ENGLISH 111
College Life Around the World (page 9)
Find all the simple present verbs [write/writes] in the reading.
Why are they write or writes? What is the subject of the verb?
For example, the first simple present verb is live. It is live' [no s] because the subject is students from other places.
The present simple verbs in Similarities in Student Life (paragraph A) are:
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live |
students from other places |
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walk |
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= students from other places |
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get |
They |
= students from other places |
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take |
They |
= students from other places |
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attend |
They |
= students from other places |
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study |
They |
= students from other places |
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take |
They |
= students from other places |
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complete |
They |
= students from other places |
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get |
they |
= students from other places |
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have |
they |
= students from other places |
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is |
life on the campuses of institutions of higher learning |
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Do the same for the other three paragraphs.
Present simple verbs in Systems of Higher Education (paragraph B):
Note that can live is not present simple; it is live because of can.
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*There is a printing mistake (http://pages.zdnet.com/elued/111/files/erratum.html)
Present simple verbs in Differences in Teaching and Learning Styles (paragraph C):
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Present simple verbs in Campus Facilities and Services (paragraph D):
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