Detailed Lesson Plan in English

I. Objective:
At the end of the period, the students should be able to:
a. identify the rules in subject-verb agreement;
b. write correct sentences through proper subject-verb agreement; and
c. construct their own sentences using correct subject-verb agreement
II. Subject Matter:
▪ Topic: Subject Verb Agreement
▪ Materials: teacher-made visual, whiteboard, pictures
▪ References: English 7 (pg. 29 to pg. 31 LM) (pg.25 TG) EN7-G-I-a-11
▪ URL: https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/sub-verb.html

III. Learning Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Preliminary Activity

Prayer
The teacher will ask someone to lead the
prayer. Father in heaven, bless us this day. Give unto
us thy graces and wisdom to understand our
I am requesting everyone to stand up, please. lesson. Teach us and guide us for our lesson
May I ask someone to lead the prayer this morning. Bless our parents, teachers, and
voluntarily? school officials, in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Classroom Management

Before you take your seats please arrange

your chairs properly and kindly pick up the (Students pick up pieces of trash and arrange
trash you can see inside the classroom and put their chairs properly.)
it in the trash bins.

After a minute….

- You may now take your seat class. Thank you, ma’am!

Greetings
Good morning, my dear students! Welcome to
our English class!” Good morning, Ma’am Clara!

How are you feeling today?

We are doing great, Ma’am!
That’s good to hear that you are all fine.

Checking of Attendance

Okay class, let’s check your attendance.

How many are absent today? Ma’am, no one is absent, everyone is present.

Very good! Let’s give ourselves a 3-heart clap.

Review
Now, before we move on to our new topic let’s
just have a quick review first.
Can you tell me what is our topic yesterday?

Yes, Charlotte. “Our topic yesterday is all about listening skills

ma’am.
Very good! And what are listening skills again?
Jackie: Ma’am listening is the ability to
Yes, Jackie! accurately receive and interpret messages in
the communication process.

Correct! How are you going to become an

effective listener?
Mark Anthony: Ma’am to become an effective
Yes, Mark Anthony. listener we must aware of different kinds of
listening, different purpose of listening, and
the qualities of good listener.

Alright! And as you listen, what basic questions

you must try to answer?
Joana: The 5 W’s and How ma’am!
Yes, Joana.

Awesome! You did understand our lesson

yesterday.

B. Motivation
Before we start our lesson, let’s play a game
first. This game is called 4 pics one word. I
present here four pictures and then task you
with guessing what specific word fits with the
theme of the photos presented.
Am I understood? Yes, ma’am!

(The students will try to guess)

What do you think is the word being portrayed (Student’s will raise their hands)
in this picture? Anyone who can give me the
word portrayed in the picture posted on the
board?
Rhealyn: Subject Ma’am.
Yes, Rhealyn?

Very good! You got the correct answer, but Rhealyn: I guessed that it is the word SUBJECT
how did you guess that answer? because all of the given pictures are related to
our subject areas like Math, English, Filipino
and Science.
Yes, I think it is very obvious.

Now, can you guess the second picture?

Yes, Michael. Michael: The word is VERB ma’am
Class, do you agree that it is a verb? “YES Ma’am! The word is VERB ma’am.”

Yes, the answer is a verb, very good!

Here is the third set of pictures…

Now can you guess the picture?

What’s the word portrayed in this picture?

Yes, Angela can you give me the answer? Angela: Agreement, ma’am!

Correct! Very well said! Thank you for sharing,

Angela.

Thank you so much class for your active

participation. Did you enjoy it? “Yes, ma’am!” (Everyone)

Lesson Proper
Alright, so let’s proceed to our lesson proper,
today we will be discussing the subject-verb
agreement.

Subject-verb agreement is a grammatical rule,

which states that the subject and the verb
must agree in a sentence.

Get your book and Open it to page 29. Read

the following sentences on Task 13.1 (whole class reading)

Alright, What did you notice about the

underlined words?
The underlined words are subjects.
Correct! All the underlined words are subject.

What about the encircled words??

Very good. In the first sentence, is the subject All the encircled words are verbs, ma’am.
plural or singular?

How about the verb? Plural Ma’am.

That’s right!

Please keep in mind that Singular subjects take Also plural, ma’am.
singular verbs and plural subjects take plural
verbs, that’s the general rule of subject-verb
agreement.

Example: The baby drinks milk. (singular) The

babies drink milk. (plural)
Now, give me your example, Carlo. Carlo: The dog barks.
The dogs bark.
Very good, Carlo!

