Third person present tense
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
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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
Fix
Watch
Crash
Go
Kisses
Fixes
Watches
Crashes
Goes
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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
Hurry
Study
Deny
Carries
Hurries
Studies
Denies
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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 use does not.
Positive
Negative
I talk
She talks
You sleep
He sleeps
Carol studies
We study
I do not talk
She does not talk
You do not sleep
He does not sleep
Carol does not 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.
Remember: Do not can be abbreviated to Don't and Does not can be abbreviated
to Doesn't.
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Fill the gaps with verbs in the simple present tense ending in -s, -es and
-ies.
Samuel’s precious kitten
Every day little Samuel ...gets... (get) up early in the morning. He
..............hurries............... (hurry) downstairs and into the backyard.
Where is she? Yes, over there. His black and white kitten always
.....plays........ (play) in the grass. Little Samuel .......catches..... (catch)
her with both hands, .........grabs.......... (grab) her under her soft belly,
.......lifts........ (lift) her into the air and .........kisses.... (kiss) her on her
pink nose. Then he .......carries....... (carry) her into the kitchen to give
her a small bowl of milk. But sometimes he just .......watches... (watch)
his kitten running on the grass. What a fast cat she is! She never
.....misses.......... (miss) a mosquito that .........flies..... (fly) low above the
ground.
Now fill in the same blanks with past tense or present tense verbs,
depending on the sentence:
Last year, every day little Samuel ........got........ (get) up early in the
morning. He .......hurried......... (hurry) downstairs and into the backyard.
Where is she? Yes, over there. His black and white kitten always
.....played....... (play) in the grass. He remembers how he ......caught.....
(catch) her with both hands, ......grabbed....... (grab) her under her soft
belly, .....lifted..... (lift) her into the air and .......kissed........ (kiss) her on
her pink nose. Then he used to .........carry.... (carry) her into the kitchen
to give her a small bowl of milk. But sometimes he just .....watched.......
(watch) his kitten running on the grass. What a fast cat she is! She never
......missed........ (miss) a mosquito that .......flew... (fly) low above the
ground.
Alas, he now ___thinks__ (think) of these memories while pondering
on getting a new kitten, as his little one______ran___ (run) away last
week.