-s endings, do/does, articles

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

Brazil has a long tradition of visual experimentation. Today, the Museo de Arte de São Paulo holds one of the most important collections in Latin America.

Grammar Reference · -s endings, do/does, articles

Third-person -s

Add -s to the verb in present simple when the subject is he, she, or it. The Bienal opens every two years.

do vs does

Use do with I/you/we/they. Use does with he/she/it. Does she exhibit in Europe? Do they curate the show?

a, an, the

Use a/an for first mention or any one of many. Use the for something specific or unique. She visited a gallery; the gallery was in Madrid.

Common error

He don't go to museums. ✗ → He doesn't go to museums. ✓ and She go... ✗ → She goes... ✓

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

-s endings, do/does, articles

1.She to the Bienal every two years without fail.

2. Adriano Pedrosa curate exhibitions outside Brazil?

3.Lygia Clark is artist who changed how people think about participation.

4.The photographer Sebastião Salgado his career working across five continents.

5.MASP not charge for entry on Tuesdays.

6.She saw incredible painting at the gallery and later bought a print of ... painting.

02Exercise 2 — Find and Correct the Error

find the error · rewrite the sentence

1.She don't visit galleries very often these days.

2.Do the artist sell his work directly to collectors?

3.I saw a amazing exhibition last week — a exhibition was all about street art.

4.The MASP hold more than 11,000 works in its permanent collection.

5.Does the young curators travel to an São Paulo Bienal every year?

6.He study an history of art at a University of Buenos Aires.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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