PRESENT SIMPLE: EXERCISES

NOTAS SOBRE LA TERCERA PERSONA DEL SINGULAR DEL

"SIMPLE PRESENT"
▪ En la tercera persona del singular, el verbo siempre termina en -s:
he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks.
▪ Para las formas negativa e interrogativa, se emplea DOES (= tercera persona del auxiliar 'DO') + el infinitivo del verbo.
He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want vanilla.
▪ Verbos que terminan en -y : en la tercera persona del singular, se cambia la -y por -ies:
fly --> flies, cry --> cries
Excepción: cuando una vocal precede a la -y:
play --> plays, pray --> prays
▪ Añadimos -es a los verbos que terminan en:-ss, -x, -sh, -ch:
he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes

1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate simple present tense form of the verb given in the
brackets.

1. The plane ………arrives…………. at 6.30. (arrive)

2. I will phone you when he ………comes……………. back. (come)

3. Unless we …………starts……………. now we can’t be there on time. (start)

4. The sun ………rises……………… in the east. (rise)

5. The next term ………begins…………… on Monday. (begin)

6. She ………is……………… an engineer. (be)

7. They ………are…………. our relatives. (be)

8. When does the train ………departs……………? (depart)

9. Let’s wait till he ………finishies…………….. his work. (finish)

10. Please ring me up as soon as he …………arrives………………. (arrive)

EXERCISE 2:

Answers:

1. don´t

2. doesn´t

3. don´t

4. don´t

5. don´t

6. doesn´t

7. don´t

8. don´t

9. don´t

10. doesn´t

11. don´t

12. don´t

13. doesn´t
EXERCISE 03

1. Sees 17. catches

2. Takes 18. Buyes

3. brushes 19. passes

4. kisses 20. comes

5. calls 21. fights

6. gives 22. waters

7. plays 23 chooses

8. studies 24 flys

9. watches 25 matches

10. helps 26 carries

11. cutes

12. cries

13. swims

14. wakes

15. teaches

16. loses