a. Simple present tense with verbs other than be
Statements: He works
Questions with do, does: does he work?
Short answers: Yes, he does
b. Single-word adverbs of frequency: always, usually, often, etc.
Position in statements and questions
A.1 Notice form of the verb
| sg | | VERB | |
| 1 | i | work | Every morning |
| 2 | You | Work | Every morning |
| 3 | He | works | Every morning |
| Pl | | | |
| 1 | we | work | Every morning |
| 2 | You | Work | Every morning |
| 3 | They | work | Every morning |
COMMENT
1. Verbs other than be have two forms in the simple present tense:
a simple form and an –s form.
2. The –s form is used with third person singular subjects (he, she, it, john, etc) otherwise, the simple form is used.
Note: The pronunciation of the –s form is related in the pronunciation book.
Exercise 1. Practice the two forms of the following verbs by substituting as shown in the examples.
Reads JOHN READS IN THE MORNING, AND WE READ IN THE AFTERNOON.
Writes JOHN WRITES IN THE MORNING, AND WE WRITE IN THE AFTERNOON.
1. Reads
2. Sings
3. Studies
4. Works
5. Arrives
6. Leaves
7. Practices
8. Writes
Exercise 2. Has is the third person singular form of have. Practice these two forms by substituting the teacher’s words. Change the rest of statement if necessary.
We WE HAVE COFFEE HERE IN THE MORNING
John JOHN HAS COFFEE HERE IN THE MORNING
1. He
2. John and mary
3. They
4. Mr. Allen
5. He
6. Mary
7. Ahe
8. The students
9. They
10. Mr. miller
11. He
12. You
13. I
14. You and i
15. We
Taken from : English Sentence Structure
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