Here’s my analysis of a couple of sentences I found in the ESL002 Present Tense Discussion:

Here’s my analysis of a couple of sentences I found in the ESL002 Present Tense Discussion:

by mengyao chen -
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Sentence 1:
“I eat lunch at noon every day. My sister eats lunch at noon, too.”

  • Subject: “I” and “sister”
  • Pronouns: “My” (possessive pronoun referring to the speaker) and “she” (subject pronoun replacing "sister")
  • Predicate: The main verb is "eat" in the first sentence, which is in the present tense and agrees with the first-person subject "I". In the second sentence, the verb "eats" is in the present tense and agrees with the third-person singular subject “sister.”

Both sentences have correct subject-verb agreement. The pronoun "My" agrees with the noun "I" (the speaker), and the pronoun "she" agrees with "sister."

Sentence 2:
“We go to the park every weekend. They go there with us.”

  • Subject: "We" and "They"
  • Pronouns: "They" replaces "people" or another noun in the broader context, and “us” replaces "we" in the second sentence.
  • Predicate: In the first sentence, the verb "go" is in the present tense and agrees with the plural subject "We." In the second sentence, the verb "go" is in the present tense and agrees with the plural subject "They."

Both sentences are correct in terms of subject-verb agreement. The pronoun "They" agrees with a plural antecedent (people), and the pronoun "us" agrees with the plural subject "We."