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REMEMBER
The verb is the most important part of a sentence. We cannot make a sentence without
a verb.
 We use am with the pronoun ‘I’. With singular nouns and pronouns, we use is.

 With plural nouns and pronouns, we use are.

 We use has with singular nouns and pronouns to express possession.
 We use have with plural nouns, and with pronouns like ‘I’ and ‘you’ to express possession.

The Simple Present Tense

Read the following sentences.

1. I play in the garden every evening.

2. You always greet your friends.
3. The sun rises in the east.

Here, the verbs play, greet and rises are in the simple present tense.

We use the simple present tense to express everyday
actions (Sentences 1 and 2). REMEMBER

We also use the simple present tense to express general Always use ‘every day’, ‘daily’
truths (Sentence 3). and ‘every morning’ in the
simple present tense.
A. Underline the verbs in the following sentences.

1. Suresh loves cats.

2. We are in Class III.

3. I am very happy.

4. Good neighbours help each other.

B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate verbs from the brackets.

1. My neighbours friendly. (is / are)

2. Buddy to play with others. (loves/love)

3. I black eyes. (have/has)

4. You a good cricketer. (is/are)

5. We (has/have) fruits here, but we (wants / want)
pastries now.

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