Subject Verb Sgreement Simple Present Tense

Every sentence must have a subject and a verb.

1. Circle the correct word for the definitions below:

A. Who or what the sentence is about, or who or what performs the action. Subject/Verb

B. Action Subject/Verb

2. In a sentence which comes first the subject or the verb? ________________________________

3. In the sentences below put an S above the subject of the sentence and a V above the verb.

a. Maitha walks to the mall.

b. She is very tall.

3. Maitha and Sara meet in a cafe.

c. They have coffee. d. Then, they go home.

e. At home, Maitha puts her shopping away. f. She cooks dinner and watches a movie.

3. Why do some verbs end in -s? ________________________________________________________

4. Look at the table below and circle the correct form of the verb.

I (need) a rest. need needs Sara (want) more time. want wants

She (need) a holiday. need needs Jane and Bill (make) sofas and

chairs.make makes

They (need) to go home. need needs I (study) Chinese. study studies

Everyone (know) Sami.know knows The director (speak) Arabic,

French and English.speak speaks

Children (love) playing. love loves Camels (spit). spit spits

Bears (love) honey.love loves The bus (take) the students

home.take takes

Asif (have) a lot of books. have has We (go) to UAEU. go goesBob and Ash (look) tired. look looks They always (do) their

homeworkdo does

The car (be) dirty. is are She never (do) her homework. do does

Subject Verb Sgreement Simple Present Tense

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

5 Now write present simple tense sentences about Maitha’s week.

Example: On Friday, Maitha visits her family.

a. On Sunday, Maitha_____________________________________________________________________

b. On Monday, she________________________________________________________________________

c. On Tuesday, Maitha and Shamma__________________________________________________________

d. On Wednesday, she_____________________________________________________________________

e. On Thursday, she_______________________________________________________________________

6 There are 14 present tense verb mistakes. Find the mistakes and correct them. The first one has been done for you. Find 13 more.

Mr. and Mrs. DiCaprio lives in an old Italian neighbourhood in New York City. They only speak a little

English, so usually they speaks Italian. They reads the Italian newspaper, and they listen to Italian radio

programs. Every day they visit their friends and neighbours and talks about life back in “the old country.”

Mr. and Mrs. DiCaprio has a son Joe. He live in a small suburb outside the city. His Italian are not good, so

usually he speak English. He listens to American radio programs, and always speak English when he visits

his friends and neighbours. In fact, Joe speak Italian only when he call his parents on the telephone, or

when he visits them. Mr. and Mrs. DiCaprio is sad because they is afraid he are forgetting his language, his

culture, and his country.

live

Subject Verb Sgreement Simple Present Tense