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Micro Class:Third Singular Person

Presented by:Genesis Ortiz Fuentes

Date:24/8/2013

Objective:To learn about the Third Singular Person and its rules.

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Third-Person, Singular, Simple PresentWhat is it?Under very special circumstance, verbs in

English take an extra "-s" suffix: Verbs take the "-s" suffix when the Subject...

...is Third Person, ...is Singular, and ...is acting in the Simple Present.

Third Singular PersonFor example:

He walks to the park daily.

The Subject (Subject

Pronoun "He") is Third

Person, Singular, and

acting in the Simple

Present.

Concepts: Third Person (Person)There are THREE possible parties to a

conversation: The person speaking: FirstPerson

The person being spoken to: SecondPerson

Some other personnot in the conversation: ThirdPerson

Concepts: Simple Present (Tense/Aspect)The Simple Present is not really about the

present, and it's actually not all that simple! Much of the time, it's used to talk about a fact. For example, consider the two sentences in the previous section: He has a dog.

They have a dog.

Normally, you simply add an "-s" to the end of a verb to create the

3rd-Person/Singular/Simple Presentrub rubsride rides

dream dreamssee seessnow snows

drink drinkssleep sleepswrite writes

If a verb ends with -sh, -ch, -ss, or -x you add an -es to the end of the verb.

push pushesteach teacheskiss kissesfix fixes

Pronunciation of Third Person SingularNote: The letters between the slash marks / / refer to sounds,

not to spelling.

1. The -(e)s of the simple present tense is pronounced as /z/

after a voiced sound, except /z/, /zh/, and /j/. The voiced sounds

are sounds that are produced by vibration of the vocal chords.

The voiced sounds in English are: a. All vowels

    b. /b/, /g/, j sound (as in judge), /l/, /m/, /n/, /r/, voiced th (as

in bathe), /v/, ng (as in bang), zh sound (as in measure), z

sound (as in buzz)

Examples: plays, sees, goes, robs, hangs, calls, rams, learns,

blurs, clothes, receives

Pronunciation of Third Person Singular

2. The -(e)s of the simple present tense is pronounced as /s/

after a voiceless sound, except /s/, /sh/, and /ch/. The voiceless

sounds are sounds that are produced with no vibration of the

vocal chords. The voiceless sounds in English are: a. /f/, /k/,

/p/, /s/, voiceless th (as in with), ch (as in watch), sh (as in wash).

Examples: laughs, talks, stops

Pronunciation of Third Person Singular3. When a word ends in /s/, /sh/, /ch/, /z/, /j/ the -es is pronounced as a

separate syllable: /ɪz/. Therefore, if a verb ends in one of these sounds,

the present tense will have one more syllable than the simple form.

Examples: fix (1 syllable)-->fixes (2 syllables)

kiss (1 syllable)-->kisses (2 syllables)

wash (1 syllable)-->washes (2 syllables)

watch (1 syllable)-->watches (2 syllables)

damage (2 syllables)-->damages (3 syllables)

memorize (3 syllables)-->memorizes (4 syllables)

exercise (3 syllables)-->exercises (4 syllables)

Grammar 5

Phonetic 3

Class Participation 2

Evaluation Card

As Conclusion…

It has been a pleasure for me to explain you

a little more about the Third Singular Person, its

rules, pronunciations and grammar. I hope that

you can improve your English skills.

“English is for Life”

Enjoy it people!