REVIEW TOPICS OF THE PAST LEVELS
VERB TO BE
Exercises:
PERSONALITY AND APPEREANCE ADJECTIVES
DESCRIBING PERSONALITY
Exercises:
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/vocabulary-exercises/appearance
http://www.montsemorales.com/vocabulario/AdjectivOpposImag4-1.htm
PRESENT SIMPLE
Rules for 3rd person in present simple:
Normally in the present tense we add "S" to the end of the verb in the 3rd person (He, She, It).
Verb | 3rd Person |
---|---|
Speak | Speaks |
Play | Plays |
Give | Gives |
Make | Makes |
- He speaks three languages.
- She drinks coffee every morning.
- My dog hates my cat.
Irregular Verbs
Irregular
verbs in English in the present tense follow very simple rules. The
only change that is made to these verbs is in the third person – for He,
She or It.
1. If the verb ends in SS, X, CH, SH or the letter O, we add + ES in the third person.
Verb | 3rd Person |
---|---|
Kiss | Kisses |
Fix | Fixes |
Watch | Watches |
Crash | Crashes |
Go | Goes |
- A mechanic fixes cars.
- She watches soap operas every afternoon.
- He kisses his wife before he goes to work.
2. If the verb ends in a Consonant + Y, we remove the Y and + IES in the third person.
Verb | 3rd Person |
---|---|
Carry | Carries |
Hurry | Hurries |
Study | Studies |
Deny | Denies |
- Isabel studies every night.
- The baby cries all the time.
- He denies all responsibility.
Negative Sentence
To form the negative we use the auxiliary do not. Again, the only variation occurs in the 3rd person where we usedoes not.
Positive | Negative |
---|---|
I talk | I do not talk |
She talks | She does not talk |
You sleep | You do not sleep |
He sleeps | He does not sleep |
Carol studies | Carol does not study |
We study | We do not study |
In
the negative, the main verb is always in the bare infinitive (without
TO). It doesn't change for the third person. We don't put an S on the end of the verb in the negative form. In the examples above - talk, sleep and study do not change in the 3rd person.
- He speaks Italian
He doesn't speak Italian.
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/present-simple/index.html
http://www.englishmaven.org/HP6/Present%20Tense%20Exercise%206.htm
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pres1.htm
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Exercises:
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/present-continuous/index.html
http://www.englishmaven.org/HP6/Present%20Tense%20Exercise%2014.htm
http://s.mound.free.fr/skyblues67/v+ing/vingqcm.htm