The Third Person Singular Verbs: Rules

1st. rule: Add –s to the verbs

Read: reads
3rd. Rule, Verbs: Examples
Play: plays
Come: comes Study: He studies English downtown
Like: likes Fly: Andrea flies her model plane.
Work: works Dry: Silma dries her clothes at home.
2nd. Rule: Verbs ending in –s, sh, ch, x, o add es Cry: Anthony cries for his girlfriend.
Pass: passes
Wash: Washes Identify the verbs
Fix: fixes
Go: goes Henry is a shop assistant. He
3rd. Rule:Verbs ending in –y followed by consonant, change
works in a shop at the station. He
‘y’ to ies .
Study: studies gets up at seven o’clock. He has
Fly: flies breakfast at half past seven. He
Dry: dries drives to the station. At the
Cry: cries station he sees a friend, Mary.
She goes to work by train. Her
train leaves at eight o’clock.
Henry starts work again. At
1st. Rule, Verbs: Examples eleven o’clock, he stops working
Read: She reads story books everyday. for fifteen minutes and drinks
Play: He plays soccer on Sundays. coffee. He doesn’t have lunch.
Come: Maria comes to school by car. At four o’clock he stops working
Like: Marcus likes to listen to music. and has tea and a cake. He leaves
Work: Pedro works for Mabel Factory. work at half past five. He doesn’t
Live: Lúcia lives in Jardim Olympics.
stay late. He studies German
2nd. Rule, Verbs: Examples
before he goes to bed.
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.