Adding 's' to a verb - 75

               Adding 's' to a verb

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When we speak, we speak about something or someone (person, weather, news etc.) This someone/something is called Subject. A subject has three forms namely First person, Second person and Third person. (Person includes living/non livings and plurals).  The list of the subjects is endless so we use subject pronoun instead of using the subject for convenience.                                                                                                                     

Conversion of subject to Subject pronoun 

Father (subject) = he (pronoun
Mother = she
Teacher = he/she
President = he/she
Manager = he/she
Customer = he/she Path
Brother = he
Clerk = he/she
Driver = he/she
Friend = he/she
Students = he/she
Machine = it
Animal = it
Pain = it
Crowd = it
Team= it
Nation = it
Audience = it
Chairs = they
Customers = they
Earth = it
Sky = it


FIRST SECOND AND THIRD PERSON
The speaker is the First person.
The listener is the Second person.
The person/thing about which the speaker or listener talks about is called Third person.

Look at these sentences
David and Shane work in a bank.
Jim works in a store.


NOTE:
‘s’ is added to a verb , when the verb is used in present tense form  with the third person.  Jim is the third person (he), so ‘s’ is added to the verb work. ( the verb work is in present form, it’s past form is worked and past participle form is also worked)


e.g. verb = work
Person          Singular                 Plural
First                  I work                      we work     
Second            You work                You work
Third                He/she/it works   They work


MORE SENTENCES
She walks faster than her friend.
They work from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Shane watches TV in the evening.
The plane lands safely.
She always skips breakfast,
They never miss lunch.
It (machine) runs for 30 hours continuously.
Australia (Team) loses to England (Team) in at Sydney.
The crowd gathers near presidential palace.
I work in a College, my sister works in a Law firm.
I study in a business school, my friend studies in a law school.
This shop opens at 10 in the morning.   

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