Simple Present/ 1st Grade

Verbs in third person (he/she/it)

General rule: add - S

I work / he works

When it finishes with - ss/ sh/ ch/ x/ z/o : add - ES

You wash / she washes
I go / he goes

When if finishes with Y with a consonent before, change the Y for IES

We try/ it tries
They study/ she studies

DO/DOES

Affirmative: YOU WORK / HE WORKS
Interrogative: DO YOU WORK? / DOES HE WORK?
Negative: YOU DO NOT WORK / HE DOES NOT WORK

(abreviate form: don't / doesn't)


EXERCISES

I) Supply the simple present of the verbs in parentheses.

1. My sister _______ (hurry) to school every morning.
2. Janet ______ (works) from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
3. I often _____ (have) to work on Saturdays.
4. What _____ you ______ (do) in the morning?
5. We ________ (neg/wash) out dog every week.
6. In her free time she ______ (play) rugby.
7. Mr. Wilson ______ (neg/live) in Paris.
8. ______ they _______ (swim) in the afternoon?
9. Sally ______ (neg/live) in an apartment. She _____ (live) on a house.
10. Where ______ Denise ______? (work)