Practice Makes Perfect

 
ends with y preceded by
ends with z, s, x, 
 
a consonant—change the
ss, ch, or sh 
ends with o 
y to i before adding -es
I wash the car. 
I go to school. 
I try very hard.
You wash the car. 
You go to school. 
You try very hard.
He washes the car. 
He goes to school. 
He tries very hard.
She washes the car. 
She goes to school. 
She tries very hard.
It washes the car. 
It goes to school. 
It tries very hard.
We wash the car. 
We go to school. 
We try very hard.
They wash the car. 
They go to school. 
They try very hard.
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EXERCISE
 Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the following verbs and 
vocabulary words needed for this exercise before you begin. Write the 
words in your language in the space provided.
to amaze
to help 
to cry 
to see 
to guard
to kiss 
to jump 
to go 
to blush 
to flush 
to smoke
to scratch
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English
village 
American 
toilet 
kingdom
knight 
castle
cigarette apple
king 
caramel
every 
people
Rewrite the following sentences with the correct form of the simple present tense using the verb
in parentheses.
1. He (to smoke) American cigarettes. 
2. Karen (to blush) when she (to see) that boy. 
3. I (to love) caramel apple cake. 
4. He (to cry) like a baby. 
5. It (to amaze) me. 
6. It (to jump) very high. 
7. He (to kiss) all the girls in school. 
8. My cats (to scratch) the furniture. 
9. They (to help) many people in the village. 
10. The knights (to guard) the king and castle in the kingdom. 
11. He never (to flush) the toilet. 
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EXERCISE
Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the following verbs and vocabulary words 
needed for this exercise before you begin. Write the words in your language in the space 
provided.
to crush 
to make 
to spoil 
to push 
to explain 
to drive 
to manage 
to melt 
to dream 
to buy 
to own 
to eat 
to do 
to fear 
to follow 
to owe 
to whisper 
to earn 
to carry 
to obey 
paramedic 
patient 
lemon 
rule 
money 
cottage
stretcher 
tea 
carriage 
laundry
perfume 
child 
raw 
onion 
bank 
grape 
spring 
housework
local 
restaurant
everywhere waterfalls
Laundromat nothing
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the simple present tense using the verb
in parentheses.
1. My teacher (to explain) everything.
2. We (to whisper) in class.
3. He (to crush) grapes to make wine.
4. Lisa (to buy) a lot of perfume.
5. I (to do) the housework for my mother.
The Simple Present Tense 
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6. They (to earn) a lot of money.
7. Linda (to work) downtown.
8. My uncle (to manage) a restaurant.
9. The paramedics (to carry) the patient on a stretcher.
10. You (to owe) me money.
11. My grandmother (to eat) raw onions.
12. He (to fear) nothing.
13. They (to follow) me everywhere.
14. I (to work) in the local bank.
15. She (to drink) tea with lemon.
16. Jessica (to push) the baby in a carriage.
17. He (to spoil) his child.
18. Connie (to dream) about waterfalls.
19. Leo (to drive) to work.
20. My husband (to do) the laundry.
21. She (to go) to the Laundromat every week.
22. We (to own) a cottage in the country.
23. The boys (to obey) the rules in class.
24. The snow (to melt) in the spring.
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