IXL | Use the correct subject or verb | 6th grade language arts

Complete the sentence with the best verb.

Every year

Uncle Aaron and Aunt Lara

encourages

me to spend the summer in Alaska.

encourage

encourages

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Complete the sentence with the best subject.

After dinner

all of us

huddle

by the fire, and

Bobby

sings folk songs.

Ava

all of us

key idea

The subject and the verb in a sentence must agree.

Singular subjects name only one person, animal, place, or thing. When a subject is singular, use a singular verb. Singular verbs end in -s, -es, or -ies.

Sarah visits her grandmother.

My cat washes her paws.

Plural subjects name more than one person, animal, place, or thing. When a subject is plural, use a plural verb. Plural verbs usually do not end in -s, -es, or -ies.

Kyle and Jessie walk home.

The flowers grow in the garden.

solution

Look at the verb, huddle. It is a plural verb.

Now look at the answer choices.

The subject Ava is singular, so it should be used with a singular verb.

Ava huddles

The subject all of us is plural, so it should be used with a plural verb.

all of us huddle

So, the best subject to complete the sentence is all of us.

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