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Learn how to write and pronounce correctly the Third Singular Person

1. 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

2. Objective: To learn about the Third Singular Person and its rules. Learn Basic English 3rd Person Daily Actions 6 Fun Kids English Vocabulary with Pumkincom.wmv

3. 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 .

4. Third Singular Person For example: He walk s to the park daily. The Subject (Subject Pronoun "He") is Third Person , Singular , and acting in the Simple Present .

5. 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

6. 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.

7. Normally, you simply add an "-s" to the end of a verb to create the 3rd-Person/Singular/Simple Present rub rub s ride ride s dream dream s see see s snow snow s drink drink s sleep sleep s write write s

8. If a verb ends with - sh , - ch , - ss , or -x you add an - es to the end of the verb. push push es teach teach es kiss kiss es fix fix es

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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)

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13. 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!