The Simple Present Tense

1. The Simple Present Tense Third Person Singular

2. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Rules Read: reads Play: plays Come: comes Like: likes Work: works Add –s to the verbs

3. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Rules Verbs ending in –s, sh, ch, x, o add es Pass: passes Wash: Washes Fix: fixes Go: goes

4. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Rules Verbs ending in –y followed by consonant, change ‘y’ to ies Study: studies Fly: flies Dry: dries Cry: cries

5. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Examples Read: She reads story books everyday. Play: Heplays soccer on sundays. Come: Maria comes to school by car. Like: Marcuslikes to listen to music. Work: Pedroworks for Mabel Factory. Live: Lúcia lives in Jardim Olímpico.

6. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Examples Pass: Krispasses me the salt, please Wash: CarlosWashes his car on Sundays. Fix: Andre fixes his bike when it breaks Go: Susygoes to the club at the weekend Do: Márcia does her homework at 3:00 p.m Watches: Lucius watches TV every night.

7. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Examples Study: He studies English downtown Fly: andreaflies her model plane. Dry: Silmadries her clothes at home. Cry: Anthonycries for his girlfriend.

8. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Identify the verbs Henry is a shop assistant. He works in a shop at the station. He gets up at seven o’clock. He has breakfast at half past seven. He drives to the station. At the station he sees a friend, Mary. She goes to work by train. Her train leaves at eight o’clock. Henry starts work again. At eleven o’clock, he stops working for fifteen minutes and drinks coffee. He doesn’t have lunch. At four o’clock he stops working and has tea and a cake. He leaves work at half past five. He doesn’t stay late. He studies German before he goes to bed.