6.1: Subject-Verb Agreement — Read

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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

Example \(\PageIndex{1}\):

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

Example \(\PageIndex{2}\):

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

Example \(\PageIndex{3}\):

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

Example \(\PageIndex{4}\):

We are learning so much today!

I was lost before!

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