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Third person activities

Grammar spot

Choose the correct answer:

  1. Marie teach/ teaches/ teachs French every Wednesday after school.

  2. Her class begin/ begans/ begins at 5PM.

  3. She needs/ need/ needes to arrive earlier.

  4. But she usually mixs/ mixes/ mix up the bus schedule.

  5. Clever Cookie plays/ plaies/ play the guitar on the weekends.

  6. Her friends enjoies/ enjoy/ enjoys watching her play the guitar.

  7. But Smart Scone never miss/ misses/ missies a concert!

  8. It are/ be/ is (be) always fun and Clever Cookie crashes/ crash/ crashs a guitar every now and then.

  9. I hate it when a fly buzzes/ buzzies/ buzzs around my food!

  10. Flies just never goes/ go/ gos away!
     

  1. Teaches

  2. Begins

  3. Needs

  4. Mixes

  5. Plays

  6. Enjoy

  7. Misses

  8. Crashes

  9. Buzzes

  10. Go

Answer
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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in the present simple.

 

That _____ (be) what the cat _____ (say)... And he _____ (fall) on his head! He _____ (come) down with a bump from up there on the ball. And Sally and I, we _____ (see) all the things fall! And our fish _____ (come) down, too. He _____ (fall) into a pot! He _____ (say), “Do I ____ (like) this?” Oh, no! I ____ (do) not. This _____ (be) not a good game,”
And then he ____ (run) out. And then, fast as a fox, The Cat in the Hat _____ (come) back in with a box.

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Adapted from Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in The Hat.

 

Answer

That __IS___ (be) what the cat __SAYS___ (say)... And he ___FALLS__ (fall) on his head! He __COMES___ (come) down with a bump from up there on the ball. And Sally and I, we _SEE____ (see) all the things fall! And our fish _COMES____ (come) down, too. He _FALLS____ (fall) into a pot! He _SAYS____ (say), “Do I __LIKE__ (like) this?” Oh, no! I __DO__ (do) not. This __IS___ (be) not a good game,”
And then he __RUNS__ (run) out. And then, fast as a fox, The Cat in the Hat _COMES____ (come) back in with a box.
 

Are the following sentences correct or incorrect?

  1. Clever Cookie wakes up at 6 o'clock every day because she catch the school bus at 7 o'clock.

  2. Smart Scone watches the movie The Nutty Professor every month. It’s her favourite movie!

  3. Clever Cookie, please, speak slowly to Nutty and Hazely because they doesn't speak English very well.

  4. We’re late- The shoe store closes at nine o'clock.

  5. I go to the mountains every month. My friend live on a farm near there, so I visit him.

  6. It snows a lot in this part of the country. Sometimes roads close and we can’t go to school.

  7. "How many children do Karl has?" "He has two sons."

  8. My sister bake donuts often, but I don’t  like them because they are very nutty.

  9. Water freeze at 0º celsius.

  10. It also boils at 100º celsius.





Answer

  1. INCORRECT: Clever Cookie wakes up at 6 o'clock every day because she CATCHES the school bus at 7 o'clock.

  2. CORRECT: Smart Scone watches the movie The Nutty Professor every month. It’s her favourite movie!

  3. INCORRECT: Clever Cookie, please, speak slowly to Nutty and Hazely because they DON’T speak English very well.

  4. CORRECT: We are late- The shoe store closes at nine o'clock.

  5. INCORRECT: I go to the mountains every month. My friend LIVES on a farm near there, so I visit him.

  6. CORRECT: It snows a lot in this part of the country. Sometimes roads close and we can’t go to school.

  7. INCORRECT: "How many children DOES Karl HAVE?" "He has two sons."

  8. INCORRECT: My sister BAKES donuts often, but I don’t  like them because they are very nutty.

  9. INCORRECT: Water FREEZES at 0º celsius.

  10. CORRECT: It also boils at 100º celsius.
     

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