General Principle	Details	Incorrect Example	Correct Example
4 Match the subject and the verb. Verb=what’s being done Subject=who or what is doing it	a) When the subject is plural, the verb must be plural. When the subject is singular, the verb must be singular.	Coffee and tea is served here. She done it. We was here.	Coffee and tea are served here. She did it. We were here.
	Things that cannot be counted should be treated as if they were singular.	Oil are becoming more expensive.	Oil is becoming more expensive.
	b) The subject and verb must make sense together.	Death is a feeling that can plunge the family into depression.	A death can plunge the family into depression.
		The Lakers’ first two games were losses, but since then have bounced back.	The Lakers lost their first two games, but since then have bounced back.
	c) Add S to the end of verbs for 3^rd person nouns or pronouns.	She love it. He live here.	She loves it. He lives here.