English Tense Forms---The Present Tense

Tense is a change in the form of a word to show time. Thew present tense shows the action that is happening now.For example : They blow the whistle. John blows the whistle.He blows the whistle.She blows the whistle. Okolo and Okeke blow the whistle.

The above five sentences show the present simple tense for what happens regularly or everyday.Note the form of the verbs in each sentence. In the first sentence ' blow' is present tense with plural subject' they'. In the second sentence , 'blows' is present tense with singular subject 'John'. In the third sentence, 'blows' is also present tense with pronoun 'he' which is third person singular. In the fourth sentence 'blows' is also present tense with singular subject 'she' which is also third person singular. In number five sentence above the plural subject 'Okolo and Okeke' has the plural verb 'blow' accordingly.

The next sentence 'I blow the whistle' shows the formation of the simple present tense with the personal pronoun 'I ' . For more online lessons on this aspect of English consult the author using the email below
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