Sentence agreement discussion

Sentence agreement discussion

by Yevheniia Goreniuk -
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She often gets up at 9:00am. 

I always drink coffee in the morning, but my sister doesn't like coffee at all.


Sentence 1 

The main verb is "gets up", which is third person singular. Who gets up? ="she" is a pronoun used as a subject, and it is third person singular. The subject and verb in this sentence agree.

Sentence 2

The first predicate is "drink",which is first person singular. Who drink? = "I" is a pronoun used as a subject, and it is first person singular

The second predicate is "doesn’t like",which is third person singular. Who doesn’t like? = "sister" is noun used as a subject, and it is third person singular

Subjects and verbs in this sentence agree.