Subject-Verb Agreement

Present Tense Forms of want and relax

Singular Plural
First Person I want We want
Second Person You want You want
Third Person He/she/it wants They want
Singular Plural
First Person I relax We relax
Second Person You relax You relax
Third Person He/she/it relaxes They relax

Examples: I want to eat an ice cream. They relax visibly.

Present Tense Forms of have

Singular Plural
First Person I have We have
Second Person You have You have
Third Person He/she/it has They have

Examples: You have my full attention. It has very bad breath!

Present Tense Forms of do/don’t

Singular Plural
First Person I do/don’t We do/don’t
Second Person You do/don’t You do/don’t
Third Person He/she/it does/doesn’t They do/don’t

Examples: She doesn’t like to wear dresses. We do our own homework.

Present Tense Forms of be

Singular Plural
First Person I am/was We are/were
Second Person You are/were You are/were
Third Person He/she/it is/was They are/were

Examples: We are learning so much today! I was lost before!

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