POSITIVE: NEGATIVE: INTERROGATIVE:

I, you, we, they: bare infinitive I, you, we, they: don’t + bare infinitive Do + I/ you/we/ they + bare infinitive
he, she, it: bare infinitive + -s he, she, it: doesn’t + bare infinitive. Does + he/she/it + bare infinitive
E.g.: E.g.: E.g.:
I drink milk every day. I don’t drink milk every day. Do I drink milk every day?
He dinks milk every day. He doesn’t drink milk every day. Does he drink milk every day?

3rd
P ERSON SINGULAR SPELLING RULES:

General rule: add Verbs ending in s, Verbs ending in o: Verbs ending in Verbs ending in
-s ss, ch, sh, x: add add -es consonant + y: vowel + y: add -s
-es change the y into i
walk – she walks miss – she misses go – she goes and add -es play – she plays
talk – she talks watch – she watches do – she does study – she studies enjoy – she enjoys
answer – answers wash – washes tidy – she tidies stay – she stays
fix – she fixes
Write the third person singular in the present simple of the following verbs in the right place.
A
forgetflybrushopensaypraypayunderstandthrowechocookhurrytouchstudyfinishapplycatchlikegowanttrystayenjoywishpl
aysupplydoobeyrelaxundo

Forgets, opens, Brushes, finishes, Pays, Says, prays, Flies,tries,supplie Goes,does,echoes,

cooks, touches,catches, obeys, enjoys, s,applies,hurries undoes
understands,thorws wishes,relaxes stays,
, likes, wants,
students

Verb + -s Verb + -es Vowel + y + -s Consonant + y + -es o + -es

B
Fill in the blanks with the present simple of the verbs in brackets.
1. Janet watches (watch) a film on TV. 11. My family plans (plan) a trip to the UK every year.
2. The girl finishes (finish) her homework. 12. Mr. Harris is the one who usually carryes (carry) the
3. My father fixes (fix) the TV. heavy boxes to the attic.
4. The children visits (visit) the museum every school year. 13. I normally talks (talk) to John on the phone.
5. Helen washes (wash) her hair every two days. 14. Karen and Sara plays (play) the guitar.
6. My friend tryes (try) to cheer me up. 15. The students describes (describe) their homes
7. My mother guides (guide) me. easily.
8. They offers (offer) me a CD every Christmas. 16. Tom collects (collect) stamps.
9. I waits (wait) for you whatever happens. 17. The young boy cryes (cry) for help.
10. My mother always divides (divide) the cake in six. 18. Susan wraps (wrap) the present.
19. Katy admires (admire) her grandmother.
20. Babies likes (like) to clap their hands.
C Fill in the gaps with the Present Simple (negative) of the verbs in brackets.

1. David doesn´t watches (not / watch) films in the cinema.

2. Carol doesn´t likes (not / like) to go to parties.
3. My parents doesn´t goes (not / go) to restaurants.
4. Peter doesn´t closes (not / close) the door when he enters.
5. Nicole doesn´t obeys (not / obey) any rule.
6. Jewels doesn´t disappears (not / disappear) just like that!
7. I don’t likes (not / like) to wait too much long.
8. Mrs. Underwood doesn´t understands (not / understand) me.
9. The students doesn´t identifyes (not / identify) the subject in the sentence.
10. The naughty boys doesn´t apologises (not / apologise) for their bad behaviour as a rule.
11. Caroline doesn´t likes (not / like) to be disturbed.
12. Thieves doesn´t admits (not / admit) that they steal.

D Now use the interrogative form of the present simple.

1. Does the girl blushes (the girl / blush) when her boyfriend kisses her?
2. Does Caroline likes (Caroline / like) to be disturbed?
3. Does you explains (you / explain) clearly?
4. Does Mun cooks (Mum / cook) dinner every day?
5. Does the pupil asks (the pupil / ask) for help?
6. Does girls enjoys (girls / enjoy) going to parties?
7. Do you visits (you / visit) the museum regularly?
8. Does Charles arrives (Charles / arrive) early as a rule?
9. Does secretaries makes (secretaries / make) hotel reservations?
10. Does Mars. Clark waters (Mrs. Clark / water) the plants?
11. Does the cat scractches (the cat / scratch) the front door?
12. Does your sisters (your sister / cook) well?

