What is a present singular verb?

Answer 1

It is not applicable for English language but it is for some other languages. For example in the french language if the subject consists of more than one person or thing, then the verb takes a plural form. Bellow are some examples for the verb " think" which is "penser" in French

in the present form

Singular

Je pense = I think

tu penses = you think ( one person or thing as subject)

il pense = he thinks

Plural

Nous pensons = we think

vous pensez = you think ( two people, two things or more as subject)

ils pensent = they think

And this rule applies to all verbs in French.

Answer 2

A singular verb ends with a "s" and the rule is that if u have a singular subject (noun), you must have a singular verb.

EX: John runs to the store. (John is the subject an runs is the verb).

Answer 3

Singular verbs are verbs that describe the action of a singular noun.

For example, "The cat runs." "Cat" is singular, therefore the verb, "run," must be singular. To make run singular we add -s = runs.

Whereas a plural verb describes the action of a plural noun: "The cats run."

Answer 4

The singular verb is identified by the -s marker of the third person present indicative: is, has, does etc. Also am, the first person present indicative of to be is always singular. All other forms may be singular or plural.

Present, singular, first person - I play, I go, I sleep, I eat

Present singular, second person - you play, you go, you sleep, you eat

Present singular third person - he plays, she, goes, it sleeps, he eats

These are all simple present singulars. There are also present progressives (I am playing, you are going, she is sleeping) and present perfectives(I have gone, you have played, it has eaten), but that's getting more complicated.

Basically a verb is "present" if it is in the present tense as opposed the the past tense (as far as present perfectives, the verb you look at is, in this case, the have/has, not the main verb, but don't worry about that). A verb is "singular" if the subject it is referring to singular (I, you, he, she, the house, water, a lamp, etc.) as opposed to plural (we, you guys, the houses, etc.)

Answer 5

singular verbs

am - I am very happy.

is - He is happy. The teacher is happy.

was - I was happy. He was happy. The teacher is happy.

verb+s - He likes ice cream. The teacher likes ice cream.

has - He has a happy dog.

does - She does nothing all day.

Plural verbs

are - They are very happy.

have - They have a new car.

do - They do nothing all day

Answer 6

A singular verb has one subject, e.g. she is here. A plural verb has more than one subject, e.g. He and she are here

Answer 7

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