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Subject-Verb Agreement
Grade 3 - Grammar - Challenge Me
Worksheet 1
1Which verb agrees with the subject "The bird"?
2Which verb agrees with the subject "The teams"?
3Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement for "The machine".
4Which revision fixes this agreement error: "The bird sing at sunrise."?
5Which pair shows agreement for "One turtle" and "Two turtles"?
6Which verb agrees with the subject "A flower"?
7Which verb agrees with the subject "The birds"?
8Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement for "A flower".
9Which revision fixes this agreement error: "A student write neatly."?
10Which pair shows agreement for "The bird" and "The birds"?
About this worksheet
Subject-verb agreement helps readers understand who or what is doing the action matters in third grade because students are writing longer answers and need grammar choices that make meaning clear. Third graders may match a verb to the nearest noun instead of the subject, or they may forget that many present-tense singular verbs end in s. This worksheet keeps the work inside complete sentences instead of isolated labels. Students choose verbs that agree with singular and plural subjects, identify correct sentences, and revise agreement errors. The items rotate across identifying the feature, choosing a correct revision, explaining what a word or mark does, and rejecting common distractors. Support versions use familiar school contexts and shorter sentences. Standard and challenge versions add closer choices and more varied wording. Encourage your child to read the whole sentence aloud before answering, then check whether the answer fits both the grammar rule and the meaning. That habit prevents guessing from one nearby word and builds editing habits for real writing.
What your child will learn
Match subjects and verbs
Use singular and plural subjects
Correct agreement errors
Read the whole sentence before choosing
Worked example
'The bird sings' is correct for one bird, while 'The birds sing' is correct for more than one.
Common mistake
Choosing a verb because it sounds familiar instead of checking whether the subject is singular or plural.
Helpful hint
Find the subject, then ask whether it names one or more than one.