Verb -s, Do/Does & Articles

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

Bosco Sodi does not hold a formal degree in fine arts. What he does have is an obsessive relationship with raw materials. The Colombian painter Alejandra Gaitán works with traditional Andean textile patterns.

Grammar Reference · Verb -s, Do/Does & Articles

Third-person -s

Add -s to the verb when the subject is he, she, or it in present simple. She sells art in London.

Do vs Does

Use does with he/she/it; use do with I/you/we/they. Does he exhibit abroad? Do they buy local?

a / an / the

Use a/an for first mention; the for something already known or unique. She has a gallery. The gallery is in Bogotá.

Zero article

No article before general uncountable or plural nouns. He works with clay and pigments. Art is universal.

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Verb -s, Do/Does & Articles

1.She not exhibit her work outside Colombia.

2. the collectors in Mexico City invest in young artists?

3.He his materials from a quarry in the mountains.

4.This is unusual approach for an artist of her generation.

5. art market is not equal, but it is changing.

6.She enormous canvases that take months to finish.

02Exercise 2 — Find and Correct the Error

find the error · rewrite the sentence

1.The artist do not use traditional methods.

2.She have a studio in the centre of Buenos Aires.

3.Do the curator travels to São Paulo every year?

4.He sold a work at the Christie's auction last year.

5.They makes site-specific installations that cannot be moved.

6.The art is a universal language.

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

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

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