A verb is to agree with its subject.

Form of the verb should match form of subject.

Singular Nouns

Singular Pronouns

The Netherlands
Tom or John
The family / the audience
The number/ the amount
Measles/ politics

Each
Everyone
Everybody
Nobody

SUBJECT-VERB
AGGREMENT
ERROR
IDENTIFY
Look for verb. See answer choices.
Subject Who/What is doing verb.

STAMP QIP

Sentence begins in one tense doesnt stay in that tense.

EXCEPTION: Past Perfect.
PRESENT: walks
SIMPLE PAST: walked
PAST PERFECT: had walked
PRESENT PERFECT: has walked
FUTURE: will walk

TENSE

IDENTIFY
Look for changes in verb tense.

STAMP QIP

2 dissimilar things are compared

2 dissimilar actions are compared
- Solution generally requires use of PRONOUN rather than repetition of noun
- When replacing 2nd verb, use REPLACEMENT verb instead of action.

APPLES AND ORANGES

IDENTIFY
Look for comparative sentences.
than, as, similar to, like

STAMP QIP

A phrase does not modify the noun or prono

- Wrong noun/pronoun doing wrong thing

MISPLACED MOD

IDENTIFY
If sentences begin with Modifying Phrase thats followed by a comma, the noun/ pro

STAMP QIP

PRONOUN REFERENCE
Not clear who Pronoun is referring to.
- Who he?

PRONOUN NUMBER
Singular or Plural confusion.

- They instead of him.

PRONOUN ERRORS

IDENTIFY
Look for Pronouns
Collective Nouns doing same Singular
2 Singular joined by AND - Plural

STAMP QIP

Correct word used for given quantity.

If 2 items
If > 2 items
Between
More
Better
Less

Among
Most
Best
least

Countable Item

Not Countable

Fewer
Number
Many

Less
Amount, quantity
Much

QUANTITY
WORDS

IDENTIFY
Look for Quantity words.
between check quantity
amount check countability

STAMP QIP

IDIOM LIST
Not only..but also
Not so muchas..
Defined as
Regard as
Neither..nor
Modeled after
Based on
A result of
To result in
A debate over

According to
Agree with
Appear to
Because of
Choose from
Conclude that
Contribute to
Depend on
Different from
Due to

IDIOM

A responsibility to
Responsible for
Different from
A consequence of
Soas to be

STAMP QIP

In order to
Instead of
Rather than
Subject to
As good as

Sentence has series of actions set off from one another by commas which are not sim

Sentence is divided into two parts which are constructed differently.

PARALLEL CONSTRUCTION

IDENTIFY
Look for series of actions, list of 3 things or sentence divided into 2 parts.

REDUNDANT WORDS
PASSIVE VOICE
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD