This document provides instruction on identifying verbs in sentences and forming verbs in the present tense. It gives examples of sentences with verbs and identifies the verbs. It then explains the three rules for forming present tense verbs: adding -s or -es for singular subjects, no change for plural subjects, and no change for subjects of I, you, or we. Examples are provided to illustrate each rule. The document concludes with a verb exercise for students to identify the correctly conjugated present tense verb.

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2. Find the verbs in each of the
following sentences.

3. 1. Mr. Jones distributes the sheets.
2. The children participate in the game.
3. James plays his videogame.
4. Dad parks the car.
5. The mom rocks her baby in her arms.

4. 1. Mr. Jones distributes the sheets.
2. The children participate in the game.
3. James plays his videogame.
4. Dad parks the car.
5. The mom rocks her baby in her arms.

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6. I walk.
You walk.
He walks.
Ria walks.
Ria and Beth walk.

7. The verbs in the sentences
are in the PRESENT FORM.

8. Simple Present Tense
of the Verb

9. When actions are done in a
routine or habitually, the verbs
are in the PRESENT TENSE.

10. There are rules to follow
to form the present tense of
the verb.

11. Rule #1

12.  If the person doing the action is
only one or singular (including the
pronouns HE, SHE, and IT), you
add –s or –es to the action word.

13. Example:
(read) Ria reads.
(cook) Beth cooks breakfast.

14. Example:
He (sing) well.

15. Example:
He sings (sing) well.

16.  Add –es to the verb only if the
action words ends with s, h,
o, and x.

17. Example:
(fix) Brother my toy.
(watch) She the play.

18. Example:
(fix) Brother fixes my toy.
(watch) She the play.

19. Example:
(fix) Brother fixes my toy.
(watch) She watches the play.

20. Rule #2

21.  If there is more than one person
doing the action or it is in the
plural form, there is no need to
add –s or –es to the action.

22. Example:
(read) Ria and Robert read the
story about the Lost Coin.
(cook) Mother and Beth cook
breakfast.

23. Example:
(watch) My friends and I our
favorite show.

24. Example:
(watch) My friends and I watch
our favorite show.

25. Rule #3

26.  If the doer of the action uses
pronouns We, You, or I, there
is no need to add –s or –es to
the action.

27. Example:
(eat) I eat the vegetables.
(cook) You cook for me.
(go) We go to school by bus.

28. Select the correct verb.
1. It (shine, shines) brightly.
2. Sam (hit, hits) the ball very hard.
3. He (mix, mixes) the colors very well.
4. I (love, loves) my school.
5. Do they (know, knows) each other?
6. She (swim, swims) twice a week.
7. My brother and his friends (play, plays) basketball.
8. You still (believe, believes) in Santa Claus.
9. We (teach, teaches) English.
10.The police officers (catch, catches) the robbers.

29. Select the correct verb.
1. It (shine, shines) brightly.
2. Sam (hit, hits) the ball very hard.
3. He (mix, mixes) the colors very well.
4. I (love, loves) my school.
5. Do they (know, knows) each other?
6. She (swim, swims) twice a week.
7. My brother and his friends (play, plays) basketball.
8. You still (believe, believes) in Santa Claus.
9. We (teach, teaches) English.
10.The police officers (catch, catches) the robbers.

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