Let’s look at some important grammar:
Subject-verb agreement for simple present tense.
Here are some examples:
- I like animal books.
- She likes animal books.
- He likes animal books.
NOTICE: When I am talking about other people, I put an ‘s’ on the end of the verb ‘like’.
ACTIVITY
Here is a paragragh about my wife. Please read it carefully. There are some mistakes. Please rewrite the sentences CORRECTLY in the comments!
My wife like photography. She also love animals. She takes a lot of photos of animals. They are all REALLY cute!
PICTURE 1: This is a White Peacock. The White Peacock love to show his tail feathers.
PICTURE 2: This is a Koala. Koalas eats eucalyptus leaves and sleeps all day long.
PICTURE 3: Do you know what this is? She like grass and have a baby joey in her pouch!
REMEMBER: PUT YOUR REWRITE IN THE COMMENTS!
The mistakes are
she also loves animals…
the White Piacok loves to….
she likes grass……
bye bye
..sorry I’ve forgotten: ..has a baby….
bye
My wife likes photography. She also loves animals.
The White Peacock loves to show his tail feathers.
Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves and sleep all day long.
She likes grass and has a baby joey in her pouch!
Excellent Alan and Roberta! 100%
My wife likeS photography. She also loveS animals. She takes a lot of photos of animals. They are all REALLY cute!
PICTURE 1: This is a White Peacock. The White Peacock loveS to show his tail feathers.
PICTURE 2: This is a Koala. Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves and sleep all day long. (omit two S)
PICTURE 3: Do you know what IS THIS? She likeS grass and haS a baby joey in her pouch!
Great work Olga!
Some feedback: ‘PICTURE 3: Do you know what IS THIS?’ should be: Do you know what THIS IS?
Merry Christmas!
My wife likes photography. She also loves animals. She takes a lot of photos of animals. They are all REALLY cute!
PICTURE 1: This is a White Peacock. The White Peacock loves to show his tail feathers.
PICTURE 2: This is a Koala. Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves and sleep all day long.
PICTURE 3: Do you know what this is? She likes grass and has a baby joey in her pouch!
Excellent work Neeza! 100%!!
hello mi name is alicia and this page is interesting
Hi Alicia. I am glad you like it!
Great to meet you!
John
its very interesting
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HiJohn,
In the above sentence , is “my wife” third person?
English is my foreign language.I am damn confused about third person.
Can you please help me out from this.
Hi Hitch
First, second and third person are all different ways of writing a story, or narrative.
The first person is when you write from your own point of view: I, me, we, etc.
Example sentences: I like flowers.
The second person is when using: you and your etc.
Example sentence: You like flowers.
The third person is: he, she, they, their, his, hers, him, her, etc.
Example sentence: He likes flowers.
The phrase ‘my wife’ fits here. Example sentence: My wife likes flowers.
Notice the verb form: likes
So: ‘my wife’ is Third person.
Explanation:
‘My’ is used as an adjective to describe ‘wife’. The verb ‘like’ has an ‘s’ added and becomes ‘likes’.
The sentence: My wife likes photography.
Hope this helps!
Many thanks…
Welcome!
Objection: “My wife” is third person and the following verb takes an “s”.
My wife likes photography.
Hi Eva
You are correct. I will change my previous comment.
Many thanks!
John