Simple Tenses: Present Tense

• The present tense of a verb shows that the action is happening now or that it
happens over and over.
Present Tense for Regular Verbs
Singular Subjects Rule
(he, she, it, or a singular noun)

most verbs Add s.

verbs ending in s, ss, sh, ch, x, z Add es.
verbs ending in consonant + y Change y to i and add es.

Present Tense for Be and Have

Subject Forms of Be Forms of Have
I am have

he, she, it, or a singular is has

noun

we, you, they, or a plural are have

noun

1. People (visit, visited) unusual museums. (visit)

2. Many small towns (will feature, feature) quirky places for the curious. (feature)
3. One museum (specialized, specializes) in postcards. (specializes)
4. Old locks and keys (capture, captured) people’s attention in Terryville,
Connecticut. (capture)
5. Hundreds of clocks (enchanting, enchant) onlookers at a museum in New
Hampshire. (enchant)
6. People (to gape) at an enormous ball of twine—almost 9,000
pounds—in Kansas. (gape)
7. A museum in Pennsylvania (to display) mushrooms. (displays)
8. The Winchester Mystery House (to provide) an interesting stop in San
© Harcourt

Jose, Texas. (provides)

9. The world’s largest jackrabbit statue (to stand) in the middle of
Odessa, Texas. (stands)
Grade 6, Lesson 19 LA122 Grammar

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