In the present tense, verbs agree with their subjects in number (singular or plural) and in person (first, second, or third):
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I walk |
we walk |
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you sit |
you sit |
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he, she, it stands |
they stand |
The present-tense ending -s (or -es) is used on a verb if its subject is third-person singular (she stands); otherwise the verb takes no ending (I walk).
The subject-verb agreement chart shows the present-tense forms of the typical verbs love and try and the irregular verbs do and have.
The chart also shows both the present and the past forms of the irregular verb be. Unlike any other verb, be has special forms in both the present and the past tense.
Present-tense forms of have
Present-tense and past-tense forms of be
When to use the -s (or -es) form of a present-tense verb
Present-tense forms of do (including negative forms)
Exercises:
Subject-verb agreement 1
Subject-verb agreement 2
Subject-verb agreement 3
Subject-verb agreement 4
Related topic:
-s (or -es) verb endings