Level 1Sciencegrammar

He/She/It + -s/-es — Animals Have Routines Too

Grammar: Present Simple

Free ESL grammar exercise on he/she/it + -s/-es themed around animals have routines too. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.

What's on this worksheet

A Level 1 (beginner) ESL grammar exercise on science, practising present simple. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.

From the reading

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: Present Simple

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

Sample items

  1. A cat ______ for fifteen hours a day.
  2. An elephant always ______ to find water.
  3. The dolphin sometimes ______ near the boat.

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