E Rewrite the sentences both in the negative and interrogative forms.

1. I walk to school. 5. I talk to Andrew every single day.
NEG. I Don´t walk to school NEG. I Doesn´t I talk to Andrew every
INT. Do I walk to school? single day
2. That driver never stops at the traffic INT. Do I talk to Andrew every single day.
lights. 6. Michael works in a big company.
NEG. That doesn´t driver never stops at NEG. Michael doesn´t works in a big
the traffic lights. company
INT. Does That driver never stops at the INT. Does Michael works in a big company?
traffic lights? 7. My Mum mixes all the ingredients.
3. The boys play football quite well. NEG. My Mum doesn´t mixes all the
NEG. The doesn´t boy play football quite ingredients.
well. INT. Does My Mum mixes all the
INT. Does The boy play football quite well? ingredients.
4. This kite flies real high. 8. My brother Alfred studies Spanish at
NEG. This doesn´t kite fly real high. school.
INT. Does This kite fly real high? NEG. My brother Alfred doesn´t study
Spanish at school.
INT. Does My brother Alfred studies
Write the 3rd person singular of the verbs:

1. I join - he joins 2. I like - he likes 3. I kiss - he kisses

4. I fly - he flys 5. I watch - he watches 6. I enjoy - he enjoys
7. I talk - he talks 8. I go - he goes 9. I teach - he teackes
10. I buy - she buys 11. I finish - she finishes 12. I cry - she cryes

I. Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences, as in the example:

1. I ..lives (live) in Edinburgh. 2. He does (do) his homework every evening.

3. She’s a teacher. She works (work) at primary school.
4. “Are you a singer?” “No, I’m a pilot. I flyes (fly) aeroplanes.
5. Joan washes (wash) her hair every day.
6. The museum closes (close) at seven in the evening.
7. Daniel brushes (brush) his teeth every morning.
8. She studies (study) Science at university.
9. Every Saturday, Paul gives (give) his dog a bath.
10. In the mornings, Betty takes (take) her sister to school.
11. We goes (go) to the swimming pool at the weekend.
12. John and Mary haves (have) a cup of tea in the afternoon.

II. Use the prompts to write sentences, as in the example:

1. he / every day / work / on the computer → He works on the computer every day.
2. Susana / at the weekend / do her laundry → Susana does her laundry at the weekend
3. My friends and I / at the weekend / go fishing → My friends and I goes fishing at the weekend
4. he / every morning / read the newspaper → He reads the newspaper every morning
5. Sharon / exercise / in the morning → Sharon exercises in the morning
6. dinner / they / at 7:30 / eat → They eats dinner at 7:30

III.Write questions and negations as in the example.

1. Tom lives in England. → Does Tom live in England? Tom doesn’t live in England.
2. Mr Simpson teaches Chemistry. Does Mr Simpson teache Chemistry? Mr Simpson doesn´t teache Chemistry
3. You like playing computer games. →Does You like playing computer games? You doesn´t like playing
computer games
4. John and Sue work in a café. → Does John and Sue work in a café? John and Sue doesn´t work in a café
5. We do the shopping on Saturdays. → Does We do the shopping on Saturdays? We doesn´t do the shopping on
Saturdays.
6. The baby cries all the time. → Does The baby cries all the time? The baby doesn´t cries all the time

V. Fill in do / don’t, does / doesn’t.

1. Sam speaks French, but he doesn’t Speak Russian. 2. Ann does like jazz music but she likes pop music.
3. “Does she play the saxophone?” “No, she doesn’t”. 4. Where does you work?
5. He does go to school on Sunday. 6. What does you have for dinner?

