Tie your laces
Learn English vocabulary
Here are some shoes.
What are these blue things called?
They are shoelaces.
They are also called laces.
Look at this photo.
What is the mother doing?
What verb do we use for this action?
She is tying her daughter's laces.
We have the infinitive TO TIE
and then my, your, his, her, someone's, etc.
and then laces or shoelaces.
I tie my laces ...or... I tie my shoelaces.
You tie your laces ...or... you tie your shoelaces.
Let's look at the verb TO TIE in different tenses.
She ties her laces.
This is the present simple tense.
She is tying her laces.
This is the present continuous tense.
She tied her laces.
This is a simple past tense.
She has tied her laces.
This is a present perfect tense.
Look at this photo.
What is she doing?
This chart might help.
She is tying her laces.
Be careful, we generally use a possessive adjective,
or a possessive noun, and not an article as happens in some languages.
We don't say: She is tying the laces. NO!
She is tying HER laces.
Look at this boy. What is he doing?
The boy is tying his laces.
This is in the present continuous tense because
it is something he is doing right now.
And look at this picture.
What has the boy done?
The boy has tied his laces.
We use this perfect tense because
it is an action that has just been completed recently.
Remember, that we use the possessive adjective HIS before laces
And with this photo...
What is the father doing?
This chart might help again.
He is tying his son's laces.
Can you tie your laces?
At what age did you learn to tie your laces?
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