(soft music plays)

Winny stands next to a big touch screen showing two grammar exercises. She is in her mid-twenties, with long straight brown hair. She wears glasses and a blue T-shirt with a print that reads "Home Work Zone."

Winny says HI, I'M TEACHER WINNIE,
AND TODAY ON THE HOMEWORK ZONE,
WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT TWO WORDS
WE USE VERY OFTEN,
AND THOSE TWO WORDS ARE
THE WORD "IS" AND "ARE."
AND WE WANNA FIGURE OUT
WHEN WE USE "IS."
AND WHEN WE USE THE WORD "ARE."
SO LET'S LOOK AT
THESE TWO SENTENCES.
"THE BOY,"
I THINK THE BOY IS ONE,
BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY
ONE OF THEM.
"THE BOY BLANK IN THE CAR."
AND THE SECOND SENTENCE,
"THE BOYS," MORE THAN ONE,
"BLANK IN THE CAR."
SO WE WANNA SEE WHICH OF THESE
WORDS FIT INTO THESE SENTENCES.
NOW REMEMBER, THE SENTENCE, "THE
BOY," IS A SINGULAR SENTENCE
BECAUSE THERE IS ONLY ONE.
AND "THE BOYS," MEANING MORE
THAN ONE, IS A PLURAL SENTENCE.
SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN
FIND WHICH WORD FITS IN IT.
"THE BOY ARE IN THE CAR."

Using her index finger, she drags the verb "are" to the first sentence.

She continues SOUNDS KINDA FUNNY, SO MAYBE
WE SHOULDN'T USE THE WORD "ARE."
LET'S TRY THE WORD "IS."
"THE BOY IS IN THE CAR."
THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
"THE BOYS ARE IN THE CAR."
SO NOW WE KNOW THAT
WHENEVER THERE'S ONLY ONE,
A SINGULAR WORD,
WE USE THE WORD "IS."
"THE BOY IS IN THE CAR."
AND WHENEVER WE HAVE
MORE THAN ONE, "THE BOYS,"
WE USE THE WORD "ARE."
"THE BOYS ARE IN THE CAR."
SO WHENEVER YOU HAVE A SENTENCE
THAT HAS A SINGULAR,
WE USE THE WORD "IS," AND
WHENEVER WE HAVE A SENTENCE
THAT IS A PLURAL SENTENCE,
WE ALWAYS USE THE WORD "ARE."
SO I'M TEACHER WINNIE,
AND I HOPE THAT HELPS YOU
SORT OUT WHICH WORD TO USE WHEN.