C. Discussion

Subject-verb agreement means ensuring that

the verb used agrees in number (singular or
plural) with its subject. For example, "The
student writes" since both nouns and verbs
agree in singular form. Proper usage helps
convey clear meaning and improves
communication effectiveness.

Additional rule. 1. If subjects are joined by

“and” they are considered plural.

Example: My mother and my aunt prefer

Filipino dishes.

Give me another example, Geraldine. Geraldine: The teacher and Analyn were busy
yesterday.
Thank you.

2. If subjects are joined by or nor, the verb

should agree with the closer subject.

Example: Either the baby or the puppies drink

milk.

Another example, Marcela! Marcela: Neither the students nor the teacher
is present.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Ma’am.
As you can see, class the given example by
Marcela is singular because the closest subject
to the verb is singular which is the teacher.

3. The relative pronouns (who, whom, which,

and that) are either singular or plural,
depending on the words they refer to.

Example: The sales manager is a good

researcher who spends a great amount of time
surfing the Web for information.

Another example, Kath! Kath: Jesele is one of the students who

participate in the activity.
Very good. Thank you.

4. Indefinite pronouns (someone, somebody,

each, either one, everyone, or anyone) are
considered singular and need singular verbs
although they convey plural meaning.

“Example: Anyone who wants to pursue

higher education has to pass entrance exams.

5. A few subjects look plural but are

really singular or vice versa.
Example: The news of the discovery is
spreading.
Give me an example of words that look plural
but really singular.

Yes, Sarah Mae. Sarah Mae: Mathematics, measles, scissors,

Very good, Sarah! Thank you dollars, etc.

6. Expressions stating the amount of time,

money, weight, and volume are plural in form
but take a singular verb as in:”

Example: Two hundred dollars is a lot of

money.

Another example, Justine. Justine: Four hours is enough for me to stroll

Okay, Thank you. in the mall.

Do you have any questions? None, ma’am! (Everyone)

Did you understand the basics of subject-verb

agreement? Yes Ma’am! (Everyone)

D. Application
Pg. 30. More of verbs.
Directions: Choose the correct form of verb
inside the parenthesis.

1. A stitch in time (saves, save) nine. 1. A stitch in time saves nine.

2. Noisy is the can that (contains, contain) 2. Noisy is the can that contains nothing.
nothing. 3. He who speaks too much works too late.
3. He who speaks too much (works, work) too 4. A desperate person holds on to a knife edge.
late. 5. Whatever you do, think about it seven
4. A desperate person (holds, hold) on to a times.
knife edge. 6. A monkey, which is dressed up is still a
5. Whatever you (does, do), think about it monkey.
seven times. 7. When the blanket is short, learn to curl up
6. A monkey, which is dressed up (is, are) still under it.
monkey. 8. A person who is outwardly calm has anger
7. When the blanket (is, are) short, learn to ranging inside his stomach.
curl up under it. 9. He who does not love his native language is
8. A person who is outwardly calm (has, have) worst than beast or a rotten fish.
anger ranging inside his stomach. 10. A heavy burden is lightened if everyone
9. He who does not love his native language participates in carrying it.
(is, are) worst than beast or a rotten fish.
10. A heavy burden is lightened if everyone
(participates, participate) in carrying it.

E. Generalization

Subject-verb agreement is a grammatical

rule, which states that the subject and the verb
must agree in a sentence. Singular subjects
take singular verbs and plural subjects take
plural verb.
IV. Evaluation
Direction: Pg. 31Task.13.3 Paragraph. Read the paragraph below and fill in the blanks with
the correct form of the verb given inside the parenthesis. Copy and complete the paragraph in
your notebook. Do this activity on your own.

Barking Dogs Seldom Bite

We know that dogs ______(bark) when they

______(see) strange people. But dogs that
_____(growl) rarely ______(bite) strangers. So
those who______(be)talkative ______(need) not
be always practical. They ______(be) simply
boasting. Containers which _______(be) full of
water ________(make) less noise. Educated
people _______(not brag) themselves very much.
Great men________(act) and their actions
________(speak) for themselves. His worth
______(be) readily recognized by others. So
_______(talk) less, and _______(do) more must

V. Assignment
Directions: Give at least 5 verbs and use it in a sentence using the Subject-Verb Agreement
Rules.

Abdon Ramos, EdD Ma. Crisila Brutas, LPT

Mentor Division Head

Clara B. Serapion
Student-Teacher