This micro class discusses the third singular person in English. It begins by defining the third singular person as a verb taking an extra "-s" suffix when the subject is third person, singular, and in the simple present tense. Examples are provided like "He walks to the park daily." It then covers concepts like third person referring to any party not in a conversation and simple present tense referring to facts. The class reviews how verbs are made third singular by typically adding "-s" and "-es" if the verb ends in certain letters. It concludes by discussing pronunciation of the third singular based on whether the sound is voiced or voiceless.
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Third Singular Person. genesisortizf
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2. Universidad Tecnológica Oteima
Profesorado en Media Diversificada
Evaluación de Aprendizaje Aplicando Tecnologiá Educativa
Micro Class:
Third Singular Person
Presented by:
Genesis Ortiz Fuentes
Date:
24/8/2013
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4. Third-Person, Singular, Simple
Present
What is it?
Under very special circumstance, verbs in English take
an extra "-s" suffix:
Verbs take the "-s" suffix when the Subject...
...is Third Person,
...is Singular, and
...is acting in the Simple Present.
5. Third Singular Person
For example:
He walks to the park daily.
The Subject (Subject
Pronoun "He") is Third
Person, Singular, and
acting in the Simple
Present.
6. Concepts: Third Person (Person)
There are THREE possible parties to a
conversation:
The person speaking:
First
Person
The person being spoken
to: Second
Person
Some other person
not in the conversation:
Third
Person
7. Concepts: Simple Present
(Tense/Aspect)
The Simple Present is not really about the present,
and it's actually not all that simple! Much of the time, it's
used to talk about a fact.
For example, consider the two sentences in the previous
section:
He has a dog.
They have a dog.
8. Normally, you simply add an "-s" to the
end of a verb to create the 3rd-
Person/Singular/Simple Present
rub rubs
ride rides
dream dreams
see sees
snow snows
drink drinks
sleep sleeps
write writes
9. If a verb ends with -sh, -ch, -ss, or -x you
add an -es to the end of the verb.
push pushes
teach teaches
kiss kisses
fix fixes
10. Pronunciation of Third Person
Singular
Note: The letters between the slash marks / / refer to sounds, not to
spelling.
1. The -(e)s of the simple present tense is pronounced as /z/ after a voiced
sound, except /z/, /zh/, and /j/. The voiced sounds are sounds that are
produced by vibration of the vocal chords. The voiced sounds in English
are: a. All vowels
b. /b/, /g/, j sound (as in judge), /l/, /m/, /n/, /r/, voiced th (as in bathe),
/v/, ng (as in bang), zh sound (as in measure), z sound (as in buzz)
Examples: plays, sees, goes, robs, hangs, calls, rams, learns, blurs, clothes,
receives
11. Pronunciation of Third Person
Singular
2. The -(e)s of the simple present tense is pronounced
as /s/ after a voiceless sound, except /s/, /sh/, and /ch/. The
voiceless sounds are sounds that are produced with no
vibration of the vocal chords. The voiceless sounds in English
are: a. /f/, /k/, /p/, /s/, voiceless th (as in with), ch (as in
watch), sh (as in wash).
Examples: laughs, talks, stops
12. Pronunciation of Third Person
Singular
3. When a word ends in /s/, /sh/, /ch/, /z/, /j/ the -es is pronounced
as a separate syllable: /ɪz/. Therefore, if a verb ends in one of these
sounds, the present tense will have one more syllable than the simple form.
Examples: fix (1 syllable)-->fixes (2 syllables)
kiss (1 syllable)-->kisses (2 syllables)
wash (1 syllable)-->washes (2 syllables)
watch (1 syllable)-->watches (2 syllables)
damage (2 syllables)-->damages (3 syllables)
memorize (3 syllables)-->memorizes (4 syllables)
exercise (3 syllables)-->exercises (4 syllables)
14. As Conclusion…
It has been a pleasure for me to explain you a little
more about the Third Singular Person, its rules,
pronunciations and grammar. I hope that you can improve
your English skills.
“English is for Life”
Enjoy it people!