VI. Match the questions to the answers.

1. What time does she get up? C A. She goes to bed at 10:00.
2. How does she go to school? B B. She walks to school.
3. Does she have breakfast every day? D C. She gets up at 7:00.
4. What does she do in the afternoon? A D. No, she doesn’t.
 Choose the right option.
5. When does she go to bed? E. She does her homework.
☺ Good luck ☺
1. He __________ a 2. He __________ to 3. He_________ with 4. He __________the
tricycle. school. his pet. flower.
a. ride a. walks a. playing a. watering
b. riding b. walk b. play b. waters
c. rides c. walking c. plays c. water

5. He _______ hiking. 6. He _____________ 7.He ______ a hockey 8. He _______ in the

a. loves seashells. player. park.
b. loving a. collects a. am a. runs
c. love b. collect b. is b. running
c. collecting c. are c. run

9. He _________ his 10. He ____________ 11. He __________ 12. He _________ an

mother. butterflies. the bird house. ice cream.
a. helping a. catch a. paints a. eat
b. help b. catching b. painting b. eats
c. helps c. catches c. paint c. eating

13. He ____________ 14. He __________ a 15. He ____________ 16. He ___________

confused. rubber swimming gardening. skiing.
a. feels pool. a. like a. hates
b. feeling a. have got b. liking b. hate
c. feel b. has got c. likes c. hating
c. having got

17. They _______ to 18. His mother _____ 19. He __________ his 20. He ____________
the park on Sundays. the newspaper. grandparents at six. goodbye.
a. going a. reads a. call a. waves
b. goes b. read b. calls b. waving
c. go c. reading c. calling c. wave

21. He ____________ 22. He ____________ 23. He ______ a bath 24. They ________ to
before dinner. dinner. before going to bed. bed at ten.
a. study a. cook a. taking a. goes
b. studies b. cooking b. takes b. going
c. studying c. cooks c. take c. go
1. Add –s or -es to the verbs: 2. Underline the correct variant:
1. see sees 14. wake 1. Tom _____ his room every Saturday.
2. take Takes 15. teach a) tidy b) tidies
3. brush Brushes 16. lose 2. We _____ to the music every day.
4. kiss Kisses 17. catch a) listen b) listens
5. call Calls 18. buy 3. Mary usually _____ TV in the evening.
6. give Gives 19. pass a) watch b) watches
7. play Plays 20. come 4. The girls often _____ with the dolls.
8. study Stuyes 21. fight a) play b) plays
9. watch Watckes 22. water 5. I _____ in the pool on Sundays.
10. help Helps 23. choose a) swim b) swims
11. cut Cuts 24. fly 6. They _____ their homework every day.
12. cry Cries 25. match a) do b) does
13. swim Swims 26. carry
4. Fill in don’t or doesn’t:
3. Rewrite the sentences with the new 1. Bill doesn’t play tennis every Sunday.
subject: 2. We doesn’t go to the park.
1. Kate likes to eat an ice-cream. (I) 3. Kate doesn’t like to eat fish.
I and kate are likes to eat an ice-cream 4. Sue doesn’t wear long dresses.
2. We go to the zoo every Sunday. (Sam) 5. I don’t like to get up early.
Sam We go to the zoo every Sunday 6. My brothers don’t like to drink milk.
3. The boys play football well. (Tom) 7. My cousin don’t know Italian well.
The boys and Tom play football well 8. I don’t like to walk with my dog.
4. My brother speaks English well. (They) 9. Pam doesn’t go to the gym.
They and My brother speaks English well 10. They doesn’t understand this rule.
5. The girls like to draw dolls. (My sister) 11. We doesn’t often go to the movies.
My sister and The girls like to draw dolls 12. Liz doesn’t wear shorts at all.
6. I play computer games every day. (Pam) 13.Tim doesn’t grow flowers in the garden.
Pam and I plays computer games every day

6. Write questions to the underlined words:

5. Write Do or Does:
1. Ben sleeps eight hours every day.
1. Does Kate help her mother every day?
……………………………………………………………………..
2. Do you listen to rock music?
2. We water the flowers in two days.
3. Does Tom know all the computer games?
…………………………………………………………………….
4. Does they go to the zoo on Sundays?
3. Mona goes to the club every Saturday.
5. Do you like to draw animals?
………………………………………………………………………
6. ___ your brother drive his car well?
4. They feed the rabbits at 2 o’clock.
7. Does the boys like to plant flowers?
………………………………………………………………………
8. Does Ben want to find his friends?
5. I enjoy classical music.
9. Do you often call your friends?
……………………………………………………………………..
10. ___ your sister wear nice dresses?
6. Nick seldom plays table tennis.
11. Does they learn to dance at school?
……………………………………………………………………..
12. Does Mary spend much time on shops?
13. ___ your dog chase the cats?
 Simple Present Activity
1) Lucy is talking about her family. Read the text and
complete with the correct words in parentheses:

