AQA GCSE English Language · 8700
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Revise: Standard English and grammarSubject–verb agreement means matching the verb to that subject.
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GCSE English Language · key term
The grammatical matching of a verb to its subject in number and person: ‘she writes’, but ‘they write’.
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Revise: Standard English and grammarSubject–verb agreement means matching the verb to that subject.
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The grammatical matching of a verb to its subject in person and number: ‘she walks’, but ‘they walk’.
Read back for sentence boundaries, subject–verb agreement, spelling and punctuation as well as for the story’s meaning.
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Subject–verb agreement means choosing the verb form that matches the subject: ‘The student writes’, but ‘The students write’.
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The grammatical relationship in which a verb matches its subject in number and person: ‘she is’ but ‘they are’.
Paper 1, Paper 2
The grammatical matching of a verb to its subject in number and person: for example, ‘she writes’ but ‘they write’.
Revise: Standard English and grammarSubject–verb agreement means choosing the verb form that matches that subject: ‘The students write’ needs a different form because the subject is plural.
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The grammatical matching of a verb to its subject: ‘she was’, but ‘they were’.
The grammatical matching of a verb to its subject in number and person, as in 'she writes' and 'they write'.