Subject–Verb Agreement (also called Subject–Verb Concord) is the grammatical principle that a verb must agree with its subject in person and number. The following is a structured syllabus covering basic, intermediate, advanced, and academic English grammar.

1. Introduction to Subject–Verb Agreement

• Definition of Subject–Verb Agreement

• Meaning of Grammatical Concord

• Importance of Subject–Verb Agreement

• Relationship Between Subject and Predicate

• Grammatical Number and Person

• Singular and Plural Subjects

• Singular and Plural Verbs

• Basic Rules of Agreement

• Subject–Verb Agreement in Spoken and Written English

2. Basic Rules of Subject–Verb Agreement

• Singular Subject + Singular Verb

• Plural Subject + Plural Verb

• Third-Person Singular Agreement

• First-Person Agreement

• Second-Person Agreement

• Agreement in Present Simple Tense

• Agreement with the Verb Be

• Agreement with the Verb Have

• Agreement with the Verb Do

• Agreement with Modal Verbs

3. Agreement Based on Grammatical Person

• First-Person Singular Subjects

• First-Person Plural Subjects

• Second-Person Singular Subjects

• Second-Person Plural Subjects

• Third-Person Singular Subjects

• Third-Person Plural Subjects

• Personal Pronouns and Agreement

• Formal and Informal Uses of You

• Agreement with Singular They

4. Agreement with Nouns

• Singular Countable Nouns

• Plural Countable Nouns

• Uncountable Nouns

• Common Nouns

• Proper Nouns

• Collective Nouns

• Abstract Nouns

• Material Nouns

• Compound Nouns

• Irregular Plural Nouns

• Nouns with Identical Singular and Plural Forms

5. Agreement with Pronouns

• Personal Pronouns

• Indefinite Pronouns

• Demonstrative Pronouns

• Relative Pronouns

• Interrogative Pronouns

• Reciprocal Pronouns

• Quantifying Pronouns

• Singular Pronouns

• Plural Pronouns

• Context-Dependent Pronouns

6. Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns

• Everyone, Everybody, Everything

• Someone, Somebody, Something

• Anyone, Anybody, Anything

• No One, Nobody, Nothing

• Each and Either

• Neither Used Independently

• Both, Few, Many, Several

• All, Some, Most, None

• Any Used as a Pronoun

• Agreement Determined by the Referent

7. Agreement with Compound Subjects

• Subjects Joined by And

• Subjects Joined by Or

• Subjects Joined by Nor

• Subjects Joined by Either…Or

• Subjects Joined by Neither…Nor

• Subjects Joined by Not Only…But Also

• Compound Subjects Referring to One Person

• Compound Subjects Referring to One Thing or Concept

• Compound Subjects Modified by Each or Every

• Agreement with Subjects of Different Persons

• Proximity Agreement with Alternative Subjects

8. Agreement with Collective Nouns

• Team

• Family

• Committee

• Government

• Audience

• Staff

• Class

• Jury

• Crew

• Police

• Singular Agreement with Collective Units

• Plural Agreement with Individual Members

• British and American English Differences

• Notional Agreement with Collective Nouns

9. Agreement with Quantifiers

• All

• Some

• Any

• Most

• Much

• Many

• More

• Enough

• Plenty of

• A Lot of

• Lots of

• A Number of

• The Number of

• A Majority of

• A Great Deal of

• A Large Amount of

• Agreement Based on the Following Noun

10. Agreement with Expressions of Quantity

• Fractions

• Percentages

• Decimals

• Ratios

• Portions

• Proportions

• Half of

• One-Third of

• Two-Thirds of

• Fifty Percent of

• The Rest of

• The Remainder of

• A Pair of

• A Couple of

• A Group of

• Agreement with Measured Quantities

11. Agreement with Words Between Subject and Verb

• Prepositional Phrases

• Adjective Phrases

• Participial Phrases

• Relative Clauses

• Appositive Phrases

• Parenthetical Expressions

• Interrupting Adverbs

• Long Modifiers

• Agreement with the Head Noun

• Avoiding Agreement with Nearby Nouns

