Simple Present Ppt

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Subject-verb agreement

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Simple Present TenseUsed with time expressions:Everyday, weekly, every year, today, etc.Uses two forms of the verbs -s or -es form of the verb simple form of the verb Simple Present Tense-s or es formUsed for SINGULAR subjects, pronouns he, she, it, singular indefinite pronouns, and words plural in form singular in meaning.

Child singsShe singsEveryone singsPhilippines issimple formUsed for PLURAL subjects, Pronouns I, we, you, they, andPlural indefinite pronouns

Children singThey singSeveral sing

Simple Present Tense-s or es formUsed for SINGULAR subjects, pronouns he, she, it,

Child singsShe singsEveryone singsPhilippines issimple formUsed for PLURAL subjects, Pronouns I, we, you, they, and

Children singThey singSeveral sing

Choose the correct verb that agrees with its subject in number.The postmaster (deliver, delivers) grandmothers package.She (write, writes) a beautiful poem about her life.Some couples (wish, wishes) for the newlywed couples happiness and prosperity.One of the parents (suggest, suggests) that the school gate should be closed during class hours.Father (take, takes) medicine after each meal.Billiards (attract, attracts) a lot of people.The babies (drink, drinks) milk every day.An honest child always (tell, tells) the truth.The janitors (switch, switches) the lights every evening.All of us (watch, watches) the telenovela every Saturday.They (stay, stays) in the mountain ranges of Bukidnon, Cotabato and Davao.The female eagle (lay, lays) an egg every two years.The breeding season (last, lasts) from early July to as late as February.The maya (feed, feeds) on the palay produced by farmers.Fowls (eat, eats) corn and palay.Oysters (make, makes) pearls out of any foreign object that gets inside its shell.Wrigglers (grow, grows) into mosquitos.A sea turtle (spend, spends) most of their lives in warm seas.It usually (bury, burries) its eggs in the sand to keep them warm and safe until the hatch.We (go, goes) to church every Sunday.

Everyone (has, have) the right to remain silent.The children (embrace, embraces) their parents.News (travel, travels) fast.Male geese (take, takes) care of their young.My watch is broken and it (need, needs) to be fixed again.Eggs (is, are) my favourite for breakfast.Jane is a teacher. She (teach, teaches) French.She (speak, speaks) four languages.Families (go, goes) to church every Sunday. My father and I (drink, drinks) coffee in the morning.We (listen, listens) to the radio in the morning.George (eat, eats) too much so he's getting fat.The earth (go, goes) round the sun, doesn't it?The shops (open, opens) at 9:00 in the morning.The bank (close, closes) at 5:00 in the afternoon.Jackie and Chana (has, have) two children now.When the phone (ring, rings), please answer it.I (work, works) in the bank.Bees (live, lives) in a beehive. Water (boils, boil) at 100 degrees Celsius.The red and brown boxes (was, were) destroyed in the fire.The concert (begins, begin) at eight.Of all my subjects, woodworking (is, are) my favourite.Old clocks (has, have) interesting histories.My grandfather often (goes, go) to the adult center.