IXL | Simple past, present, and future tense: review

Complete the sentence with the present-tense form of the verb.

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Complete the sentence with the present-tense form of the verb.

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key idea

Present tense verbs tell you about something that is true or is happening now. The present-tense form of a verb must agree with its subject in number.

Singular subjects go with singular verbs. To form most singular present-tense verbs, add -s. For verbs that end in -sh, -ch, -s, -x, and -z, add -es. For verbs that end in consonant-y, change the y to i and add -es.

Snow falls outside my window.

Dylan washes the dishes.

Susan carries the boxes to her room.

Plural subjects, I, and you go with plural verbs, which have no ending.

Ice cubes float in water.

You look nice today.

Two verbs are irregular in the present tense, to be and to have. You must remember their forms.

This soup is too hot.

Erin has long hair.

solution

Look at the subject, a rate. It is singular.

Approach ends in -ch, so add -es to get the singular present-tense form, approaches.

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OO.1Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?

OO.12Change the sentence to future tense

OO.2Form and use the regular past tense

LL.1Irregular past tense: review

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