Simple Present Tense Martin J Rodriguez Subject Pronouns

Simple Present Tense Martin J. Rodriguez

Subject Pronouns I You He She It We They

Subject Pronoun I We You He They Singular She It Plural

Subject Pronoun Singular 1 st I We You 2 nd person He They 3 rd person - 2 nd person - 3 rd person male - 3 rd person female - Plural She 3 rd person non person - It 1 st person

Simple Present Tense The simple present tense describes an action that goes on every day or in general. To form the third-person singular (he, she and it), add an s to the verb. Add s to form the third-person singular of most verbs I work You work He works She works It works We work They work 3 rd-person singular

Sentences Martin works in a factory. He Debra works in an office. She My computer works really good. It

Let’s practice 1. Martin ______ works at Gavilan College. (works/work) eats very healthy. (eats/eat) 2. Raquel ______ use my cell phone out of class. (use/uses) 3. I ______ drivesa nice car. (drives/drive) 4. Maria ______ walks to school. (walks/walk) 5. Juliana ______ 6. Elvia and Jesus ______ cook Mexican food. (cooks/cook) 7. Josefina drinks ______ a lot of water. (drinks/drink) like to exercise daily. (likes/like) 8. Jesus and I ______

Add es instead of s in the following cases. Add es when the verb ends in o goes do does He goes to school every weekday. She does a nice job. I do homework everyday. Subject Pronouns Verb I go You go He goes She goes It goes We go They go

Add es when the verb ends in s, o, sh, ch, x or z Teach teaches watches Martin teaches English. Julian fixes computers. My dog watches TV. fixes Subject Verb Pronouns I teach You teach He teaches She teaches It teaches We teach They teach

When the verb ends in y and before y there is a consonant ( in this case, the y is changed to i before adding es) Study studies cry cries marry marries Gustavo studies for his exams. Juan carries his backpack. Subject Verb Pronoun s I carry You carry He carries She carries It carries We carry They carry

Present Tense Jesusstudies ____ (to study) English with Holly. goes Juan does ____ (to do) a lot of homework. Sisiwashes ____ (to wash) her clothes every Sunday. Evelyn ____ (to go) to Hollister. Jorge ____ watches (to watch) TV. writes (to write) a book about me. Veronica_____ cries teaches Karina _______ Luis Angel _____ (to cry) for her ex-girlfriend. (to teach) biology.

Let’s practice 1. Martin ______ does his homework daily. (do) brushes her hair. (brush) 2. Raquel _____ 3. Jose ______ uses my cell phone out of class. (use) 4. Maria ______ calls to her husband every night. (call) 5. Juliana _____ his clothes weekly. (wash) washes 6. Elvia ______ her bills online. (pay) pays 7. Josefina ____ a lot of TV. (watch) watches 8. Jesus ______ to do his best. (try) tries

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