1. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Rules
1st
. rule: Add –s to the verbs
Read: reads
Play: plays
Come: comes
Like: likes
Work: works
2nd
. Rule: Verbs ending in –s, sh, ch, x, o add es
Pass: passes
Wash: Washes
Fix: fixes
Go: goes
3rd. Rule:Verbs ending in –y followed by consonant, change
‘y’ to ies .
Study: studies
Fly: flies
Dry: dries
Cry: cries
3rd. Rule, Verbs: Examples
Study: He studies English downtown
Fly: Andrea flies her model plane.
Dry: Silma dries her clothes at home.
Cry: Anthony cries for his girlfriend.
Identify the verbs
Henry is a shop assistant. He
works in a shop at the station. He
gets up at seven o’clock. He has
breakfast at half past seven. He
drives to the station. At the
station he sees a friend, Mary.
She goes to work by train. Her
train leaves at eight o’clock.
Henry starts work again. At
eleven o’clock, he stops working
for fifteen minutes and drinks
coffee. He doesn’t have lunch.
At four o’clock he stops working
and has tea and a cake. He leaves
work at half past five. He doesn’t
stay late. He studies German
before he goes to bed.
1st. Rule, Verbs: Examples
Read: She reads story books everyday.
Play: He plays soccer on Sundays.
Come: Maria comes to school by car.
Like: Marcus likes to listen to music.
Work: Pedro works for Mabel Factory.
Live: Lúcia lives in Jardim Olympics.
2nd. Rule, Verbs: Examples
Pass: Kris passes me the salt, please
Wash: Carlos Washes his car on Sundays.
Fix: Andre fixes his bike when it breaks
Go: Susy goes to the club at the weekend
Do: Márcia does her homework at 3:00 p.m
Watches: Lucius watches TV every night.
• Phillips _________________(fly) to Guayaquil in Spring.
• Bob _________________(like) to play hide and seek with her classmates.
• Paula _________________(row) on the lake on Sunday afternoons.
• Julio _________________(watch) videos in the evenings.
• The child _________________(climb) on the monkey bars in the park.
• He _________________(go) round and round on the merry-go-round.
• Mrs. Ramirez_________________(dress up) as a pirate every Halloween.
• Bastian _________________(wash) her hair every week.
• Martha _________________(have) a break at 11 o’clock.
• Samantha _________________(roller-skate) in the park on Wednesday.
• Ceci_______________(attend) orchestra practice after institution..
• Andrew___________ (copy) the exercises in the English class.
• Sarah _____________(do) activities in the gym every month.