Make sentences in the simple present tense

In this lesson, we will learn how to

• Make sentences in the simple present tense
• Use ‘don’t’ and ‘doesn’t’

Let us look at the verb ‘to play’. For‘I’, ‘You’, ‘We’, ‘They’, we say

POSITIVE SENTENCEVERBREST OF THE SENTENCEIplayfootball every dayYouplayfootball every dayWeplayfootball every dayTheyplayfootball every day

But for ‘He’, ‘She’, ‘It’ or any other person, we add ‘s’ to the verb

SUBJECTVERBREST OF THE SENTENCEHeplaysfootball every daySheplaysfootball every dayitplaysfootball every day

But for ‘He’, ‘She’, ‘It’ or any other person we add ‘s’ to the verb

SUBJECTVERBREST OF THE SENTENCEMohan and Iplayfootball every daySheetal and Manojplayfootball every day

Now let us look at another example. Let's consider the verb ‘to work’

SUBJECTVERBREST OF THE SENTENCEIworkat ABC companyyouworkat ABC companyweworkat ABC companyTheyworkat ABC company

But for ‘He’, ‘She’, ‘It’ or any other person, we add ‘s’ to the verb

SUBJECTVERBREST OF THE SENTENCEHe Manojworksat ABC companyShe Sheetalworksat ABC companyThe boy The girlworksat ABC company

When we talk about more than one person, we use ‘work’

SUBJECTVERBREST OF THE SENTENCEMohan and Iworkat ABC companySheetal and Manojworkat ABC company

Question and Answers

• Identify the correct sentence
• Mahesh like chocolate ice cream.
• Mahesh likes chocolate ice cream.

Your answer is Right.

Your answer is Wrong.

Question and Answers

• Identify the correct sentence
• I live in India.
• I lives in India.

Your answer is Right.

Your answer is Wrong.

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• Identify the correct sentence
• We eat lunch at 2 p.m.
• We eats lunch at 2 p.m.

Your answer is Right.

Your answer is Wrong.

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• Identify the correct sentence
• She speak English fluently.
• She speaks English fluently.

Your answer is Right.

Your answer is Wrong.

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• Identify the correct sentence
• Amit and Manoj play cricket in the evening.
• Amit and Manoj plays cricket in the evening.

Your answer is Right.

Your answer is Wrong.

Question and Answers

• Identify the correct sentence
• Amit and Manoj play cricket in the evening.
• Amit and Manoj plays cricket in the evening.

Your answer is Right.

Your answer is Wrong.

Now consider verbs which end in ‘ch’ or ‘sh’ like wash, crash, catch, watch. Let us look at the verb 'to wash'

SUBJECTVERBREST OF THE SENTENCEIwashthe clothesYouwashthe clothesWe My friend and Iwashthe clothesThey Our neighbourswashthe clothes

But for‘He’, ‘She’, ‘It’ or any other person, we add ‘es’ to such verb like watches, crashes, catches, watches

SUBJECTVERBREST OF THE SENTENCEHe Manojwashesthe clothesShe Sheetalwashesthe clothes

Now consider verbs which end in ‘o’ like go, do, echo. Let us look at the verb 'to go'

SUBJECTVERBREST OF THE SENTENCEIgoto the marketYougoto the marketWe My friend and Igoto the marketThey Our neighboursgoto the market

But for‘He’, ‘She’, ‘It’ or any other person, we add ‘es’ to such verb like watches, crashes, catches, watches

SUBJECTVERBREST OF THE SENTENCEHe Manojgoesto the marketShe Sheetalgoesto the marketWe My friend and Igoto the marketThey Our neighboursgoto the market

Now consider verbs which end in ‘y’ like cry, fly, try. Let us look at the verb 'to cry'

SUBJECTVERBREST OF THE SENTENCEIflya kiteyouflya kiteweflya kiteTheyflya kite

But for ‘He’, ‘She’, ‘It’ or any other person, we add ‘ies’ to such verb like cries, flies, tries

SUBJECTVERBREST OF THE SENTENCE

He Manoj flies a kiteShe Sheetal flies a kite

Question and Answers

• Identify the correct sentence
• I do the work.
• I does the work.
• I dos the work.

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• Identify the correct sentence
• He do the work.
• He does the work.
• He dos the work.

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• Identify the correct sentence
• We fry the vegetables.
• We frys the vegetables.
• We fries the vegetables.

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• Identify the correct sentence
• Pooja fry the vegetables.
• Pooja frys the vegetables.
• Pooja fries the vegetables.

Question and Answers

• Identify the correct sentence
• I catch the ball.
• I catchs the ball.
• I catches the ball.

Question and Answers

• Identify the correct sentence
• The boy catch the ball.
• The boy catchs the ball.
• The boy catches the ball.

Thank you

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