Hi! My name is Lucy. I ____________________ (live/lives) with my parents in

Sydney, Australia. My mother’s name is Lilith and my father’s name is Fred. I
_______________ (have/haves/has) two brothers and one sister. My brothers,
Peter and Walter, ________________ (live/lives) with us, too. Peter
______________ (study/studies) in a school downtown. He _____________
(take/takes) the train to school. He ______________ (get up/gets up/get ups) at 6
am. That’s very early! But Walter ________________ (get up/gets up/get ups) late.
He ______________ (walk/walks) to work. Peter ________________ (do/dos/does)
his homework everyday at 5pm. My sister, Helena, ________________ (live/lives) downtown with her
husband, James. He __________________ (work/works) in the suburbs. They
_________________________ (don’t take/doesn’t take/doesn’t takes) the bus to our house. They
_______________ (go/gos/goes) to our house by car. James is a doctor, but he _________________
(don’t work/doesn’t work/doesn’t works) in a hospital, he ___________________ (work/works/workes)
in an office. They ______________ (visit/visits/visites) us every Sunday. I really __________________
(love/loves) my family!

2) Unscramble the questions about Lucy’s family:

a) - ___________________________________________________________________?
(she/alone/does/live)
- No, she lives with her brothers and her parents.
b) - ___________________________________________________________________?
(they/where/live/do)
- They live in Sydney, Australia.
c) - __________________________________________________________________?
(Helena’s/does/do/what/husband)
- He’s a doctor.
d) - __________________________________________________________________?
(how/she/her/does/like/family)
- She loves her family!
e) - __________________________________________________________________?
(walk/does/Peter/to/school)
 - No, he takes the train to school.

Affirmative sentences

Sentence construction Rules of forming the 3rd person singular

I The verbs in the 3rd person singular get –s ending. There
are some spelling rules you have to learn.
You volleyball.
play 1) Y changes into –i in the end of the verbs if there
We football. is a consonant before it.
They basketball. e.g.: try  tries
the piano. 2) If the verb ends with –ss, -sh, -ch, -o or –x, it
He
gets –es ending in 3rd person singular.
She plays the drums. e.g. : wishes, mixes, matches, watches, misses,
It goes, does

TASK 1 - Write the correct form of the Task 2 – Write the correct forms of the
verbs in the brackets on the lines. verbs in the brackets on the line. You
have to use 3rd person singular.
E.g.: They ……… to school. (to go)  go E.g.: She ……… to school. (to go)  goes

1) I usually _________ a bike in spring. (to 1) Tim _________ to Paris every month. (to
ride) fly)
2) You _________ dinner at 4 o’clock every 2) Sandra _________ carefully on the
day. (to prepare) lessons. (to listen)
3) Mary and I _________ to school at 3) Molly _________ her homework in the
quarter past 7. (to go) afternoons. (do)
4) My parents _________ work at 4 o’clock 4) Britney often _________ when she
in the afternoon. (to finish) _________ a romantic film. (to cry, to
5) They _________ new dresses for Mary see)
in May. (to buy) 5) She _________ her hair in the
6) You never _________ meat. (to eat) bathroom. (to brush)
7) I always _________ home after school. 6) It _________ a lot in England. (to rain)
(to walk) 7) He never _________ at me. (to laugh)
8) The students _________ English from 8) Mrs Davis _________ after lunch. (to
Mrs Harrison. (to learn) wash up)
9) We _________ a lot on Saturdays. (to 9) Tigger _________ jumping. (to like)
dance) 10) Mum rarely _________ the bus. (to
10) You _________ your house for miss)
Christmas. (to decorate) 11) Ms Martin usually _________ about the
11) Charlie and Mandy _________ the table housework. (to worry)
before lunch. (to set) 12) Bill _________ his girlfriend. (to
kiss)

