1. It is really important to practice the conjugation of some verbs!

2. The simple present tense have three (3) fundamental forms:tenseforms  1) The positive or also called ‘affirmative’ formalsocalled  2) The negative form  3) The question form

3. PositiveNegativeYes / Not Question I am (I’m)I am not ( I’m not)Am I? You are (you’re)You are not (you aren’t)Are you? - Aren’t you? He /she /it isHe/ she / it is not (isn’t) Is he/she / it? - isn’t he / She / it? We areWe are not (we aren’t)Are we? - Aren’t we? They areThey are not (They aren’t) Are they? – aren’t they?

4.  The English language has both regular and irregular verbs. Look at the next lists and click to see the translation of each verbbothnexttranslationeach  Accept Accept  Advise Advise  Alert Alert  Ask Ask  Ban Ban  Burn Burn  Call Call  Clear Clear  Command Command  Decide Decide  Delay Delay  Extend Extend  Fix Fix  Follow Follow  Gaze Gaze  Handle Handle  Identify Identify  Measure Measure  Offer Offer Some Regular Verbs  Fly Fly  Prove Prove  Put Put  Quit Quit  Ride Ride  Rise Rise  Run Run  Seek Seek  See See  Sink Sink  Sleep Sleep  Slide Slide  Take Take  Throw Throw  Thrust Thrust  Think Think  Understand Understand  Wear Wear  Wake Wake  Write Write  Win Win Some Irregular Verbs

5. o Regular verbs have always the same endingalwayssameending o Click the verbs and look at the indicative present column column  Accept Accept  Advise Advise  Alert Alert  Ask Ask  Ban Ban  Burn Burn  Call Call  Clear Clear  Command Command  Decide Decide  Delay Delay  Extend Extend  Fix Fix  Follow Follow  Gaze Gaze  Handle Handle  Identify Identify  Measure Measure  Offer Offer Regular Verbs

6. o Click the verbs and look at the preterit columncolumn  Fly Fly  Prove Prove  Put Put  Quit Quit  Ride Ride  Rise Rise  Run Run  Seek Seek  See See  Sink Sink  Sleep Sleep  Slide Slide  Take Take  Throw Throw  Thrust Thrust  Think Think  Understand Understand  Wear Wear  Wake Wake  Write Write  Win Win

7.  If the subject is ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘it’, you have to add an ‘S’ at the ending of the verb.subjectadd anending  Some verbs change when conjugated with third person (he / she /it )changethird person Example: To Study – She StudiesStudy To try – he /she /it Tries To fly – he /she /it Flies To cry – he / she / it Cries This is a list of similar verbs: http://www.perfect-english- grammar.com/present-simple-spelling.htmlhttp://www.perfect-english- grammar.com/present-simple-spelling.html

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