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I won’t, etc. Exchange the paper with one of your friends. Read what
he/she has written and re-express their plans in the form of intentions
using the structures: is going to/planning to/intending to/ thinking of,
etc. You can begin the paragraph as:
-----------------is my class friend. He/she is going to----------------------
tomorrow morning. Tomorrow evening he/she-------------------------------.

Grammar

Think and Act

‘Is’, ‘am’ and ‘are’ are all the present forms of the verb ‘to be’. All other
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verbs have two present forms. Complete the following table with the
missing present forms of the verbs.

Am/ are is
have -------
-------- does
change --------
--------- goes

Study Time

a. A head teacher is saying something here. Read the paragraph, and see
how the verb forms change with the difference in the number and
person of the nouns/pronouns.

One of our students is very good at sports. Everyone has good relations
with her. All the teachers encourage her to do even better. She doesn’t
waste her time sitting and doing nothing. Most children in her small
village take her as a role model.

Did you notice? Verb forms like has, does, makes, etc. can be used
with the nouns/pronouns that take ‘is’ and have, do, make with those
that take am or are.

b. Complete the following sentences choosing one of the correct forms
of the verbs in the brackets.
i. Two and two (make, makes, making, made) four.

ii. Your sheep (is, are, have, has) healthy .Where did you buy them?

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