He/She/It + -s/-es

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

A dolphin usually sleeps for eight hours. An elephant eats for sixteen hours every day. It always moves to find food. A cat usually hunts at night and always looks for a warm place to rest.

Grammar Reference · He/She/It + -s/-es

He / She / It + -s

A dolphin sleeps eight hours a day. — add -s to most verbs

-es after s, sh, ch, x

The cat watches the birds. — add -es after s, sh, ch, x

always / usually /

An elephant always eats a lot. — before the main verb

never

A cat never eats grass. — never = 0% of the time

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

He/She/It + -s/-es

1.A cat for fifteen hours a day.

2.An elephant always to find water.

3.The dolphin sometimes near the boat.

4.A lion usually at night.

5.The cat never in the cold.

6.An elephant for sixteen hours a day.

02Exercise 2 — Build · Re-order the Words

jumble · capital + full stop + conjugate

1.always · the · eats · elephant · morning · in

2.at · hunts · usually · night · the · lion

3.never · cold · the · sleeps · in · cat · the

4.sometimes · the · plays · dolphin · afternoon · in · the

5.place · looks · warm · always · a · cat · for · the

6.rests · elephant · the · sometimes · afternoon · in · the

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

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

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