Directions Type Form 4, the S-Form (third person singular in the simple

present tense), of each verb in the blank. Use the TAB key to go to the
next blank. If your answer is not correct, you see equal signs. For
example, = = means the correct answer has two letters. = = = means the
correct answer has three letters. To see all the answers, click "Correct
Answers". To clear the whole activity, click "Clear All".

eat + s carry + s
visit + s =
= =
(Use the TAB key to
move.) watch + s miss + s

= =
play + s =
judge + s
do + s =
study + s = =
see + s
work + s
buy + s = =
=
enjoy + s
fix + s =
=

say + s

Your results
You answered 10 tasks out of 10 correctly. That is 100%.

1. I sing → she sings

2. I play → she plays
3. I read → she reads
4. I go → she goes
5. I ask → she asks
6. I carry → she carries
7. I enjoy → she enjoys
8. I wash → she washes
9. I call → she calls
10. I cry → she cries
What's the best word to complete the sentence?

Your score is 95%.

Questions answered correctly first time: 9/10.
You have completed the exercise.
SHOW ONE AT A TIME

1. Jo is so smart that she ________ every exam without even trying.

A. ? passies
B. ? pass
C. passes
2. My life is so boring -- I just ________ TV every night.
A. watch
B. ? watchies
C. watches
3. I ________ in a bank.
A. work
B. ? works
C. ? workes
4. My mother ________ eggs for breakfast every morning.
A. ? fry
B. ? frys
C. fries
5. The bank ________ at four o'clock.
A. ? close
B. closes
C. ? closies
6. She ________ in Florida.
A. ? live
B. lives
C. ? livees
7. My best friend ________ to me every week.
A. writes
B. ? write
C. ? writies
8. It ________ almost every day in Manchester.
A. rains
B. ? raines
C. ? rain
9. John ________ very hard in class, but I don't think he'll pass the course.
A. ? trys
B. ? try
C. tries
10. We ________ to Spain every summer.
A. ? flies
B. fly
C. ? flys
Put the verb in brackets in the correct form (present simple or present
continuous).
Correct! Well done.
Your score is: 94%.

Mary and I work (work) in the same office, but we're completely
different. She likes (like) coffee, but I like (like) tea. She washes (wash) her car every
weekend, but I never clean (clean) mine. She smiles (smile) all the time at work, but
I feel (feel) miserable. I complain (complain) about the boss all the time, but
Mary thinks (think) the boss is a nice person. When I finish (finish) work, I like to drink
beer with my friends, but Mary studies (study) at night school. The boss thinks (think)
Mary is perfect, but she drives (drive) me nuts!
Habits & Routines
An activity by Isabel Pérez Torres for Students in Secondary Education

Break On On brush by does does finishes get get go goes goes goes
has has have have his in past play plays starts surf to until watch
watches

Maria's week:

"On weekdays, I get up at half past seven. I have a shower, brush my hair and get dressed. I
go to school by car. School starts at a quarter past eight. Break is from quarter past
eleven to quarter to twelve. School finishes at half past two. I have lunch at three o'clock........."

Carlos' week

"............................Every afternoon, I go to the gym, I also play with the computer, watch tv
and surf the net. On Saturdays and Sundays I play basketball."
Everyday, he does his homework and at nine o'clok he has a shower and has dinner. Then,
the
he goes to his bedroom to listen music.

Alejandro's week

...............On Saturday, he plays hockey in the morning. In the evening, he goes to the cinema
and goes to bed at half past one. On Sunday morning he does his homework and in the
evening watches tv.

Text and pictures by students from 4º E in IES Isaac Albeniz (Málaga)

MODAL VERB USE EXAMPLES

CAN PERMISSION  I can play video games for one hour everyday.


CAN ABILITY  My mum can’t speak Japanese.

 Can you jump high?

SHOULD ADVICE  You should visit your dentist twice a year.

 You shouldn’t eat junk food.
 What should I do to get a 10?

MUST OBLIGATION  You must listen to the teacher.

MUSTN’T PROHIBITION  Students mustn’t eat chewing gum in class.

 People mustn't smoke in bars or restaurants

REMEMBER: Subject + modal verb + main verb in the infinitive form!

Present Continuous Spelling Rules
Basically, the Present Continuous tense is formed by adding -ing to the base verb.

Most verbs add -ing

-ING Rules Examples:

Eat – eating

Speak – speaking

Cook – cooking

Start – starting

Do – doing

Stay – staying

Fix – fixing
  Most verbs ended with -y, add -ing
Examples:

Buy – buying

Enjoy – enjoying

Play – playing

Say – saying

Try – trying

 Verbs that ended with -e, drop the -e and add -ing
Examples:

Make – making

Write – writing

Drive – driving

Take – taking

Have – having

Shave – shaving

Share – sharing

Shake – shaking

 Verbs that ended with -ee, add -ing

Examples:

See – seeing

Agree – agreeing

 Verbs ended with a consonant preceded by a vowel, double the

consonant and add -ing
Present Continuous Spelling Examples:
Swim – swimming

Run – running

Get – getting

Stop – stopping

Sit – sitting

Put – putting

Skip – skipping

Travel – travelling

Regret – regretting

 Do not double the letter if the words ends in two consonants

Examples:

Help – helping

Talk – talking

Work – working

 Two-syllable verbs: the last consonant is doubled when the last syllable is
stressed
Examples:

Forget – forgetting

Upset – upsetting

Prefer – preferring

 Do not double the letter if the word has two or more syllables and the
last part is not stressed.
Examples:

Visit (first part is stressed) – visiting

Benefit (first part is stressed) – benefiting

  Do not double the letter if the word ends in -y or -w
Examples:

Buy – buying

Enjoy – enjoying

Snow – snowing

 Verbs ended with -ie, change -ie to -y, add -ing

Examples:

Lie – lying

Die – dying

 Verbs ended with -c, change -c to -ck

-ING Rules Examples:

Picnic – picnicking

 Exceptions:
Age – ageing

Dye – dyeing

Singe – singeing

Budget – budgeting

Enter – entering