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Teacher: Ana Maria Cantadori

Simple Present

AFFIRMATIVE
works

I/You/We/They work

He/She/It

NEGATIVE

I/You/We/They dont work

He/She/It doesnt work

INTERROGATIVE

Do I/You/We/They work?

Does He/She/It work?

Examples:

We always play the guitar. / She always plays the guitar.

They walk to school everyday. / She walks to school everyday.

On the third person of the singular form, you just add S to the verb, but there are a few
exceptions:
1. Irregular verb: have

I have a new pen. / She has a new pen.

2. Verbs and Nouns ending with s/ss/sh/ch/x/z and O we add ES:

Watch-watches / wash-washes / do/does / go-goes / box-boxes / potato/potatoes

We watch TV all the time. / He watches TV all the time.

There is one box here. / There are two boxes here.
3. Words ending in consonant and Y change the Y to IES
study-studies / baby-babies

We study together. / He studies with us.

I have one baby. / She has two babies.

Write us a few exemples:

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Some irregular plural nouns:

Ves (ending with F or FE):

Knife / knives: faca/facas

Wolf / wolves: lobo/lobos
Thief / thieves: ladro/ladres
Wife / wives: esposa/esposas
Half / halves: metade/metades

prateleira/prateleiras
Life / lives: vida/vidas

Scarf / Scarves:
cachecol/chachecis

Excesses:

cliff-cliffs: penhasco/penhascos
Chef / chefs: chefe de cozinha/ chefes de cozinha
Roof/roofs: teto/tetos
Dwarf/Dwarfs or Dwarves: ano/anes

Others:

Child /children: criana / crianas

Foot / feet: p / ps
Man / men: homem / homens

Tooth / teeth: dente / dentes

Goose / geese: ganso / gansos

Shelf / shelves:

Woman / women: mulher/mulheres

Person / people: pessoa/pessoas
Mouse / Mice: rato/ratos

Sheep: ovelha/ovelhas
Tuna: atum/atuns

No change (sem mudana):

Deer: veado/veados
Fish: peixe/peixes

Nouns ending with O sometimes with add S other times we add ES:

Video / Videos: vdeo / vdeos

Zoo / zoos: zoolgico / zoolgicos

Hero / heroes: heri/heris

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Exercise
1 - What is the correct plural of the word?
1- How many (person)___________ study English as a second language?
2- Five (woman)__________ opened a computer service company.
3- Even (child)____________ enjoy learning on the Internet.
4- Most basketball players are 6 (foot)__________ tall or more.
5- Which breed of (sheep)___________ produces the finest wool?
6- My (tooth)__________ are sensitive to the cold.
7- At daylight savings time, we have to change our (watch)_________
8- The boys went fishing and caught 10 (fish)__________.
9- There are 10 (man)___________ in the Maintenance Department.
10- The (wife)________ keep their (knife)__________ on the (shelf)___________.
11- (Goose)_________ are water birds.
12- (Piano)_________are difficult to move .
13- There are some (policeman)__________ in my house!

Write the correct form of the verbs into the gaps:

abcdefghi-

________ the cat _________ on the chair? (TO SIT)

________ Peter __________ games? (TO PLAY)
_______ you normally _________ your family? (TO VISIT)
___________ you ____________ computers? (TO USE)
___________ she ___________ many friends?
___________ Sally and Allan ____________ Pets? (TO LIKE)
__________ they ____________ karate? (TO DO)
__________ you ____________ sparkling water? (TO DRINK)
__________ your teacher ___________ the homework? (TO CORRECT)

- Write the negative and the interrogative forms of the verbs into the spaces:
Ex- Tom writes a letter.
Negative: Tom doesnt write a letter.
Interrogative: Does Tom write a letter?
a- The girls are at the mall.
Negative: _______________________________________________________
Interrogative: ____________________________________________________
b- Mary wash the dishes.
Negative: _______________________________________________________
Interrogative: ____________________________________________________
c- The dog eats its food.
Negative: _______________________________________________________
Interrogative: ____________________________________________________
d- We live in a small house.
Negative: _______________________________________________________
Interrogative: ____________________________________________________
e- I have milk for breakfast.
Negative: _______________________________________________________
Interrogative: ____________________________________________________
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f-

She knows my mother.

