Verb -s, do/does & Articles — Art, Power, and the Public Eye
Grammar: Third-person singular -s (verb conjugation), do/does, and articles (a/an/the)
Free ESL grammar exercise on verb -s, do/does & articles themed around art, power, and the public eye. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 4 (upper intermediate) ESL grammar exercise on art, practising third-person singular -s (verb conjugation), do/does, and articles (a/an/the). The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Across the region, a similar pattern emerges. The Mexican muralist Diego Rivera painted the walls of government buildings. Alberto Korda takes a single frame and produces one of the most reproduced images in history.
Grammar
- Third-person -s
- Add -s to the verb when the subject is he, she, or it. She paints. He does not apologise. It carries a risk.
- do vs does in
- Use does with he/she/it; use do with I/you/we/they. Does she paint murals? Do they exhibit abroad?
Sample items
- Francisco Goya ______ as a court painter but he also... the brutality of war.
- ______ the collective Mondongo create works from unusual materials?
- Street artists in Buenos Aires ______ walls as a form of political expression.
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