ln the third person singular affirmative (he, she,

we add -s to the verb.

fnds

find +
Iough +

rt),

affirmative.

soy ' .t

Ioughs

We add -es to verbs which end in -sg -sh, <h, -x

and -o in the third person singular affirmative.

press {
wosh +
watch

fix
do

+
+

ln the nelative and question forms, we

presses

fxes

main verb in its infinitive form.

They don't swim in the winter.
David doesn't like spoghetti.
Do you work on Soturdays?

does

Does Helen go

woshes

wotches

to

school on Sundays?

ln short answers, we only use do/does.

We don't use the main verb.
Do you like the theate? Yeg I do.
Does he eat fish? Nq he doesn't

affirmative.

tidy t
+

sdys

use the auxiliary verb do/does and the

When a verb ends in a consonant + -y, we take

off the -y and add -ies in the third person singular

marry

When a verb ends in a vowel + -y, we

just add -s in the third person singular

tidies

morries

Complete the sentences with the negative

form of the Present Simple.

Eg

t ........!..dp.rtL.!ikp........ chicken. (rke).

I They
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

He
We
She
You
I ...........
She
He

footbatt. (play)

history. (teach)
a lot of television. (watch)

to the gym. (go)

a lot of fruit. (eat)
..... French. (speak)

a bike

to work. (ride)

cola. (drink)

Complete the questions with the Present Simple and write answers.
pop music? (you

Iike)

the words? (he / know)

meat? (they
nice?

letters to them? (you

well? (your father

/ write)

eat) X

(l llook)

tennis? (she

play)

cook)

,Y

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