Level B1 (approx. band 4-5) · Academic and General Training Subject-verb agreement means that the verb matches its subject. One person or thing takes a singular verb. More than one takes a plural verb. In this episode: • The third person s • The number of and a number of • Each, every and group nouns • Finding the subject in a long sentence • Model • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key points: • one person or thing in the present simple needs a verb with -s, unless a helping verb comes first. • the number of takes a singular verb; a number of takes a plural verb. • each, every and everyone take singular verbs; people and police take plural verbs; news takes a singular verb. • cut the description, find the head noun, and match the verb to it. IELTS Complete Course: a self-study podcast from A1 to C2 for Academic and General Training. Listen, pause and answer, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair. Independent course, not affiliated with the IELTS test owners.