Plurals & present simple

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Plurals & present simple

repetition

Plurals

Name as many plurals in the room as you can see.

Plurals

•More than 1 of something?   -s 

oApple --> apples, book --> books

•-s, -x, -z, -ch, -sh?    -es

oBus--> buses, box--> boxes, church --> churches

•Ends with o?   -es 

oHero--> heroes, tomato--> tomatoes

•Ends with consonant + y?   change into –ies

oStudy --> studies, baby--> babies

Plurals pt. 2

•Ends with vowel +y?   -s

oBoy --> boys, key --> keys, day --> days

•Ends in –f or –fe?   change into –ves

oKnife --> knives, wolf --> wolves, leaf --> leaves

•Irregular plurals

oMan --> men, woman --> women, tooth --> teeth

•Words with no singular form

oGlasses, trousers

Present simple

They .... to the gym three times a week.

A

go

B

going

C

goes

D

went

The train .... at 6 p.m.

A

leafs

B

leave

C

is leaving

D

leaves

Do you .... a lot of films?

A

watches

B

watched

C

watch

D

watching

Present simple usage

•Facts/ general truths

oThe sun rises in the east.

•Present facts/ truths

oI live in a small village besides a river.

•Routines/ habits

oI walk 30 minutes every evening.

•Future plans/ schedules

oWe fly to Berlin next week.

present simple rules

•Base form of the verb

oWork, read, walk, see, draw, go

•She/he/it= verb +s

oWorks, reads, walks, sees, draws, goes

•Do and does; does is for she/he/it, do is for everything else

oShe does, it does, I do, they do