Same Sentences English Worksheet With Answer Key Page 17
ADVERTISEMENT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34Name
Date
What’s a Compound Subject?
9 9
It’s a Subject with Two or More Nouns.
When a subject has two or more nouns joined by and or or , it is
called a compound subject.
1. Adults and children help our community.
2. Henry and Fiona plan a fundraiser.
3. A book sale or a cake sale makes money.
4. The parents or the school needs to help.
5. The school or the parents need to help.
How do you know what verb to use with a compound subject?
• If you see and , use a plural verb like help or plan.
• If you see or , look at the last noun in the subject. Is it singular?
Then use a singular verb. Is it plural? Then use a plural verb.
Try It
A. Write the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
work
1. My classmates and our community
together to make
work / works
our town beautiful.
donate
2. The bank and the grocery store
money for a new park.
donate / donates
plant
3. Parents and teens
trees.
plant / plants
help
4. The mayor and police officers
, too.
help / helps
bring
5. An adult or teens
shovels.
bring / brings
water
6. My friends and my classmates
the new plants.
water / waters
takes
7. The parents or the school
photos.
take / takes
17
ADVERTISEMENT
0 votes
Related Articles
Related forms
Related Categories
Parent category: Education