Subject / Verb Agreement
Subject
A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.
Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.
Are
The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
Are
George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
Don't
Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.
Is
Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
Is
The good students (try/tries) hard in class.
Try
Maria (walk/walks) her dog every day.
Walks
Verb
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
Our teacher (write/writes) a note if we (make/makes) an A.
writes make