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simple present* affirmative / work; you work; works

/ work you work he/she/it works we work they work
1 live you live he/she/it lives we live they live
1 stop you stop he/she/it stops we stop they stop

I work in a bonk. He works in a restaurant.
You live near my brother. She lives in Liverpool.
We stop the lessons at 5.00. The train stops at York.

HOW TO MAKE HE/SHE/IT FORMS___________________________________________________

• most verbs: + -s work —► works know —> knows rain —► rains

• -s, -sh, -ch, -x: + -es pass — > passes wash —► washes teach —► teaches mix —► mixes
• exceptions: go —► goes do —► does have —► has

^ Write the he/she/it forms.

catch / come / cook drink fetch fix live miss push
read run smoke stand start touch watch wish write

+ -S: tovwts.

+ -ES: catcMts,

VERBS ENDING IN -Y___________________________________________
• vowel + y -ay, -ey, -oy, -uy: + -s say —► says
• consonant + y -dy, -ly, -py, -ry, etc: -y —► -ies fly —► flies

^ Write the he/she/it forms.

b u y / carry / copy enjoy fry marry play stay study try

+ -S: ...................................................................................
.y .ip c - C/RY'Y'CC.S*

0 Put the words in the correct order.
Q Circle the correct answers.

► eats dog too your much
your do0 eats, too m.u._c.h ► i We)/My friend always wear old clothes.
► You/John always wears nice clothes.

1 live I that house in
1 We all/The boss thinks you're wonderful.
2 I/Catherine want a new job.
2 bank Kim in a works
3 Bread/Books costs a lot.
4 Andy / Andy and Pete sings very well.
3 badly violin plays the very Claire
5 Sophy/Sophy and Ian like parties.
6 You/She drive too fast.
4 Scotland those from children come
7 Our cat/Our cats never catches mice.
8 That child/Children makes a lot of noise.
5 young very look you
9 That bus /All those buses go to the station.
10 My father/My mother and father teaches
English.

* Also called 'present simple'

16 PRESENT TENSES