TheLearnDenYear 5 · English
Correct Subject And Verb Agreement
Year 5 learners practise subject verb agreement with irregular verbs.
The activities include Develop Understanding of Tense Agreement with Irregular Verbs. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
Understand the key idea
The verb must agree with the subject of the sentence. A singular subject needs a singular verb form and a plural subject needs a plural form, while the chosen tense must stay consistent.
Common mix-up
The noun closest to the verb is not always the subject. Find who or what the sentence is mainly about before choosing the verb form.
Try this first
- Identify the complete subject.
- Decide whether it is singular or plural.
- Choose the verb form that agrees and check that the tense remains consistent.
Ask: Who or what is doing the action, and which verb form agrees with that subject?
Activities covered
- Develop Understanding of Tense Agreement with Irregular Verbs
Checked learning resources
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What Is Subject/Verb Agreement? | KS2 English Concept Video
Twinkl · Video · Account may be required
KS2 video models how singular and plural subjects agree with the corresponding verb form.
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Three Tense Forms and Modal Verbs
Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website
Year 5 grammar unit teaches simple, progressive and perfect tense forms and consistency across sentences.
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Changing Tense Worksheets
Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required
Worksheets practise correcting and maintaining tense, including irregular verbs, across sentence contexts.
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Three tense forms and modal verbs
Oak National Academy · Lesson · Opens on the provider website
Year 5 English resource matched to subject verb agreement with irregular verbs.
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Grammar
BBC Bitesize · Lesson · Opens on the provider website
Year 5 English resource matched to subject verb agreement with irregular verbs.