12. Agreement with Intervening Expressions

• Along With

• Together With

• As Well As

• In Addition To

• Accompanied By

• Including

• Except

• Besides

• Rather Than

• No Less Than

• Not

• Agreement with the Main Subject

13. Agreement with Inverted Sentences

• Subject–Verb Inversion

• Questions

• Interrogative Sentences

• Sentences Beginning with There

• Sentences Beginning with Here

• Sentences Beginning with Place Adverbials

• Sentences Beginning with Negative Adverbials

• Literary Inversion

• Locating the Subject After the Verb

14. Agreement with There Is and There Are

• Existential There

• There Is + Singular Noun

• There Are + Plural Noun

• There Was + Singular Noun

• There Were + Plural Noun

• Agreement with Compound Noun Phrases

• Agreement in Questions

• Agreement in Negative Sentences

• Informal There's Before Plural Nouns

15. Agreement with Relative Clauses

• Who

• Which

• That

• Relative Pronouns as Subjects

• Identifying the Antecedent

• Agreement with Singular Antecedents

• Agreement with Plural Antecedents

• One of Those Who

• The Only One of Those Who

• Agreement in Defining Relative Clauses

• Agreement in Non-Defining Relative Clauses

16. Agreement with Gerunds and Infinitives

• Gerunds as Subjects

• Infinitives as Subjects

• Gerund Phrases

• Infinitive Phrases

• Multiple Gerund Subjects

• Multiple Infinitive Subjects

• Coordinated Activities Considered One Unit

• Agreement with Verbal Noun Constructions

17. Agreement with Clauses as Subjects

• Noun Clauses

• That-Clauses

• Wh-Clauses

• Whether-Clauses

• Embedded Questions as Subjects

• Finite Clauses as Subjects

• Nonfinite Clauses as Subjects

• Coordinated Subject Clauses

• Agreement with Complex Subject Clauses

18. Agreement with Titles, Names, and Proper Nouns

• Book Titles

• Movie Titles

• Newspaper Titles

• Magazine Titles

• Organization Names

• Company Names

• Country Names

• Geographical Names

• Academic Subject Names

• Names Ending in -s

• Plural-Form Titles Treated as Singular Units

• Titles Referring to Multiple Entities

19. Agreement with Special Noun Forms

• News

• Mathematics

• Physics

• Economics

• Statistics

• Politics

• Measles

• Mumps

• Scissors

• Trousers

• Glasses

• Binoculars

• Cattle

• People

• Children

• Species

• Series

• Means

• Data

• Criteria and Criterion

• Phenomena and Phenomenon

20. Agreement with Measurements and Amounts

• Time

• Money

• Distance

• Weight

• Length

• Height

• Volume

• Temperature

• Speed

• Measurement Expressions

• Amounts Viewed as Single Units

• Multiple Units Viewed Separately

• Agreement with Mathematical Expressions

21. Agreement with Numbers and Numerical Expressions

• Cardinal Numbers

• Ordinal Numbers

• Fractions

• Percentages

• Decimal Expressions

• Numerical Ranges

• Numerical Subjects

• Mathematical Equations

• Addition Expressions

• Multiplication Expressions

• Singular Numerical Units

• Plural Numerical References

22. Agreement with Each, Every, Either, and Neither

• Each + Singular Noun

• Every + Singular Noun

• Each of + Plural Noun

• Every One of + Plural Noun

• Either of + Plural Noun

• Neither of + Plural Noun

• Each and Every

• Every + Two Coordinated Nouns

• Each as an Appositive

• Formal and Informal Agreement Variations

23. Agreement with One, None, and Number Expressions

• One of

• One of the

• One of Those Who

• The Only One Who

• None of

• A Number of

• The Number of

• Numbers of

• More Than One

• Many a

• One or Two

• One in Every

• Singular and Plural Agreement Patterns

24. Agreement with Correlative Conjunctions

• Either…Or

• Neither…Nor

• Not Only…But Also

• Both…And

• Whether…Or

• Agreement with the Nearest Subject

• Agreement with Subjects of Different Numbers

• Agreement with Subjects of Different Persons

