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Welcome to English Forums.It's an imperative sentence, the subject being (you) understood."Give" is a verb, present tense, second person singular or plural, the simple predicate of the sentence."yearbook" is a noun, the direct object of the verb."whoever" is a...

Panesh:Sunrise (one word) is a noun.In your sentence, the word "rise" is a verb, not a noun. Every sentence must have a verb. English used to be a highly inflected language. Over the centuries, the inflections have been changed or lost. The addition of -s in third person singular,...

CB's explanation is 100% right on. It is a linguistic question dealing with phonology. By the way, the same principle is in play with the plural noun ending 's/es': 's' after a non-voiced consonant (lamps, desks); 'z' after a voiced consonant or a vowel (dogs,...

Hi Mad, With this scant context, it could be taken either way. It's pretty confusing. "Friends" is plural. Was she paired with one particular guy? Whom is she talking to? Her date?? "Felt" is past tense, but "is" is present tense. Is she still on the date...

All the rules for adding S are the same for plurals as for third-person singular present tense verbs, including the words that end in y. That said, there are a few exceptions that you will encounter from time to time, for example, words that end in f or fe. There are so few that you can just...

An echo is tangible. Tangible means 'perceptible to the senses; real'-- as opposed to conceptual or abstract.Yes, it is countable in any terms. (As a noun, the word is plural countable; as a verb, it is 3rd person singular simple present tense)It is a natural, physical phenomenon or process (as...

The celebration ended with a dazzling display of fireworks. ( active voice celebration ended instead of was ended, dazzling is an adjective modifying display, there are more than one firework so use plural ) When the celebration ends, they could watch the firework display. ( Present tense is...

Question 1Although the question has already been answered, I should like to comment on why arise is the correct choice. The subject of the clause should any difference arise is difference, which is singular and third person. One of the fundamental principles of English grammar is that the subject...

had is the past tense. It is used for all persons, both singular and plural. have is the present tense. It is used for all persons, both singular and plural EXCEPT third person singular. has is the present tense for third person singular. Who ...? He ... She ... It ... | I...

You are talking about the third person forms in the present tense. In these cases, there is always only one s added, on the verb for the singular case, on the noun subject for the plural case. Basic forms: word describe Together: The word describes (one word) (Only one s.) The words...