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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
__________ __________ __________
__________ __________ __________

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SOLUTION
TASK 1
1) ride 7) walk
2) prepare 8) learn
3) go 9) dance
4) finish 10) decorate
5) buy 11) set
6) eat

Task 2
1) flies 7) laughs
2) listens 8) washes up
3) does 9) likes
4) cries, sees 10) misses
5) brushes 11) worries
6) rains 12) kisses

Task 3
 usually  before lunch
 at 4 o’clock every day  every month
 at quarter past 7  in the afternoons
 at 4 o’clock in the afternoon  often
 in May  never
 never  after lunch
 always  rarely
 on Saturdays  usually

Task 4
 fly  wash
 do  miss
 cry  worry
 brush  kiss

Task 5 – Write the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets on the line.
1) bring 7) tries
2) practises 8) swim
3) catches 9) want
4) thinks; are 10) call, is
5) go out 11) copies
6) fight

Task 6
1) write 6) know
2) drink 7) get up
3) work 8) build
4) play 9) wear
5) bake 10) read
Task 7
1) sleeps; works 5) barks; comes
2) watches 6) fries
3) has 7) carries
4) eats 8) collects

Task 8
1) begins 6) asks
2) remember 7) studies
3) wins 8) blows
4) fixes 9) opens; arrives
5) live

Task 9
1) dry 6) tell
2) drives 7) go
3) makes 8) runs
4) fall 9) love
5) cooks 10) forgets

Task 10 – Sample solutions.


1) He plays the drums in the afternoons.
2) He always cries.
3) They go to school by bus every day.
4) They wait for the train in the mornings.
5) Mary always hugs her granny.
6) Thomas does the shopping twice a week.
7) Paul often gives flowers to Mina.
8) Robert usually thinks of Diana.
9) Dough eats pommes frites on Mondays.

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