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Concord (Subject-verb Agreement)

Subject-Verb Agreement/Concord Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural). Concord refers in grammar to the agreement between the form of a verb and a subject in a sentence. For example, in "He reads a book," there is concord between the singular form of the verb and the singular pronoun "He." Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular; if a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural. In the present tense, nouns and verbs form plurals in opposite ways: nouns :  ADD an  s/es  to the singular form, BUT verbs  REMOVE an  s/es  from the singular form.   Example: A student learns writing alphabets at the age 4 or 5.  Students learn writing alphabets at the age 4 or 5.                            Rules If the subject is singular, the verb must be singular too. Example:  She   writes  every day. If the subject is plural, the verb must also be plural. Example: 
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English Sounds: Vowels & Consonants

English Sounds: Vowels & Consonants Vowels ·        Monophthongs (Pure Vowels) /ɪ/                s i t, ver y , curr y , lad ie s /iː/               m ee t, b ee , s ei ze, s ea /e/               b e d, h ea d, m a ny, r e d /ə/               a go, a gain mom e nt /ʌ/               c u t, h u t, n u t, sh u t /ɑ:/             c a rd, f a rm, m a rt, c a lm /æ/              h a nd, c a t, r a t, s a t /ɒ/              d o g, f o g, p o t, h o t /ɔ:/              l o rd, c o rd, a ll, sh o rt /ɜ:/              th i rd, g i rl, sh i rt, b i rd /ʊ/              b oo k, l oo k, c oo k, p u t /u:/             f oo l, c oo l, t oo l, ·        Diphthongs /aɪ/             b u y, h i gh, sk y , h ei ght, p ie , d ye /eɪ/             b ay , h ey f a te, j ai l, t a ke, g a ve /ɔɪ/             b oy , t oy , oi l, c oi l, b oi l, s oi l /əʊ/           h o me, r oa d, sl o w, s o w, r o w, s o /aʊ/           n o w, h o w, br o wn, cr o wn, m ou th /eə/   
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