Subject-Verb Agreement, Subject Follows the Verb
Jared Aragona
Subject-verb agreement, subject follows the verb: In some cases, the subject of the sentence comes after the verb, but the subject and verb still need to agree. Switching the sentences up to check yourself with There is/There are sentences is a good trick.
Questions:
Are birds really the descendants of dinosaurs?
(Birds are really the descendants of dinosaurs.)
Switching the sentences up to check yourself with There is/There are sentences is a good way to test whether or not your subject and verb agree.
“There is/There are” sentences:
There is an awful smell in this lab.
(An awful smell is in this lab.)
There are fifteen old cannonballs in the courtyard.
(Fifteen cannonballs are in the courtyard)
The MLCKRB (Master List Code Key and Rule Book): An English Grammar & Style Handbook by Jared Aragona, CC BY 4.0
