The Third Person Singular Verbs: Rules 1st rule: Add –s to the verbs Read: reads Play: plays Come: comes Like: likes Work: works 2nd Rule: Verbs ending in –s, sh, ch, x, o add es Pass: passes Wash: Washes Fix: fixes Go: goes 3rd Rule:Verbs ending in –y followed by consonant, change ‘y’ to ies Study: studies Fly: flies Dry: dries Cry: cries 1st Rule, 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 Olympics 2nd Rule, 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 • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3rd Rule, 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 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 Phillips _(fly) to Guayaquil in Spring Bob _(like) to play hide and seek with her classmates Paula _(row) on the lake on Sunday afternoons Julio _(watch) videos in the evenings The child _(climb) on the monkey bars in the park He _(go) round and round on the merry-go-round Mrs Ramirez _(dress up) as a pirate every Halloween Bastian _(wash) her hair every week Martha _(have) a break at 11 o’clock Samantha _(roller-skate) in the park on Wednesday Ceci _(attend) orchestra practice after institution Andrew _ (copy) the exercises in the English class Sarah _(do) activities in the gym every month