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Subject-Verb Agreement | Basic SVA Grammar Rule

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The Subject-Verb Agreement error is a very common mistake made by many students when writing or speaking. Unfortunately, these errors can cost you some precious language marks. In this video, I will explain what SVA is and go through a basic SVA rule which you can apply to sentences that have action verbs. You can also apply this rule to sentences with auxiliary verbs.

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SVA Rule

In this lesson, we will learn the basics of a subject and a verb. Once we are clear about the basics, this is when I will be discussing about subject-verb agreement. I will introduce the SVA rule and run through examples to illustrate the use of SVA rule. We will try to spot errors in the examples that does not adhere to the SVA rule.