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What you do every day

A0 · Starter Verbs and time Questions 10

The rule

For habits and facts English uses the plain verb: I work, we live, they eat. There is one change and only one — after he, she and it the verb takes -s: he works, she lives, it costs. Nothing else in the sentence moves. Learning that single -s is most of English present tense.

Pattern

I / you / we / they work · he / she / it works

Examples

  1. I work in a hospital.

  2. She works at night.

  3. We live near the station.

  4. The shop closes at six.

Common mistakes

  • Wrong: She work in a shop.

    Right: She works in a shop.

    he, she and it always add -s in the present.

  • Wrong: I works every day.

    Right: I work every day.

    Only he, she and it take the -s. I and you never do.

Practice questions

Try each one yourself first, then open “Show answer” for the solution and the reason.

  1. 1Choose the correct sentence.

    1. She work in a hospital.
    2. She is work in a hospital.
    3. She working in a hospital.
    4. She works in a hospital.
    Show answer

    Answer: D She works in a hospital.

    she → verb + s.

  2. 2Choose the correct sentence.

    1. I starting work at eight.
    2. I am start work at eight.
    3. I start work at eight.
    4. I starts work at eight.
    Show answer

    Answer: C I start work at eight.

    I never takes the -s.

  3. 3Choose the correct sentence.

    1. The shop close at six.
    2. The shop closes at six.
    3. The shop is close at six.
    4. The shop closing at six.
    Show answer

    Answer: B The shop closes at six.

    A shop is a thing → it → closes.

  4. 4Choose the correct sentence.

    1. My children is go to school here.
    2. My children goes to school here.
    3. My children go to school here.
    4. My children going to school here.
    Show answer

    Answer: C My children go to school here.

    they → no -s.

  5. 5Fill in the gap.

    My husband _____ at night.

    1. working
    2. works
    3. is work
    4. work
    Show answer

    Answer: B My husband works at night.

    One man → works.

  6. 6Fill in the gap.

    We _____ rice with chicken.

    1. eating
    2. eats
    3. are eat
    4. eat
    Show answer

    Answer: D We eat rice with chicken.

    we → the plain verb.

  7. 7Fill in the gap.

    The pharmacy _____ until six.

    1. opening
    2. open
    3. opens
    4. are open
    Show answer

    Answer: C The pharmacy opens until six.

    A place is it → opens with -s.

  8. 8Fill in the gap.

    I _____ ten new words every day.

    1. learn
    2. learning
    3. learns
    4. am learn
    Show answer

    Answer: A I learn ten new words every day.

    I → the plain verb.

  9. 9Put the words in the right order.

    He reads before bed

    Show answer

    Answer: He reads before bed.

    Subject, verb with -s, then the rest.

  10. 10Put the words in the right order.

    I walk to the shop every day

    Show answer

    Answer: I walk to the shop every day.

    How often goes at the end.

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