Unit 2
The present tense can tell us what usually or currently happens. I play football on Friday. We add ‘s’ to the present tense verb when we talk about one person, animal or thing.
Ben plays football on Friday. On Saturday he helps at home.
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Choose the correct verb forms. 1 Sheena ( think / thinks ) about food all the time. 2 Sam and Emma ( ask / asks ) questions. 3 I ( walk / walks ) to school in the morning. 4 My father ( work / works ) in the town. 5 We ( like / likes ) sports. 6 Jason ( train / trains ) on Saturdays.
3 Make six sentences. Remember to use the correct form of the verb. Example: My friends like reading.
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swimming. music. going to the beach. reading.
1 My friends 2 Mr. Brown 3 We 4 My mother 5 I 6 She
like likes
playing cricket. climbing trees.
4 Choose verbs from the box to complete the story.
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John ________ up early in the morning. He ________ to school with his friends. School ________ at 8 o’clock. The children ________ books and ________ stories. After school John ________ football with his friends. They all ________ football. gets
• Exercise 2, Subject–verb agreement: Remind students that only verbs in the 3rd person singular ( he, she, it ) add ‘s’ in the present tense. Explain that Ben in the example follows the same rule as ‘he’. Sam and Emma follow the same rule as ‘they’. CR Model present tense sentences in Creole so students can observe the difference from Standard English.
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