SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE. (NEW)

I- Choose the best answer.

1.I ________ in a bank. (work)
work
works
workes

2.She ________ in Florida. (live)
live
lives
livees

3.It ________ almost every day in Manchester. (rain)
rain
rains
raines

4.We ________ to Spain every summer. (fly)
fly
flys
flies

5.My mother ________ eggs for breakfast every morning. (fry)
fry
frys
fries

6.The bank ________ at four o'clock. (close)
close
closies
closes

7.John ________ very hard in class, but I don't think he'll pass the course. (try)
try
trys
tries

8.She ___ four languages.
a. speak
b. speaks

9.Jane is a teacher. She ___ French.
a. teach
b. teaches

9.When the kettle ___, will you make some tea?
a. boil
b. boils

10.I always ___ the window at night because it is cold.
a. close
b. closes

11.Those shoes ___ too much.
a. cost
b. costs

12.The food in Japan is expensive. It ___ a lot to live there.
a. cost
b. costs

13.His job is great because he ___ a lot of people.
a. meet
b. meets

14.He always ___ his car on Sundays.
a. wash
b. washes

15.My watch is broken and it ___ to be fixed again.
a. need
b. needs

16.I ___ to watch movies.
a. love
b. loves

18.I ___ to the cinema at least once a week.
a. go
b. goes

19.They never ___ tea in the morning.
a. drink
b. drinks

20.We both ___ to the radio in the morning.
a. listen
b. listens

21.He ___ a big wedding.
a. want
b. wants

22.George ___ too much so he's getting fat.
a. eat
b. eats

24.The earth ___ round the sun, doesn't it?
a. go
b. goes

25.The shops in England ___ at 9:00 in the morning.
a. open
b. opens

26.The post office ___ at 5:30 pm.
a. close
b. closes
Answerb

27.Jackie ___ two children now.
a. has
b. have

28.Mr. Smith ___ too much. He always has a cigarette in his mouth.
a. smoke
b. smokes

II- Complete with (do, don't, does, doesn't)

1) My mother likes chocolate, but she ____________like biscuits.
2) What ________________the children wear at your school?
3) Lynn's father watches discoveries on TV, but he ___________watch judo.
4) Where _____________The Smiths buy their clothes?
5) ______________the cat like to sleep on the sofa?
6) Dogs love bones, but they __________________love cheese.
7) Where _____________Sam and Ben buy their CDs?
8) We eat pizza, but we ___________eat hamburgers.
9) ___________Mrs Miller likes to read magazines?
10) ______________the boys play tennis outside?

III-Complete the following sentences by using the right form of to do
(do, don't, does, doesn't)

1) The girls love tennis, but they ________love riding bikes.
2) What _________Sandra sell in that store?
3) Mr Nelson speaks Spanish, but he _______speak German.
4) Where __________your grandparents live?
5) __________Brenda and Henry bake cake for their party?
6) Max plays tennis, but he ___________play hockey.
7) _________Mr Smith teach English?
8) Doris and Eric read comics, but they _______read books.
9) What _________you have for lunch, Lisa?
10) ____________students learn to cook at school?

Singular and Plural

1. Regular

General rule:

singular + S:

girl - girls
boy - boys

Nouns ending in -S, -SS, -SH, -CH, -X get -ES:

box - boxes
bus - buses
Some nouns ending in -O behind a consonant get -ES:

potato - potatoes
tomato - tomatoes

Nouns ending in -Y behind a consonant change -Y into -IES:

lady - ladies
baby – babies

Nouns ending in -Y behind a vowel not change -Y:

Boy – boys
Toy – toys

Key - keysSome nouns ending in -F or -FE change -F(E) into -VES:

knife - knives
wife - wives

2. Irregular: learn them by heart!

man- men
foot- feet
woman- women
tooth- teeth
goose - geese
mouse - mice
child - children
penny- pence

Write the plurar of these words.

table_________________
baby_________________
monkey_______________
toy__________________
book_________________
bus__________________
home_________________
car__________________
child_________________
mother_______________
house________________
horse________________
room________________
tomato_______________
umbrella______________
wife_________________
scarf________________
party________________
key_________________
secretary_____________
goose________________
radio________________
pencil_______________
hero________________
woman______________
sheep_______________

Write these sentences in plural (also verbs, personal pronouns,...)


I am a girl.________________________________________

He is a nice guy.____________________________________

The book is on the table.______________________________

His tooth is black.___________________________________

The potato is on the shelf._____________________________

He has a mouse.____________________________________

I take a picture.____________________________________

I have a pony._____________________________________