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Simple Present or Plural Verbs?
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Homeless Turtle
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Simple Present or Plural Verbs?
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Hello everyone!
I have an upcoming lesson on Simple Present Tense. But I have a couple of questions:
Question 1- Is there a difference between Simple Present and Plural Verbs?
The example given in our text book is:
I love baseball.
My brother loves baseball too.
Question 2- Can anyone think of any good activities to help my students learn this grammar point? I have to keep it really, really, simple (no seriously, REALLY simple!)
Thank you for your help! |
12 Nov 2010
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douglas
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Loves is not a plural verb-- the "s" simply indicates the third person singular.
My easy rule: "He, she, it; the "S" comes with" |
12 Nov 2010
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Zora
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Douglas is correct. The "s" doesn�t indicate a plural verb... And his rule is one that I often use. And if that doesn�t seem to work - tell them that "s" is for singular! (he, she, it... one person or thing.)
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12 Nov 2010
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debk2000
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Not sure if this is what you �re looking for, but you can easily use daily routines to practice simple present like:
I eat breakfast at 7:00. etc. -going through one �s daily routine
And later add:
He goes to work. etc. - to practice the third person using daily routines.
There �s a lot of good resources on ESL printables for daily routines! :)
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12 Nov 2010
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class centre
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Look, what I say to my sts about this rule: if the subject has S, the verb does not have it and if the subject does not have S ( I mean nouns not pronouns) the verb does have it. We speak very simply about it : S is only one and can �t stand in both places at a time. They get it very easy. Try...
Good luck!
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12 Nov 2010
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Homeless Turtle
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Thank you everyone for your help. I appreciate you taking the time to clarify this.  |
14 Nov 2010
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