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Simple Present Tense

ICSE · Class 4 · English Grammar

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Key Topics to Revise

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Understanding the Simple Present Tense

  • Used for regular actions, habits, and general truths.
  • For 'I', 'you', 'we', 'they', and plural subjects: use the base form of the verb (e.g., play, go, eat).
  • For 'he', 'she', 'it', and singular subjects: add -s or -es to the verb (e.g., plays, goes, watches).
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Spelling Rules for Adding -s or -es

  • Most verbs: just add -s (e.g., play → plays).
  • Verbs ending in -ch, -sh, -s, -x, -z: add -es (e.g., watch → watches, fix → fixes).
  • Verbs ending in consonant + y: change y to i and add -es (e.g., study → studies).

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The simple present tense is usedFor most subjects like IThe verb must match the subject

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