• Avoiding Awkward Agreement Constructions

25. Agreement with Uncountable and Mass Nouns

• Information

• Advice

• Equipment

• Furniture

• Luggage

• Baggage

• Research

• Knowledge

• Evidence

• Homework

• Work

• Traffic

• Progress

• Bread

• Water

• Agreement with Units of Measurement

• Agreement with Partitive Expressions

26. Agreement with Plural-Only Nouns

• Clothes

• Belongings

• Goods

• Earnings

• Outskirts

• Premises

• Thanks

• Surroundings

• Headquarters

• Police

• Cattle

• People

• Agreement with A Pair of

• Agreement with Pluralia Tantum

27. Agreement with Singular-Form and Plural-Form Nouns

• Irregular Plurals

• Zero Plurals

• Foreign Plural Forms

• Latin and Greek Plurals

• Nouns Ending in -ics

• Nouns Ending in -s

• Nouns with Multiple Meanings

• Singular and Plural Uses of Statistics

• Singular and Plural Uses of Economics

• Singular and Plural Uses of Means

• Singular and Plural Uses of Series

28. Subject–Verb Agreement in Different Tenses

• Present Simple

• Present Continuous

• Present Perfect

• Present Perfect Continuous

• Past Simple

• Past Continuous

• Past Perfect

• Past Perfect Continuous

• Future Constructions

• Future Continuous

• Future Perfect

• Future Perfect Continuous

• Agreement with Finite Auxiliary Verbs

• Agreement in Tense–Aspect Constructions

29. Agreement with Auxiliary and Modal Verbs

• Be

• Have

• Do

• Can

• Could

• May

• Might

• Must

• Shall

• Should

• Will

• Would

• Ought To

• Need

• Dare

• Agreement with Modal-Like Constructions

• Modals Without Person or Number Inflection

• Agreement with Finite Auxiliaries

30. Agreement in Passive Voice

• Present Simple Passive

• Past Simple Passive

• Present Continuous Passive

• Past Continuous Passive

• Present Perfect Passive

• Past Perfect Passive

• Future Passive

• Modal Passive

• Agreement with Passive Subjects

• Agreement in Complex Passive Constructions

31. Agreement in Questions and Negative Sentences

• Yes/No Questions

• Wh-Questions

• Subject Questions

• Object Questions

• Negative Declarative Sentences

• Negative Questions

• Do-Support

• Auxiliary Inversion

• Question Tags

• Agreement in Short Answers

• Agreement in Elliptical Responses

32. Agreement in Conditional Sentences

• Zero Conditional

• First Conditional

• Second Conditional

• Third Conditional

• Mixed Conditionals

• Real Conditional Clauses

• Unreal Conditional Clauses

• Agreement with If I Were

• Subjunctive Were

• Conditional Clauses with Compound Subjects

33. Agreement in Subjunctive Constructions

• Present Subjunctive

• Past Subjunctive

• Mandative Subjunctive

• Agreement After Suggest

• Agreement After Recommend

• Agreement After Demand

• Agreement After Insist

• Agreement After Require

• Agreement with It Is Essential That

• Agreement with It Is Important That

• Base-Form Verbs in Subjunctive Clauses

34. Agreement in Complex Sentences

• Main Clauses

• Subordinate Clauses

• Adverbial Clauses

• Adjective Clauses

• Noun Clauses

• Embedded Clauses

• Multiple Subjects and Verbs

• Agreement Across Long Distances

• Agreement in Nested Clauses

• Identifying the Correct Subject of Each Verb

35. Agreement in Compound and Compound-Complex Sentences

• Coordinated Independent Clauses

• Repeated Subjects

• Omitted Subjects

• Shared Subjects

• Coordinated Predicates

• Multiple Finite Verbs

• Elliptical Coordinate Clauses

• Agreement in Parallel Structures

• Agreement in Compound-Complex Sentences

36. Notional Agreement and Proximity Agreement

• Grammatical Agreement

• Notional Agreement

• Proximity Agreement

• Meaning-Based Agreement

• Singular Collective Meaning

• Plural Collective Meaning

• Agreement with Coordinated Subjects

• Agreement with Quantified Subjects

• Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns

