To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging
situations, emotions and wishes: I smoke (habit); I work in London (unchanging situation); London is a large city (general truth) To give instructions or directions: You walk for two hundred meters, then you turn left. To express fixed arrangements, present or future: Your exam starts at 09.00 To express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until: He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday
THIRD PERSON SINGULAR
In the third person singular the verb always ends in -s:
he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks. Negative and question forms use DOES (= the third person of the auxiliary 'DO') + the infinitive of the verb. He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want vanilla. Verbs ending in -y : the third person changes the -y to -ies: fly --> flies, cry --> cries Exception: if there is a vowel before the -y: play --> plays, pray --> prays Add -es to verbs ending in:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch: he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes
I .- CHANGE the verb into the correct form.
1. I usually ___________________ (go) to school. 2. They ___________________ (visit) us often. 3. You ___________________ (play) basketball once a week. 4. Tom ___________________ (work) every day. 5. He always __________________ (tell) us fanny stories. 6. She never __________________ (help) me with that. 7. Martha and Kevin __________________ (swim) twice a week. 8. In this club people usually ___________________ (dance) a lot. 9. Linda ____________________ (take care) of her sister. 10. John rarely _________________ (leave) the country. 11. We __________________ (live) in the city most of the year. 12. Lorie __________________ (travel) to Paris every Sunday. 13. I ___________________ (bake) cookies twice a month. 14. You always __________________ (teach) me new things. 15. She __________________ (help) the kids of the neighborhood. 16. London __________________ (be) in England. 17. The summer ______________ (be) hot. 18. She __________________ (drive) very well. 19. They _________________(open) the store at 8:00. 20. Linda ____________________ (be) a very pretty girl. 21. I _____________________ (have) several jobs. 22. Water ___________________ (boil) at 100 degrees. 23. Water ___________________ (freeze) at 0 degrees. 24. My sister __________________ (speak) English. 25. He _____________________ (have) a big apartment. 26. A triangle ___________________ (have) three corners. 27. My birthday ___________________ (be) in June. 28. Books _____________________ (have) many pages. 29. Dogs _____________________ (be) good friends. 30. I ____________________ (work) very hard.
II .- CHANGE the verb into the correct form.
1. I ___________________ (go) to the city once a week. 2. You ___________________ (play) the guitar very well. 3. She never __________________ (visit) me. 4. Tom always __________________ (find) new ways to do things. 5. Ann ___________________ (want) to speak. 6.Toronto __________________ (be) in Canada. 7. Cars ____________________ (have) wheels. 8. My mother __________________ (have) a big house. 9. We __________________ (play) a lot. 10. They ___________________ (sell) fruit and eggs. 11. The building _________________ (be) on fire. 12. Martha ___________________ (seem) sad. 13. I usually ____________________ (help) my neighbors. 14. His brother rarely ____________________ (leave) the town. 15. Daniel __________________ (fly) to Paris once a year. 16. She never __________________ (do) her homework. 17. Lisa __________________ (try) to help her sister. 18. Mark __________________ (go) home at seven. 19. The baby __________________ (cry) every night. 20. He ___________________ (miss) her a lot. 21. Joe ___________________ (study) really hard. 22. A boy __________________ (meet) a girl. 23. Joana __________________ (buy) new stuff all the time. 24. Tim __________________ (watch) his show every night. 25. Sara __________________ (say) this all the time. 26. The teacher __________________ (teach) us new things. 27. He ___________________ (pay) me well. 28. Barbara _______________ (wash) the dishes and Leo washes the floor. 29. Nick ____________________ (play) tennis twice a week. 30. The girl always ___________________ (push) somebody. 31. Isabella _____________________ (enjoy) listening to music. 32. David never _____________________ (mix) milk and eggs. 33. The bee ____________________ (buzz) 34. Taylor ___________________ (fix) cars.
III .- CHANGE the verb into the correct form.
1. I _________________________ (not ride) horses. 2. You _________________________ (not sell) cars. 3. He __________________________ (not bring) gifts. 4. She ___________________________ (not take) pictures. 5. It __________________________ (not cost) so much. 6. We __________________________ (not seem) so happy. 7. They __________________________ (not buy) new products. 8. Michael __________________________ (not dance). 9. Melanie __________________________ (not run) fast. 10. Tim and Kate ________________________ (not work) every day. 11. Lucas and Clara __________________________ (not eat) meat. 12. I _________________________ (not swim) much. 13. You _________________________ (not ski) at all. 14. It ________________________ (not hurt). 15. We _________________________ (not give up).
IV .- CHANGE the verb into the correct form.
1. ____________________________ (I wake up) at five in the morning? 2. ____________________________ (you go) to work by train? 3. ____________________________ (she drink) coffee every morning? 4. ____________________________ (he smoke)? 5. ____________________________ (it hurt)? 6. ____________________________ (we dance)? 7. ____________________________ (they travel)? 8. ____________________________ (Emma cook) well? 9. ____________________________ (Alexander exercise) regularly? 10. ____________________________ (I look) well? 11. ____________________________ (you rest) enough? 12. ____________________________ (William work) too hard? 13. ____________________________ (they travel) often? 14. ____________________________ (Anthony go) to sleep too late? 15. ____________________________ (you bake) cakes?