How can you tell they’ve got it: Subject-verb agreement?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Write 'The dog runs' (singular) and 'The dogs run' (plural) with correct verb agreement; Correct subject-verb agreement errors in sentences: fix 'The children plays' to 'The children play'; Choose the correct verb form to match a singular or plural subject in a gap-fill exercise. Or just try it together: If your child writes "she hop" or "we hops", do they catch the mistake — and can they fix it to "she hops" and "we hop" so the subject and verb match?

English Grammar & Punctuation Ages 6–7

Subject-verb agreement

Your child can match the verb to the naming word. They write the dog runs for one, and the dogs run for more.

In curriculum terms

Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in sentences, maintaining subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'He hops' vs 'We hop')

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Write 'The dog runs' (singular) and 'The dogs run' (plural) with correct verb agreement
Correct subject-verb agreement errors in sentences: fix 'The children plays' to 'The children play'
Choose the correct verb form to match a singular or plural subject in a gap-fill exercise

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Try this together

If your child writes "she hop" or "we hops", do they catch the mistake — and can they fix it to "she hops" and "we hop" so the subject and verb match?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Basic Nouns & Verbsages 5–6Must know nouns and verbs before learning agreement

Regular Plural Nounsages 5–6Must understand singular/plural nouns before matching verbs

Subject-verb agreementthis skill · ages 6–7

Unlocks

Agreement in sentencesages 8–10Subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement extends basic S-V agreement

Active and passive voiceages 10–11Passive voice requires understanding of subject-verb agreement

The Present Perfect Tenseages 7–11Subject-verb agreement supports correct present perfect formation

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

Nearby on the map

Apostrophes: Contraction and Possessionages 6–7 Commas in listsages 6–11 Determiners and articlesages 6–7 Expanded noun phrasesages 6–7

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