Make sentences in the simple present tense

In this lesson, we will learn how to

• Make sentences in the simple present tense
• Avoid common mistakes in subject verb agreement

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

POSITIVE SENTENCE VERB REST OF THE SENTENCE I play football every day You play football every day We play football every day They playfootball every day

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

SUBJECT VERB REST OF THE SENTENCE He plays football every day She plays football every day It plays football every day

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

SUBJECT VERB REST OF THE SENTENCE Mohan and I play football every day Sheetal and Manoj play football every day

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

SUBJECT VERB REST OF THE SENTENCE I work at ABC company You work at ABC company We work at ABC company They work at ABC company

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

SUBJECT VERB REST OF THE SENTENCE "He" Manoj works at ABC company "She" Sheetal works at ABC company "The boy" The girl works at ABC company

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

SUBJECT VERB REST OF THE SENTENCE Mohan and I work at ABC company Sheetal and Manoj work at ABC company

Question and Answers

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

With ‘He’, ‘She’, ‘It’ or any other person, we add ‘s’ to most verbs.
‘Mahesh likes chocolate ice cream.’ is the correct answer.

Question and Answers

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

With ‘I’, we use the verb in the base form.
‘I live in India.’ is the correct answer.

Question and Answers

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

With ‘we’, we use the verb in the base form.
‘We eat lunch at 2 p.m.’ is the correct answer.

Question and Answers

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

With ‘He’, ‘She’, ‘It’ or any other person, we add ‘s’ to most verbs.
‘She speaks English fluently.’ is the correct answer.

Question and Answers

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

For two or more people, we use the verb in the base form.
‘Amit and Manoj play cricket in the evening.’ is the correct answer.

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

SUBJECT VERB REST OF THE SENTENCE I wash the clothes You wash the clothes "We" My friend and I wash the clothes "They" Our neighbours washthe clothes

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

SUBJECT VERB REST OF THE SENTENCE "He" Manoj washes the clothes "She" Sheetal washes the clothes

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

SUBJECT VERB REST OF THE SENTENCE I go to the market You go to the market "We" My friend and I go to the market "They" Our neighbours go to the market

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

SUBJECT VERB REST OF THE SENTENCE He Manoj goes to the market She Sheetal goes to the market

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

SUBJECT VERB REST OF THE SENTENCE I fly a kite You fly a kite We/ My friend and I fly a kite They/ Our neighbours fly a kite

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

SUBJECT VERB REST OF THE SENTENCE He
Manoj flies a kite She
Sheetal flies a kite

Question and Answers

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

With ‘I’, we use the verb in the base form
‘I do the work.’ is the correct answer.

Question and Answers

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

With ‘He’, ‘ She’, ‘It’ or any other person, we add +es to verbs ending in ‘o’
‘He does the work.’ is the correct answer.

Question and Answers

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

With ‘We’, we use the verb in the base form
‘We fry the vegetables.’ is the correct answer.

Question and Answers

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

With ‘He’, ‘ She’, ‘It’ or any other person, we add +ies to verbs ending in ‘y’
‘Pooja fries the vegetables.’ is the correct answer.

Question and Answers

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

With ‘I’, we use the verb in the base form
‘I catch the ball’ is the correct answer.

Question and Answers

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

With ‘He’, ‘ She’, ‘It’ or any other person, we add +es to verbs ending in ‘ch’
‘The boy catches the ball.’ is the correct answer.

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