📌

Remember this!

The present tense form of 'want' is want or wants. Example: He wants to go on vacation next month. (He wants to go on vacation next month.)

Definition of “want”

to desire or wish for something
to feel a need or a lack of something

Tense sentence structure and examples:

📝

Notes from a Native English Speaker

Here are the general structures of a present and past participle. Remember, some verbs have an irregular form and may not follow this structure: Present Participle: [Verb] -ing Past Participle: [Verb] -ed

Present Simple	want
Present Continuous	wanting
Present Perfect	wanted

Present Simple

The simple present tense is used to describe habitual, regular, or general facts.

Subject + Verb + (Object)

Example

She wants a new phone.

Example

They want to go to the movies.

Present Continuous

The present continuous tense is used to describe actions happening at the moment of speaking or future plans.

Subject + am/is/are + Present Participle + (Object)

Example

I am wanting some ice cream.

Example

They are wanting a better job.

Present Perfect

The present perfect tense is used to indicate actions completed at some point in the past but relevant to the present.

Subject + have/has + Past Participle + (Object)

Example

She has wanted to learn how to dance for a long time.

Example

They have wanted to start their own business.

want Subject-Verb Agreement

📝

Notes from a Native English Speaker

Subject-verb agreement means that a subject and its verb match. They’re either both plural or both singular. A singular subject takes a singular verb. - Example: The cat is sleeping. A plural subject takes a plural verb. - Example: The cats are sleeping.

In the present tense, 'want' follows the typical rule of adding 's' when the subject is third person singular (he, she, it), but it remains the same for all other subjects (first person, second person, and plural subjects).