Task 3 – Underline the signal words in Task 4 – Circle the verbs which haven’t
task 1 and 2. got the ‘regular’ 3rd personal singular form
in task 2.
Task 5 – Write the correct forms of the Task 6 – Write the correct forms of the
verbs in the brackets on the line. verbs on the line from this list.
1) The students _________ their books to
school. (to bring)  to bake  to play
2) The pop group _________ a lot. (to  to build  to read
practise)  to drink  to wear
3) His brother never _________ the ball.  to get up  to work
(to catch)  to know  to write
4) She _________ we _________ hungry.
(to think; to be) 1) I _________ a letter to my grandma.
5) We _________ on Fridays. (to go out) 2) We _________ milk for breakfast.
6) The boys usually _________. (to fight) 3) The teachers _________ at school.
7) Mum _________ to cook something new 4) They _________ football every Friday.
on weekends. (to try) 5) I _________ a cake for Jake in
8) Brian and Frank _________ every day. September.
(to swim) 6) We _________ your address.
9) I _________ to tell you the truth. (to 7) The Lees _________ at 6 o’clock.
want) 8) The children _________ a sandcastle in
10) Her parents _________ her up when summer.
she _________ ill. (to call; to be) 9) The women always _________ beautiful
11) Dick always _________ my homework. skirts.
(to copy) 10) The pupils often _________ books.

Task 7 – Write the correct forms of the Task 8 – Write the correct forms of the
verbs on the line from this list. verbs on the line from this list.

 to bark  to fry  to arrive  to live

 to carry  to have  to ask  to open
 to collect  to sleep  to begin  to remember
 to come  to watch  to blow  to study
 to eat  to work  to fix  to win

1) Mark __________ by day because he 1) The school __________ at 8 o’clock.

__________ at night. 2) I __________ your birthday every year.
2) Fred __________ TV in the evenings. 3) My class __________ every competition.
3) Mr Thomson __________ dinner at 6 4) Mr Sand __________ cars, he is a
o’clock. mechanic.
4) Winnie-the-Pooh always __________ 5) We __________ in New Hampshire.
honey. 6) The teacher __________ the students on
5) The dog __________ when the postman the lessons.
__________. 7) Fiona __________ Spanish.
6) The meat __________ in the oven. 8) The wind often __________ in autumn.
7) Peter __________ huge boxes at his 9) Father __________ the window when he
workplace. __________ home.
8) Mr Brown __________ stamps.
Task 9 – Multiple choice. There are three Task 10 – Write sentences to the pictures
different verbs given for each sentence. with the given verbs. You can name the
You have to choose the correct one, and characters in the pictures. Use SIGNAL
then you have to write the correct form WORDS!
of this verb on the line. Look at the
example.  to cry  to hug
 to do the  to play the
e.g.: I ____ school at half past 7. (begin, shopping drums
start, finish) start  to eat pommes  to think of
frites
1) The clothes ________ in the garden.  to give flowers  to wait for the
to wash to fall to dry train
 to go by bus
2) Tom ________ to work every day.
to drive to take to jump

3) Mrs Brown ________ the beds in the

mornings.
to take to make to do
1_________ 2_________ 3_________
__________ __________ __________
4) The leaves ________ down in autumn.
__________ __________ __________
to fly to break to fall
__________ __________ __________
__________ __________ __________
5) Mother ________ in the kitchen.
to start to cook to lie

6) I never ________ anyone your secret.

to give to forget to tell
4_________ 5_________ 6_________
7) We ________ on holiday in July. __________ __________ __________
to go to spend to do __________ __________ __________
__________ __________ __________
8) Tyler ________ fast. __________ __________ __________
to hit to run to smile

9) Children ________ chocolate.

to love to make to break

7_________ 8_________ 9__________

10) Barbara always ________ to do her
__________ __________ __________
homework.
__________ __________ __________
to answer to do to forget
__________ __________ __________
__________ __________ __________