Have Fun Learning English Grammar – Part I (Simple Present Positive)

Hi All,

I feel that many students require some help related to understanding and constructing sentences which adhere to the proper rules of grammar. As a student I initially struggled to capture the basics of English and grammatical rules, but after using a simple set of structured lessons I was able to enrich my knowledge and use the language more fluently. The set of posts I’m doing will be targeted to the novices of English language who are struggling to understand the grammatical rules.

In this blog post I’m going to blog about simple presentence which will be valuable for performing daily conversations based on present tense. Tense means the time. Ideally English language consists of PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE tenses.

Simple Presentence
Actions that are happening at present (taking place now).

FORMS:
     1. [VERB]
     2. [VERB] + s/es
Form 1 is used when referring to first (I), second (you) or third person plural form (they). Form 2 is used for third person (he/she/it).

We will consider the [VERB] eat

Positive: When we agree with the present action

  First Person: I eat

  Second Person: You/ We eat

  Third Person Singular: He/ She/ It eats

  Third Person Plural: They eat

 Look how [VERB]+S has been used for the third person singular. Now how do you think the below verbs can be used in first person singular?
 Go, Walk, Run, Play, Sleep


First Person       Second Person       Third Person - Singular       Third Person - Plural
I walk                  You/We walk           He/ She/ It walks                    They walk
I run                    You/We run             He/ She/ It runs                      They run
I play                   You/We play           He/ She/ It plays                     They play
I sleep                 You/We sleep          He/ She/ It sleeps                   They sleep

 Noticed any difference?
Yes, the usage of verb “Go” in third person singular form has applied the form [VERB] + ES.

What have we learnt up to now?
   • Simple presentence means describing an action that is taking place at present.
   • It has two forms: [Verb], [Verb] + s/es
   • We have learnt how to use verbs in the positive format of simple present.

Let us try out constructing a simple sentence (consisting of, [subject] + [verb] + [object]) in simple presentence.
 
   First Person: I play cricket.
   Second Person: You/ We play cricket.
   Third Person Singular: He/ She/ It plays cricket.
   Third Person Plural: They play cricket.

 Was it hard?

Quick question, what is the verb and object used in the above simple present sentences?
     Verb - play
     Object - cricket

Can you guess the Subjects used??? :)

What?

Yes, you now know to converse, write up simple present sentences in positive form.

As an exercise try coming up with simple present sentences for the following verbs.
Pay, Field, Bowl, Go, Walk, Run, Sleep

Completed already? Awesome! But you have to wait for my next post to finding out the answers.

Till we meet again,
Cheers,
Mr. Y3K

References:

• WOODWARD ENGLISH 
• ENGLISH PAGE 
• GUIDE TO GRAMMAR AND WRITING

Creative Writing - Announcement for The Company TRIP

Hi Ladies/Gents,

I was told that I had some flare when it came to writing. I never considered it to be a privilege, considering my education and all, but some of my friends pointed out that it would be really great if I posted my articles, scribbling for referential purposes, plus since the only blog I do is related to technology, I thought of blogging these in order to provide aid for needy.


To start off, I’ll be posting an announcement I jotted down, inviting my colleagues for the company TRIP.





Here comes the boring part...

Explanation:
The post can be divided into two main parts.
1. Presentation
2. Structure

1. Presentation:
The presentation is used for a simple eye opener.
Some words are bold some are formatted in differently, the tab spaces etc.
Since I work in the software field, in our company we get loads of work related mails, which actually pushes a person towards neglecting going through the daily dosage of emails. (Since work tickets has all the required information and PM is there for guiding you!
Welcome to my WORLD PEOPLE :))
What I really concentrated on was to provide an immediately identifiable difference.

2. Structure:
To create a bit of an enthusiasm and mystery among the intended audience, the words “We Have a Venue… etc” has been used.
After I’ve gotten their attention, the much needed information is immediately transferred with simple yet timely words. (For any masters – chillaxing is a combination of chill and relax, and I think it’s now considered as a legal word.)
Price details have been displayed with the smallest font! This is due to the fact that people are always concerned on their spending and as soon as they see a price tag it’ll just have a negative impact. Thus the font difference will make it easier to absorb as something humorous rather than a straight forward burden!
Afterwards towards the latter part a challenge has been thrown for the crowd who may have a strong mindset for non participation. (Ha ha ha ha -evil laugh)
And finally some self modified quote for providing a motivated laughter!!!
(The actual quote goes as: “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy”)

Phew…
It’s done.


Now for some fun,
If you haven't given much notice for the boring explanation, try reading out all the words which have been bold :)

Surprised???

Yeah it will provide a concised explanation!!!!

He he he...

People…

Hope it’s an eye catcher!

Cheerz.