Directions Type Form 4, the S-Form (third person singular in the simple
present tense), of each verb in the blank. Use the TAB key to go to the
next blank. If your answer is not correct, you see equal signs. For
example, = = means the correct answer has two letters. = = = means the
correct answer has three letters. To see all the answers, click "Correct
Answers". To clear the whole activity, click "Clear All".
eat + s carry + s
visit + s =
= =
(Use the TAB key to
move.) watch + s miss + s
= =
play + s =
judge + s
do + s =
study + s = =
see + s
work + s
buy + s = =
=
enjoy + s
fix + s =
=
say + s
Your results
You answered 10 tasks out of 10 correctly. That is 100%.
1. I sing → she sings
2. I play → she plays
3. I read → she reads
4. I go → she goes
5. I ask → she asks
6. I carry → she carries
7. I enjoy → she enjoys
8. I wash → she washes
9. I call → she calls
10. I cry → she cries
What's the best word to complete the sentence?
Your score is 95%.
Questions answered correctly first time: 9/10.
You have completed the exercise.
SHOW ONE AT A TIME
1. Jo is so smart that she ________ every exam without even trying.
A. ? passies
B. ? pass
C. passes
2. My life is so boring -- I just ________ TV every night.
A. watch
B. ? watchies
C. watches
3. I ________ in a bank.
A. work
B. ? works
C. ? workes
4. My mother ________ eggs for breakfast every morning.
A. ? fry
B. ? frys
C. fries
5. The bank ________ at four o'clock.
A. ? close
B. closes
C. ? closies
6. She ________ in Florida.
A. ? live
B. lives
C. ? livees
7. My best friend ________ to me every week.
A. writes
B. ? write
C. ? writies
8. It ________ almost every day in Manchester.
A. rains
B. ? raines
C. ? rain
9. John ________ very hard in class, but I don't think he'll pass the course.
A. ? trys
B. ? try
C. tries
10. We ________ to Spain every summer.
A. ? flies
B. fly
C. ? flys
Put the verb in brackets in the correct form (present simple or present
continuous).
Correct! Well done.
Your score is: 94%.
Mary and I work (work) in the same office, but we're completely
different. She likes (like) coffee, but I like (like) tea. She washes (wash) her car every
weekend, but I never clean (clean) mine. She smiles (smile) all the time at work, but
I feel (feel) miserable. I complain (complain) about the boss all the time, but
Mary thinks (think) the boss is a nice person. When I finish (finish) work, I like to drink
beer with my friends, but Mary studies (study) at night school. The boss thinks (think)
Mary is perfect, but she drives (drive) me nuts!
Habits & Routines
An activity by Isabel Pérez Torres for Students in Secondary Education
Break On On brush by does does finishes get get go goes goes goes
has has have have his in past play plays starts surf to until watch
watches
Maria's week:
"On weekdays, I get up at half past seven. I have a shower, brush my hair and get dressed. I
go to school by car. School starts at a quarter past eight. Break is from quarter past
eleven to quarter to twelve. School finishes at half past two. I have lunch at three o'clock........."
Carlos' week
"............................Every afternoon, I go to the gym, I also play with the computer, watch tv
and surf the net. On Saturdays and Sundays I play basketball."
Everyday, he does his homework and at nine o'clok he has a shower and has dinner. Then,
the
he goes to his bedroom to listen music.
Alejandro's week
...............On Saturday, he plays hockey in the morning. In the evening, he goes to the cinema
and goes to bed at half past one. On Sunday morning he does his homework and in the
evening watches tv.
Text and pictures by students from 4º E in IES Isaac Albeniz (Málaga)
MODAL VERB USE EXAMPLES
CAN PERMISSION I can play video games for one hour everyday.
CAN ABILITY My mum can’t speak Japanese.
Can you jump high?
SHOULD ADVICE You should visit your dentist twice a year.
You shouldn’t eat junk food.
What should I do to get a 10?
MUST OBLIGATION You must listen to the teacher.
MUSTN’T PROHIBITION Students mustn’t eat chewing gum in class.
People mustn't smoke in bars or restaurants
REMEMBER: Subject + modal verb + main verb in the infinitive form!
Present Continuous Spelling Rules
Basically, the Present Continuous tense is formed by adding -ing to the base verb.
Most verbs add -ing
-ING Rules Examples:
Eat – eating
Speak – speaking
Cook – cooking
Start – starting
Do – doing
Stay – staying
Fix – fixing
Most verbs ended with -y, add -ing
Examples:
Buy – buying
Enjoy – enjoying
Play – playing
Say – saying
Try – trying
Verbs that ended with -e, drop the -e and add -ing
Examples:
Make – making
Write – writing
Drive – driving
Take – taking
Have – having
Shave – shaving
Share – sharing
Shake – shaking
Verbs that ended with -ee, add -ing
Examples:
See – seeing
Agree – agreeing
Verbs ended with a consonant preceded by a vowel, double the
consonant and add -ing
Present Continuous Spelling Examples:
Swim – swimming
Run – running
Get – getting
Stop – stopping
Sit – sitting
Put – putting
Skip – skipping
Travel – travelling
Regret – regretting
Do not double the letter if the words ends in two consonants
Examples:
Help – helping
Talk – talking
Work – working
Two-syllable verbs: the last consonant is doubled when the last syllable is
stressed
Examples:
Forget – forgetting
Upset – upsetting
Prefer – preferring
Do not double the letter if the word has two or more syllables and the
last part is not stressed.
Examples:
Visit (first part is stressed) – visiting
Benefit (first part is stressed) – benefiting
Do not double the letter if the word ends in -y or -w
Examples:
Buy – buying
Enjoy – enjoying
Snow – snowing
Verbs ended with -ie, change -ie to -y, add -ing
Examples:
Lie – lying
Die – dying
Verbs ended with -c, change -c to -ck
-ING Rules Examples:
Picnic – picnicking
Exceptions:
Age – ageing
Dye – dyeing
Singe – singeing
Budget – budgeting
Enter – entering
