!
The stars shine beautifully.
subject verb
Because both the subject and verb is in its
plural form.
The flowers bloom.
subject verb

In this given example, do you think the subject

and verb agrees in number?

Very good! And why do you say so?

Brilliant!
(pupils raise hands)
But then class there is an exemption to this rule,
Pronouns I and You follows a different rule. I observe that the subject are in its singular
For example: form but the verb is in its plural form.

I walk at the park.

You wash the dishes. Yes teacher!

What have you observe in the given examples?

2. Compound subjects connected by and
 Yes Ronalyn? uses a plural form of verb.

Absolutely! That is because I and You takes a

different rule.

Is the first rule clear?

Good, let us move on to the next rule. Christian

please read the 2nd rule.

Thank you, now sentence that has two subjects

that is connected by and uses a plural form of
verb.

Example:
Yes teacher.
The ranger and the camper see the bear.
plural subject plural
verb
3. If the subject is joined by or, nor,
Chad and Rachelle are transferring to or/either, nor/neither, the verb should
plural subject plural
verb
agree with the closer subject.
another school.

Since compound subject pertains to two or

more subjects, then the verb must be in plural.
Is it clear?

Good, lets proceed to another rule. Ralph please

read the 3rd rule.

Thank you, now sentences with subjects joined

by or, nor, or/either, nor/neither do consider the
subject nearest to the verb.

Example:
Either her collegues or her boss leads the
opening.
Neither the lab assistant nor the students
were able to download the
information. (pupils raise hands)

From the given example, what did you

observe? Teacher, the subject is not just one but the
subject nearest to the verb is the one being
considered and the other subject is
Yes Cecil? disregarded.

Brilliant!

In this rule, when you see the conjunction or or

nor in a sentence, you are going to use the
subject closer to the verb and use it as a Yes teacher!
reference wether your verb will be in its
singular or plural form. Understood?
4. If there's a phrase that comes between the
Now we will move on to the next rule, Sergio subject and the verb, consider the subject and
please read. not the noun or pronoun in the phrase.

Thank you, the next rule is a little bit confusing.

For example;

The teacher as well as her students

subject Intervening phrase (disregard)

walks to the library.

verb

As what you've seen, there are sentences that

may seem having two subject, all you have to Yes teacher!
do is analyze the sentence. In the given
example, "the teacher" will be our subject
which is singular that why we use "walks" as a
form verb. Is it clear?

The next rule would be:

5. Indifinite pronouns like someone, somebody,

each, either one, everyone, or anyone are
considered singular and needs singular verb
although they convey plural meaning.

This means that sentences composed of

pronouns like someone, somebody, each, either
one, everyone, or anyone needs a singular form
IV. EVALUATION: Short follow up quiz
Answer in TenMinutes
A. Write the subject and the correct form of the verb in the followingsentences

1. He (listen, listens) to the stillair.

2. Clouds (float, floats) lazily in thesky.
3. One bird (begin, begins) to sing asong.
4. It (inspire, inspires) other birds tosing.
5. The flock (continue, continues) tosing.
6. Both (notice, notices) Paz‟sarrival.
7. The distant mountains (appear, appears)blue.
8. There (is, are) a few clouds hangingoverhead.
9. Paz (wants, want) to talk with Frost.
10. There (is, are )the sound of waterrunning.
11. (Do, Does) Paz enjoy the sound of thewater?
12. Here (is, are) Frost‟s cabin at the top of thehill.
13. (Do, Does) Frost‟s cabin seemremote?
14. Where (is, are) the wooly dog and hismaster?
15. Both the work of young poets and the work of philosophers (interests, interest)him.

B. Give at least 5 verbs and use it in a sentence using the Subject-Verb Agreement Rules
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V. ASSIGNMENT

Read our next lesson about tenses of the verb on pp.143 by Morenberg, Max
(2016). Doing Grammar (Third ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1997-3288-3.

Comments and Evaluation:

Prepared by:

Prof. J. Manglib
Presentor