British verbs conjugation

One verb at a time: how to use verbs in English

The verbs so no the soul of each phrase. These are the words that express an action, a state or an event and that allow us to tell, ask and describe. A d if fliance of Italian, which for each for so na e verbal time ha una desinenza diversa, l’inglese è molto più semplice, con una piccola eccezione… la terza persona singolare al this semplice. Vediamo subito di cosa si tratta.

The famous 's' of the third for so na

Quando parliamo del this semplice (simple present), English has a golden rule to never forget: for the third for so na singular (he, she, it), al verbo si aggiunge una 's' in the end.

This 's' è un po’ as a road sign that says "hey, be careful! We are talking about an so la per so na or what". It doesn't matter which verb is, if regular or irregular, the rule applies to everyone.

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Examples:

• She reads a book every day. (She reads a book every day.)
• He plays football on Saturdays. (He plays football on Saturday.)
• It often rains here. (Spes so it rains here.)

What happens when a verb ends with 's', 'sh', 'ch', 'x', 'O' o 'z'?

Se il verbo termina con una delle lettere o gruppi di lettere sopra citati, non aggiungiamo solo una 's', but one 'es'. This makes the pronunciation more flowing.

Examples:

• My sister finishes her homework early. (Mia so rella ends the tasks soon.)
• He goes to the gym three times a week. (Lui va in palestra tre volte a week.)
• The teacher teaches us English. (The teacher teaches us English.)

And the verbs that end up in 'y'?

Here is a small trick. If the verb ends in 'y' preceduta da una consonante, la 'y' turns into 'i' and then the 'es'.

But if the 'y' è preceduta da una vocal, as in "play", simply add the 's':

• He plays the piano very well. (He plays the piano mol to be ne.)

Regular and irregular verbs: where to find the answers

This rule of 's' it applies to almost all verbs. If you want to deepen, the British verbs are divided into two large cat egorie:

• The regular verbs a predictable conjugation scheme and so are Followed very easy to learn.
• The irregular verbs non seguono uno schema preciso e le loro forms passate vanno imparate a memoria.

Do not be frightened by this small exception. English, with its much more linear verbal system than Italian, will give you a lot of so dysfactions. Just do some practice and you will see that the rule of 's' it will become natural for you.