SIMPLE PRESENT : SPELLING VARIATION

1 Complete the chart with the verbs in the box.

do does finishes goes listen play

speak studies watch watches

I / you / we / they he / she / it

1 6
____________ ____________
2 7
____________ ____________
3 8
____________ ____________
4 9
____________ ____________
5 10
____________ ____________

2 Write the 3rd person singular of the verbs.

1 go __________
2 do __________
3 finish __________
4 watch __________
5 study __________
6 have __________
7 write __________
8 cry __________
9 read __________
10 play __________

3 Choose the correct answers.

1 My dad … work at 6:30.

a finishes
b finish

2 My sister and I … TV after dinner.

a watching
b watch

3 Tessa … to bed at ten o’clock.

a go
b goes

4 My brother … his homework in front of the TV.

a do
b does
 5 We … dinner in the dining room.
a have
b to have

6 The baby … at night.

a cries
b cry

4 Rewrite the sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs.

1 My sister studies Russian.

I _____________________________________

2 We have breakfast at seven o’clock.

Joe ___________________________________

3 I do my homework after dinner.

My sister ______________________________

4 Baby Nina cries in the evening.

Babies ________________________________

5 My parents go to bed at 10:30.

My brother _____________________________

6 I watch TV in bed.
My dad ________________________________

5 Complete the text with the simple present form of the verbs in parentheses.
On Saturday, Tina 1_________ (have) breakfast at 7:30.

At 8:15, she 2_________ (go) to the Chinese Language School.

Tina 3____________ (study) Chinese at the school.

Tina and the other students 4____________ (listen) to CDs in Chinese.

Tina 5____________ (get) home at twelve o’clock.

In the afternoon, she 6_________ (watch) a DVD in Chinese!