Subject Verb Agreement | Part 4: Compound Subjects with And, Nor, Or (English Grammar Lesson)

In part four of my Subject-Verb Agreement in English grammar series, we will discuss compound subjects with and, or, and nor. There are different subject-verb agreement rules depending on the coordinating conjunction we use after a subject. This lesson will clear up any confusion on this topic! I will also teach you different exceptions to the rule when compound subjects take a singular verb instead of a plural verb.

In part one of my Subject-Verb Agreement series, we learned that singular subjects need singular verbs and plural subjects need plural verbs. In part two of my series, we explored collective nouns and how they usually take a singular verb. Part three focused on subject-verb agreement with countable vs. uncountable nouns.

At the end of this lesson, there will be a subject-verb agreement quiz to test your knowledge!

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:00 - What are Compound Subjects?
02:04 - Compound Subjects with And
03:35 - Verb Agreement Exceptions with "And"
04:33 - Each/Every + Compound Subject
05:28 - Or/Nor: Singular Subjects
07:00 - Or/Nor: Plural Subjects
07:41 - Or/Nor: Mixed Subjects
10:00 - Subject-Verb Agreement Quiz
11:05 - Answers

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[JLPrice-kcuy]

I've noticed that many people come here for different reasons. Overall, it is to either speak, or write well, maybe both.
Speaking for myself, it is both, but the tone of your voice is where I capture the subject, by closing my eyes to increase my learning by using one peripheral only. Then I watch the examples; building my confidence.
In college, (by example.) I learned that more people pay more attention to the speaker's hands, and body language, rather than what is being said.
I found that not making eye contact is a mistake in a college setting. But, making it personal gives an 'attention grabber' by way of animation; forcing them to look you in the eyes, as if I knew it was you who put my name down in the first spot on the list of speaker's lol.
Clearly, by learning to write better, will increase a person's ability to speak in front of a crowd with confidence.
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[ssultanzamin]

Great job Ms. Sparkle! Thank you so much. God bless you.

[odageoyama]

Your lessons are so helpful. Thank you so much

[bma]

The examples were great and not to mention your delivery on the subject is impeccably amazing.

[Joseluis-pkfr]

The 4 videos are amazing classes! You are an outstanding teacher.

[peterarinze]

Your style of teaching is top-notch and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I have had a heard time understanding subject-verb agreement perfectly; however, after watching some of your video lessons on that topic, I would say I have understood it clearly. I must admit that your teaching style is highly commendable. Keep it up!

Once again, thanks for taking your time helping us to improve our English grammar skills. I look forward to receiving more videos on other aspects of English grammar.

[cherrypop]

The lesson was very useful. I could make all of them correct.

[kylerdad]

Thank you for this lesson in your series. I got 10 out of 10! I am looking forward to the next lesson. 😀

[gagandeepbanga]

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[larrymilliken]

I managed to get 6 correct, and that's by years of use, not because I know the rules of English. This was challenging, especially the proper use of is and are. Thank you for these helpful tutorials, I need them all.

[SanjanaChakraborty-epwe]

Hello Jennifer! I really loved your videos on punctuations it helped and cleared my doubts way much than any text book ever did. I want to ask you for a favour.


Could you please let me know if you have any videos regarding ..active voice and passive voice .. I am a writer and I often see in my website content the grammar checker apps often suggest that I have used passive sentences.

I want to know how to understand if I'm writing in active or passive and do one of your exercise regarding active passive. Please let me know if you could help out.

I look forward to a reply.

Thank you!

[unyimebrown]

Well done, Ma.
Please, help me with the answer to these questions:
Success and failure (is, are) not easily judged.
War and peace (is, are) not easily judged.

[lhassanimohammed]

I don't feel bored, you're amazing and adorable ❤

[Mr.HelloSHARMA]

your class is very magnificent madam, plz include such examples as well,
1. Time and tide for no man. (wait/ waits)
2. Two and two (make / makes ) with explanation plz

[marcosang]

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[MdRaihan-bmtr]

I was await this lesson.thaks a lot mama.

[marcosang]

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[conradmare]

Hello Jennifer, thank you for all the valuable information you supply, it's greatly appreciated. Again, sorry, isn't the comma in this lesson in the incorrect place? ("every", ) I would just like to ask if in English literature the use of single and double letters, is there a rule in this regard or must the spelling be learned, or if you have a lesson on the subject? (wi leers, leon, etc.) Many thanks.