LANGUAGE CENTER – TACNA

JORGE BASADRE GROHMANN UNIVERSITY TEACHER: CNAVARRO

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SIMPLE PRESENT

Use simple present for facts, for repeated or regular actions, for habits and for things which are regular or generally true. SPELLING RULES: PRONUNCIATION RULES FOR “-S / ES” ENDINGS

Rules Examples

1.Add “s ” to basic form of the verb.

Walk–walks / eat–eats / run-runs

2.Verbs ending in “sh, ch, ss, o, x, zz” add –es.

Watch–watches / Wash–washes / kiss– kisses / Buzz–buzzes /

Go–goes.

3.“Consonant + y” Change “Y” to “ies”

Cry – Cries / Study – studies

4.“Vowel + y” add “S” Play–plays / Stay–Stays

5. Irregular verbs. Have for “I, we, you, they” Has for “he, she, it”

I have a car.

She has a car

I . APPLY THE SPELLING RULES FOR THIRD PERSON TO THESE VERBS

a. Buy : __________ b. Come: __________ c. Do : __________ d. Drink : __________

e. Drive : __________ f. Eat : __________ g. Buzz : __________

h. Get : __________ i. Give : __________ j. Go : __________ k. Have: __________

l. Fix : __________ m. Make: __________ n. Pay : __________

o. Read : __________ p. Ride : __________ q. Run : __________ r. Say : __________

s. Sell : __________ t. Sing: __________ u. Sit : __________

v. Sleep : __________ w. Speak: __________ x. Swim: __________ y. Take: __________

z. Teach : __________ aa. worry : __________

II. READ AND PUT INTO A CIRCLE THE BEST ALTERNATIVE.

John LIVE / LIVES in the suburbs, he HAVE / HAS a beautiful house, and he SHARE / SHARES his house with some friends,

Paul, Matt and Peter. They all study at the university. John LIKES / LIKE to do exercises, so he GET / GETS up early in the

morning and GOES / GO running for about one hour. Paul, Matt and Peter GET / GETS up at 7:00 in the morning and then at

7:30 they including John HAVE / HAS breakfast and GO / GOES to the university. Paul and Matt STUDY / STUDIES to be

lawyers and Peter and John STUDY / STUDIES to be engineers

III. PUT INTO A CIRCLE THE BEST ALTERNATIVE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. 1. I ( play / plays ) soccer on Saturdays.

2. He ( studies / study ) English every day.

3. My mother ( cook / cooks ) on Saturday mornings.

4. She ( sleeps / sleep ) late on weekends.

5. My father ( take / takes ) the bus to work.

6. They (study / studies ) French.

7. John and I ( play / plays ) soccer on weekends.

8. Peter and Sharon (watches / watch ) television at nights.

9. My brother ( gets up / get up ) late on weekdays.

10. She ( rides / ride ) her bike every day.

IV. PUT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IN ORDER. 1. work / Cesar / afternoon / in the . _________________________________________________________

2. Diana /a / have / baby. _________________________________________________________

3. house / My / two floors / have. _________________________________________________________

4. Mary / an / have / office. _________________________________________________________

SINGULAR 3r d PERSON RULES

/ s /

1. Visit 2. Laugh

Visits Maps

As / s / with : p, pe, t, te , k, ke, ph, gh,

/ z /

1. Come 2. Play

Comes Plays

As / z / with: b, be d, de, g, l, le , m, me n , r, v, th, ng, w, y and vowel sounds

/ iz /

1. Watch

2. Kiss

Watches

Kisses

As / iz / with : s, se, ce, z, ze,

s, ss, ch, sh, x, ge

LANGUAGE CENTER – TACNA

JORGE BASADRE GROHMANN UNIVERSITY TEACHER: CNAVARRO

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5. I / English / study / on Saturdays. _________________________________________________________

6. take / the bus / My brother / to work. _________________________________________________________

7. have / French class / Tony and John. _________________________________________________________

8. in an office / Pete and Ann / work. _________________________________________________________

9. play / on Saturdays / my brother. _________________________________________________________

10. my / have / teacher / a car. _________________________________________________________

11. Diego / at nights / watch. _________________________________________________________

12. at CEID / I / study _________________________________________________________

V. WRITE THE SENTENCES, CHANGE NAMES TO PRONOUNS “ HE, SHE, IT, WE, THEY ” 1. Cesar works in the afternoons. _________________________________________________________

2. Diana has a baby. _________________________________________________________

3. My house has two floors. _________________________________________________________

4. My father takes the bus to work. _________________________________________________________

5. My mother and my father work in an office. _________________________________________________________

6. My brothers and I play soccer on Saturdays. _________________________________________________________

7. The television doesn’t work well. _________________________________________________________

8. Aron and Mary study English. _________________________________________________________

9. Superman flies with Lisa Lane. _________________________________________________________

10. Paula works at Paradise School. _________________________________________________________

11. My teacher works at CEID. _________________________________________________________

12. Maria is a lawyer. _________________________________________________________

VI. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE FOLLOWING VERBS “DRIVE, PAINT, DESIGN, SING, TEACH, STUDY”

1. John is a teacher._____________________________________________ language.

2. Stella is a painter. ___________________________________________pictures

3. Shakira is a singer__________________________________________ pop and rock music.

4. Collin is an architect. __________________________________________ houses.

5. Robert is a student. ___________________________________________ law.

6. Tina is a taxi driver____________________________________________ taxis.

VII. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH “ DON’T / DOESN’T ”

1. I ________________ have two children

2. She _____________ drive to work every day.

3. My parents ____________ take the bus to work.

4. My son ______________ ride a bike to school.

5. She ___________do her homework in the afternoons

6. My teacher ________________ have a car.

7. John ______________ wear glasses.

8. Ann, Pete and I _______________ study French.