Use this verb when you make an entrance or container accessible.
The idea
Say open the door. With he or she in the present, use opens. Ask Can you open it?
Examples
- I open the door for my friend.
- She opens the box carefully.
- We open the window in the morning.
- Please open the bag.
- Can you open this jar?
- The children open their lunch boxes.
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After can, use open, not opens.
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Choose the correct form. He ___ the gate. (open / opens)
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opens
Opens matches the subject he.
Choose the correct form. Please ___ the bottle. (open / opens)
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open
Open follows please in this request.
Choose the correct form. Can you ___ the suitcase? (open / opens)
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open
Open follows can in the question.
Practice round
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Choose the correct form. He ___ the gate. (open / opens)
Choose the correct form. Please ___ the bottle. (open / opens)
Choose the correct form. Can you ___ the suitcase? (open / opens)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Ask someone politely to open a container for you.