Monday, 17 December 2012

Topic 9



Topic 9       Simple Present Tense    (Positive +)
It is used to express the Fact, Habit and General Truth.
  Ordinary Verb
    
       I           F1                              We  

       You       F1                             You                             F1
 

       He
       She       F1 + s /es                   They
       It            

      [He]                                         [I       /      We]
      [She]        F1 + s / es             [You  /      You]          F1
       [It ]                                                        [They]
F1 is the root verb.

For the third person singular or any noun that can be replaced by ‘He/She/ It’, the ordinary verb needs to be suffixed with ‘s / es’.  The words which  ends in ‘s / z / x / ch / sh / o’ are to be suffixed with ‘es’

            I /We/You/ You/They                             He/She/It
                    toss                                                 tosses
                    buzz                                                 buzzes  
                    box                                                  boxes
                    watch                                               watches
                    wash                                                washes
                    do                                                    does

     I watch television every day.
     You watch television every day

     He watches television every day. 
     She watches television every day.
     The dog eats a lot every day.

      We draw every day.
     You brush your teeth twice a day.
     They play hide-and-seek every day.
     The cats drink a lot of milk every day.
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Topic 9
Simple Present Tense
Exercise 29
Circle the correct word in the bracket.
1.  Joseph (play     plays) football every Sunday.
2.  You and Joseph ( slide     slides) a lot every day.
3.  I (read,     reads) the newspaper every day.
4.  My grandmother (walk      walks) in the garden every day.
5.  My parents ( laugh     laughs) a lot every day.
6.  We (swim     swims) at the swimming pool every Saturday.
7.  My mother (cook     cooks) vegetables every day.
8.  My aunts often (visit       visits) us.
9.  The children (like     likes) to eat sweets.
10. My little sister (drink     drinks) milk every day.

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