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Verbs in Simple Present

Verb 3rd person singular

Example (verb used in a sentences)

Answer Answers A teacher always answers the students’ questions A receptionist answers the phone all day.

Ask Asks My mom always asks me about my day. I always ask for homework when I miss a class

Be (am/are) Is I am in the classroom. She is an engineer.

Brush Brushes I always brush my teeth after dinner My sister brushes her hair before school.

Buy Buys My mom doesn’t buy food in Walmart. Ethel usually buys breakfast at the school canteen.

Call Calls Do you call your girlfriend often? They call to the radio station once in a while.

Change Changes She changes his clothes after getting home. I change the channel when a program isn’t good.

Come Comes He comes home twice a week. I come to this restaurant every Sunday.

Come back Comes back I come back home every weekend. Students comes back to school after every holiday.

Cry Cries Ann cries every time she watches a romantic movie. Do babies cry at night?

Dance Dances I always dance at the club. Susan doesn’t dance in parties.

Dislike Dislikes I dislike pizza. She dislikes going to the beach.

Do Does What do you do for living? She does her homework every day after school.

Drink Drinks I drink 5 glasses of water every day. She rarely drinks orange juice for breakfast.

Eat Eats Michel eats popcorn at the cinema. Stacy doesn’t eat tacos.

Enjoy Enjoys I enjoy watching a movie with my family. My mother enjoys soap operas.

Get dressed Gets dressed Melissa gets dressed after taking a bath. Amber and her sister always get dressed in the bath.

Get up Gets up Uncle Bob gets up at 9 am on weekends. On holidays, I get up late.

Go Goes I go to school at 7 a.m. on weekdays. Sue goes to the gym in the afternoons.

Hate Hates I hate honey. My mom hates watching action movies.

Have Has She has a beautiful car. I have got a beautiful hair.

Help Helps Andy helps his children to do their homework. Do you help your mom with the house chores?

Jump Jumps Children usually jump on the bed. Christina hardly ever jumps rope.

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Kiss Kisses My mom kisses me before leaving. I kiss my home when I get home.

Learn Learns Michael doesn’t learn anything in his classes. Sean learns 5 new verbs in English every day.

Leave Leaves I leave home to work every morning at 6:45 a.m. The train leaves the town around 7 p.m.

Like Likes Do you like ice cream? She likes reading.

Listen Listens Sonia listens to music when she studies. Jacob doesn’t listen to music when he studies.

Live Lives Mary lives in Massachusetts. Brian and Susan live in Tokyo.

Look after Looks after A babysitter looks after babies. I look after my brother every afternoon.

Look at Looks at I look at information at the net. My teacher looks at the dictionary for unknown words.

Love Loves Stacy doesn’t love Mike. Ian and Mickey love their puppy.

Make Makes My mother makes a delicious cake. I make the bed every morning.

Open Opens The English teacher doesn’t open the door after 7:10 a.m. HSBC opens its doors at 9:00 a.m.

Play Plays We play soccer every Saturday at 10:00 a.m. She plays the guitar accurately.

Prepare Prepares Ron always prepares breakfast the night before. I always prepare for the teacher questions.

Put Puts I seldom put my laptop on the sofa. It could fall. Cameron always puts her books in her bag in advance.

Read Reads My father reads the news in the mornings. I never read apart from school.

Relax Relaxes When I finish classes, I relax at home. Christine relaxes on vacations.

Run Runs Bolt and Jefferson run faster than anyone in the world. Blood runs in my veins.

Say Says My mom always says that I am a very smart boy. People say that politicians are not reliable.

See Sees I look up to the sky and I see the stars. Mary sees the corn fields when she travels home.

Shave Shaves Mario shaves his beard twice a week. I shave myself every day.

Sleep Sleeps When my mom is angry, my dad sleeps on the sofa. I sleep as a baby all night long.

Speak Speaks The boss speaks to his workers in the company. We always speak in English in the class.

Study Studies I never study for the exams. My best friend studies ICT engineering.

Take Takes I take the bus every morning. My sister takes her son to the doctor once a month.

Take off Takes off The airplane takes off at 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Talk Talks Jessica talks about her problems with her friends. I talk to my parents when we eat.

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Teach Teaches Parents teach their kids to not be mean. I teach my brother to play soccer.

Tell Tells I always tell my mom that she is the best. Christine doesn’t tell lies.

Travel Travels I travel 42 km every Sunday to go home. Me and my family travel to Cancun every summer holidays.

Turn off Turns off At night, she turns off the lamp and sleeps. Every morning I turn the TV off and I go to school.

Turn on Turns on Does Mary turn the TV on when she studies? Why don’t you turn on the lights?

Visit Visits My brother visits me once in a while. I visit my cousins on weekends.

Walk Walks I walk to school every day. Brenda walks her dog in the afternoons.

Wash Washes I wash my face before school. My mom washes the dishes after dinner.

Watch Watches I watch TV before going to bed Stacy watches a movie every night.

Wear Wears We don’t wear uniform at school. She wears pants and a t-shirt when exercises.

Write Writes Jean writes letters to her friends on Christmas. We write essays in English class.