Negative: _______________________________________________________
Interrogative: ____________________________________________________
g- My brother works in an office.
Negative: _______________________________________________________
Interrogative: ____________________________________________________
4 -Put the verbs into the correct form.
a- I ____________ lemonade very much. (to like)
b- The girls always ____________ to pop music. (to listen)
c- Janet never ____________ jeans. (to wear)
d- Mr. Smith ____________ Spanish and French. (to teach)
e- You ____________ your homework after school. (to do)
f- We ___________ a nice garden. (to have)
g- She __________ six years old. (to be)
h- Simon __________ two rabbits and five goldfish. (to have)
i- I ____________ from Vienna, Austria. (to be)
j- They __________ Sandy's parents. (to be)
5- Make negative sentences.
a- My father makes breakfast.
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b- They go to Europe every year.
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c- She writes a letter.
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d- I speak Italian.
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e- Danny calls his father on Sundays.
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6 - Make questions.
a- you / to speak / English
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b- when / he / to go / home
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c- they / to clean / the bathroom
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d- where / she / to ride / her bike
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e- Billy / to work / in the supermarket
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Teacher Ana Maria Cantadori

Possessive something belongs to somebody

After a singular noun: `s

Paulas house

Marcos boutique de po

Thats Johns picture.

Thats the boys ball.

After plural noun ending in S: `

My brothers toy

my moms car

the childrens bedroom

Thats Chris` picture.

Thats the boys`ball.

MUCH / MANY = a lot of (lots of)

Many (muitos) countable nouns
Two friends, three trees, fous cars, five dollars

I have many books = I have a lot of books = I have lots of books. (Eu tenho muitos
livros)

Much (muito) uncountable nouns

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Money, time, water, milk, wine

I have much money = I have a lot of money = I have lots of money. (Eu tenho muito
dinheiro)

(A)FEW/ (A) LITTLE

I have few books (Eu tenho poucos livros)

I have a few books. (Eu tenho alguns livros)

(a)few (poucos (as), alguns(as) ) countable nouns

(a)little- (pouco, um pouco de) uncountable nouns

I have little Money. (Eu tenho pouco dinheiro.)

I have a little money. (Eu tenho um pouco de dinheiro.)

Exercieses
a- Decide whether you have to use much or many.
1.

_______cars

1.

_________girls

2.

_________music

2.

________pencils

3.

_________pictures

3.

________food

4.

_________flowers

4.

_______evenings

5.

_________milk

5.

________websites

6.

_________numbers

6.

_________sugar

7.

_________money

7.

________women

8.

_________tea

8.

________children

9.

_________time

9.
10.

b- Decide whether you have to use much or many.

1.

Jane hasn't got____________time.

2.

Do you know____________words in English?

3.

He didn't eat _____________meat.

4.

There isn't____________butter in the fridge.

5.

How___________eggs did the hens lay?

6.

Samantha has as __________money as Bruce.

7.

How___________lessons do you have on Mondays?

8.

There was too____________noise in the streets.

9.

I cannot see_____________stars in the sky tonight.

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10.

Do you have___________friends abroad?

11.
c- Decide whether you have to use much or many.

1.

There is too ____________water in the bathtub.

2.

How ___________brothers and sisters does Anne have?

3.

I don't receive_____________letters nowadays.

4.

How_____________rice do you eat per week?

5.

I put too______________salt in the soup.

6.

How _____________people were at the party?

7.

It doesn't make____________sense.

8.

There wasn't____________traffic on the motorway.

9.

My grandfather does not have___________hair, anymore.

10.

How____________plates do we need?
12.
13.
14.
d- Decide whether you have to use a little or a few.
15.
16.

1- _________apples

25.

10-___________cups

17.
18.
19.
20.

2- __________rice
3 - ___________bicycles
4- __________trees
5-___________boys

26.

11- __________water

27.

12-__________luck

28.

13-___________friends

21.

6-__________money

29.

14- __________chairs

22.

7-___________dogs

30.

15-___________coffee

23.

8-___________time

31.

16-__________children

24.

9-___________sugar

32.

17-__________work

33.

18-__________men

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efe- Decide whether you have to use a little or a few.

gh-

1-Could I have ____________sugar for my tea, please?

i2-If you want to make pancakes, you need ____________eggs and

____________flour.
j-

3-Have you got ____________minutes? I need to talk to you.

k-

4-I have ____________headache.

l-

5-Jane has invited ____________boys to her party.

m-

6-There is still ____________work to do.

n-

7-They sang ____________songs.

o-

8-Would you like ____________more rice?

pf-

Decide whether you have to use little or few.

q-

r-

1-We had __________snow last winter.

s-

2-__________people were interested in the exhibition.

t-

3-I speak__________French.

u-

4-There are __________gentlemen nowadays.

v-

5-She has__________relatives.

w-

6-There is__________water in the pond.

x-

7-The professor spends __________time in company.

y-

8-We have __________knowledge of this phenomenon.

z-

9-There are__________mushrooms in my mushroom soup.

aa-

10-__________animals can survive in the desert.

ab-