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Think and Answer • Critical Thinking
• Communication Skills

Discuss with your partner and write the answers on your own.

A. Do you think Buddy was a friendly dog? Give reasons to support your answer.

B. Do you think that Simi and her family were good neighbours? Give examples

to support your answer.

Grammar Spot • Verbs
• Simple present tense
• Present continuous tense

Verbs

Read these sentences.

1. Simi plays with Buddy.

2. “You all are wonderful neighbours,” said Mohit.

3. I am a student.

4. “Buddy is a friendly puppy,” said Simi.

5. We help our neighbours.

6. He hurt himself yesterday.

All the highlighted words are verbs.

A verb shows the action a noun or pronoun does (Sentences 1 and 5).

A verb also shows what a noun or pronoun is (Sentences 2, 3 and 4).

It also shows what happens to a noun or pronoun (Sentence 6). Words like am, is and
are are verbs. We often use them in the simple present tense.

We also use has and have in the present tense. They are also verbs and are used to show

possession.

Examples: 1. Buddy has white fur.

2. The new neighbours have a dog.

The highlighted words (‘has’ and ‘have’) show possession

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