Basic sentence construction

I

You

We

He

They

It

She

Subject

Subject

People

Singular

Ali

Plural

Ali and Abu

Animal

The cats

Place

My house and Ali’s house

​The cat

​My house

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VERB

Simple present eat

sleep

Simple past ate slept

Present continuous eating sleeping

Past Continuous eating sleeping

Subject (S) + Verb (v) + Object

I

eat

nasi lemak.

I

am eating

nasi lemak

Present tense

I

s

I eat nasi lemak.

You

s

You eat nasi lemak.

We

s

We eat nasi lemak.

They

s

They eat nasi lemak.

He

s

He eats nasi lemak.

She

s

She eats nasi lemak.

It

s

It eats fish.

Present Continuous Tense

Subject

be-Verb

Verb+ (ing)

I

am

eating

You

are

eating

We

are

eating

They

are

eating

He

is

eating

She

is

eating

It

is

eating