Look at Appendix 1 and put the following verbs into the correct box in the 3rd person singular

scratch, say, try, set, play, do, stop, miss, stay, fry, drive, fix, cry, freeze, teach, pray, crash, fly, type

+s sets

ss, sh, ch, x, o, + es scratches

vowel + y + s says

consonant + y -»ies tries

2. Expand the following into sentences in order to make true statements with doesn't or don't where necessary.

1. water / boil/at 100° C

Water boils at 100°C.

2. rice / grow / on trees

Rice doesn't grow on trees.

3. chicks / hatch / from eggs

4. kangaroos / live / in Spain

5. plants / need / water to grow

6. rain / fall / from clouds

7. astronauts / travel / in submarines

8. cows / lay / eggs

9. pandas / live / in Italy

10. elephants / eat / meat

11. fish / walk / on land

12. the sun / set / in the east

13. bees / give milk

14. caterpillars / turn / into butterflies

15. wool / come / from sheep

3. In this exercise you have to put the verb into the correct form.

Examples: Water.....boils..........(boil)at 100 degrees centigrade.

George........doesn’t go.........(not/go) to the cinema very often.

How many languages.......do you speak......(you/speak)?

1. The swimming bath..........(open) at 9.00and.................(close) at 18.30 every day.

2. What time..........................................(the banks / close) in Britain?

3. I have a car but I..........................................(not/use) it very often.

4. How many cigarettes..........................................(you/smoke) a day?

5. 'What..........................................(you/do)?' 'I'm an electrical engineer.'

6. 'Where...................(your father / come) from?' 'He.........(come) from Scotland.'

7. If you need money, why..........................................(you/not/get) a job?

8. I.........................(play) the piano, but I..................................(not/play) very well.

9. I don't understand the word 'deceive'. What..........................('deceive' / mean)?

4. This time you have to read some sentences and correct them. The English is correct but the information is wrong. Write two correct sentences each time.

Example: The sun goes round the earth.

The sun doesn’t go round the earth.

The earth goes round the sun.

1. The sun rises in the west................................................................

2. Mice catch cats..............................................................................

3. Carpenters make things from metal................................................

4. The River Amazon flows into the Pacific Ocean...........................

5. Now you have to use these sentences to make questions. Begin your question with the word(s) in brackets.