• 1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE

• 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

• 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Use Verbs in the Present Tense

An action verb tells what the subject of a sentence does. The tense of a verb shows when the action happens.

Action Time Line

• • Use the present tense to talk about an action that happens now or that happens often.

  EXAMPLES	We watch a new action movie every week.
  	I rent movies that have robots as the characters.

• • Add -s to the verb if the subject tells about one place, one thing, or one other person.

  EXAMPLES	My friend William rents a movie and invites me over.
  	William’s uncle lives with his family.

• • Add -es if the verb ends in sh, ch, ss, s, x, or z.

  EXAMPLE

  William watches adventure and action movies with his uncle.

• • Do not add -s or -es to the verb if the subject is I, you, we, they, or a plural noun.

  EXAMPLES

  We watch movies together.

Practice Together

Say each sentence. Choose the correct form of the verb.

• 1. William (watch/watches) many movies.

• 2. His uncle (laugh/laughs) with us.

• 3. William (rent/rents) a different movie each week.

• 4. We (learn/learns) a lot about film.

We all enjoy the movie together.

Try It!

Say each sentence. Write the correct form of the verb. Then say the sentence using the correct verb.

• 5. My friend William (tell/tells) me about different movies.

• 6. He (describe/describes) the scenes in the movie.

• 7. I (smile/smiles) as he describes a funny robot.

• 8. The movie (remind/reminds) me of another movie.