Is or Are? Make the Verb Match the Subject

Say the sentence with both verb choices and ask which one sounds right. For picture pages, count the animals or people first. Check with the answer key and reread any missed sentence.

Look at pictures and circle is or are to match the subject, then write two sentences. The subject is who or what a sentence is about. A verb is an action or being word. The verb must match the subject. The directions on the page read: Look at the pictures. Then, read each sentence and circle is or are. Then, write sentences 1 and 6 on the lines. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 1st Grade verbs, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with singular and plural verbs. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A singular subject names one, and its verb often ends in s, as in He hops. A plural subject names more than one, and its verb has no s, as in We hop. Matching them is CCSS L.1.1.C.

Is, was and has go with one, while are, were and have go with more than one, and none of them follow the add s pattern. Each of these pairs gets its own page here.

Point to the subject and ask, is it one or more than one? Then read the sentence aloud with each verb. The pictures on several pages show how many there are.

Yes. All seven singular and plural verbs sheets have an answer key.

First graders should identify action verbs in sentences, use verbs in the past and present tense, and begin to understand subject-verb agreement (CCSS L.1.1e). They should recognize that verbs tell what someone or something does and are essential parts of every sentence.

Start with physical movement: have students act out verbs (jump, run, write, sing) and name the action. Then identify verbs in sentences. Worksheets that pair action illustrations with sentence completion exercises help students connect the concept of "doing" to the grammatical category.

Past tense describes actions that already happened. First graders learn to add -ed to regular verbs (walked, jumped) and begin encountering irregular past tenses (ran, went, said). Worksheets that show a "today/yesterday" format make the tense shift clear.