• British and American Usage Differences

37. Agreement in Formal and Informal English

• Formal Written Agreement

• Informal Spoken Agreement

• Conversational Variations

• Regional Variations

• British English Usage

• American English Usage

• Standard English Norms

• Informal Agreement with Neither

• Informal Agreement with There's

• Register-Sensitive Agreement Choices

38. Subject–Verb Agreement in Academic English

• Agreement in Research Papers

• Agreement in Scientific Writing

• Agreement in Laboratory Reports

• Agreement in Literature Reviews

• Agreement in Abstracts

• Agreement with Technical Terminology

• Agreement with Statistical Expressions

• Agreement with Data and Evidence

• Agreement in Mathematical Descriptions

• Agreement in Complex Academic Sentences

• Agreement in Research Findings

• Consistency in Academic Prose

39. Common Subject–Verb Agreement Errors

• Singular Subject with Plural Verb

• Plural Subject with Singular Verb

• Agreement with a Nearby Noun Instead of the Head Noun

• Errors with Compound Subjects

• Errors with Collective Nouns

• Errors with Indefinite Pronouns

• Errors with Quantifiers

• Errors with Relative Clauses

• Errors with Inverted Sentences

• Errors with There Is/There Are

• Errors with Special Plural Forms

• Errors with Measurements

• Errors with Long Subject Phrases

• Errors with Auxiliary Verbs

• Errors in Academic Writing

40. Advanced and Exceptional Agreement Patterns

• Agreement Attraction

• Agreement with Postmodified Subjects

• Agreement with Pseudopartitive Constructions

• Agreement with Partitive Noun Phrases

• Agreement with Free Relative Clauses

• Agreement with Fused Relative Constructions

• Agreement in Cleft Sentences

• Agreement in Pseudocleft Sentences

• Agreement with Predicative Complements

• Agreement with Coordinated Noun Phrases as Single Concepts

• Agreement with Elliptical Subjects

• Agreement with Dislocated Subjects

• Agreement in Existential Constructions

• Agreement with Singular They

• Variability in Agreement Across English Varieties

41. Subject–Verb Agreement for English Proficiency Tests

• TOEFL iBT Grammar Accuracy

• GRE Sentence-Level Grammatical Accuracy

• IELTS Grammar Accuracy

• SAT Writing and Language Conventions

• ACT English Agreement Questions

• Cambridge English Grammar Assessment

• Error Identification Questions

• Sentence Correction Exercises

• Fill-in-the-Blank Questions

• Multiple-Choice Agreement Questions

• Academic Editing Tasks

• Timed Grammar Practice

42. Practice and Assessment of Subject–Verb Agreement

• Basic Agreement Exercises

• Singular and Plural Verb Selection

• Pronoun–Verb Agreement Exercises

• Compound Subject Exercises

• Collective Noun Exercises

• Quantifier Agreement Exercises

• Relative Clause Agreement Exercises

• Inversion Exercises

• Error Detection

• Error Correction

• Sentence Transformation

• Paragraph Editing

• Academic Passage Editing

• Mixed-Level Practice Tests

• Advanced Agreement Challenges

• Comprehensive Revision Tests

Summary: Recommended Learning Sequence

Level, Topic Numbers, Focus

• Beginner (A1–A2): 1–6, Basic rules, nouns, pronouns

• Intermediate (B1–B2): 7–16, Compound subjects, quantifiers, clauses

• Upper Intermediate (B2–C1): 17–31, Complex constructions, tenses, inversion

• Advanced (C1–C2): 32–40, Subjunctive, notional agreement, exceptional patterns

• Examination and Practice: 41–42, TOEFL, GRE, academic writing, exercises

Total: 42 major topics, with more than 400 subtopics and learning points.

Important distinction: Some categories overlap intentionally, and not every tense or modal verb changes form according to the subject. In standard English, person–number agreement is especially visible in present-tense verbs and forms of be, while many advanced cases depend on syntax, meaning, and register.