1. The Simple Present Tense
Third Person Singular

2. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Rules
Read: reads
Play: plays
Come: comes
Like: likes
Work: works
Add –s to the verbs

3. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Rules
Verbs ending in –s, sh, ch, x, o add es
Pass: passes
Wash: Washes
Fix: fixes
Go: goes

4. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Rules
Verbs ending in –y followed by consonant, change ‘y’ to ies
Study: studies
Fly: flies
Dry: dries
Cry: cries

5. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Examples
Read: She reads story books everyday.
Play: He plays soccer on sundays.
Come: Maria comes to school by car.
Like: Marcus likes to listen to music.
Work: Pedro works for Mabel Factory.
Live: Lúcia lives in Jardim Olímpico.

6. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Examples
Pass: Kris passes me the salt, please
Wash: Carlos Washes his car on Sundays.
Fix: Andre fixes his bike when it breaks
Go: Susy goes to the club at the weekend
Do: Márcia does her homework at 3:00 p.m
Watches: Lucius watches TV every night.

7. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Examples
Study: He studies English downtown
Fly: andrea flies her model plane.
Dry: Silma dries her clothes at home.
Cry: Anthony cries for his girlfriend.

8. The Third Person Singular Verbs: Identify the verbs
Henry is a shop assistant. He works in a shop at the station. He gets up at seven o’clock. He has breakfast at half past seven. He drives to the station. At the station he sees a friend, Mary. She goes to work by train. Her train leaves at eight o’clock. Henry starts work again. At eleven o’clock, he stops working for fifteen minutes and drinks coffee. He doesn’t have lunch. At four o’clock he stops working and has tea and a cake. He leaves work at half past five. He doesn’t stay late. He studies German before he goes to bed.