Third person rule

The third person is a rule that changes the last part of a verb in the present tense.

Third person
I He She It
Play Plays He plays football
We simply add
Regular Give Gives He gives money to charity
a letter S at the
verbs Make Makes end of the verb He makes great sandwiches
Eat Eats He eats like a lion
Sleep Sleeps He sleeps like a bear

I He She It
Kiss Kisses If the verb ends
She kisses beautifully
Fix Fixes in SS, X, CH, SH o She fixes my thoughts
Irregular
Watch Watches r the letter O, we She watches the movie
verbs add + ES in the
third person
She crashes our car very
Crash Crashes often
Go Goes She goes shopping

I He She It
Carry Carries If the verb ends in He carries a lot of weight
Finish a Consonant + Y,
Hurry Hurries She hurries the children
with we remove the Y
Y Study Studies and + IES in the He studies a lot
Deny Denies third person. She denies everything
Comply Complies He complies with his duty

Third person exercises:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_s.htm

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/1g54-elementary-third-person-multiple-
choice.php

Homework
Write down a phrase using each one of this 3rd person forms of the present verb:

 Play  comply
 Give  marry
 Make  bury
 Eat  pay
 sleep  push.
 kiss
 fix
 match
 crash
 go
 carry
 hurry
 study
 deny