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 Simple Present: 3rd Person Singular Whenever you refer to a third person singular (He/She/It) in simple present, you must add -s to the verb following the spelling rules. Is it an option? No, it isn't. It is part of the grammatical structure of simple present. Therefore, it is your duty to manage the spelling rules to convey an accurate message. AFFIRMATIVE STATEMENTS:  Subject + Verb (base form) + s/es/ies (Depending on spelling rules) + complement + . Spelling rules to add -s to 3rd person singular verbs in simple present 1. To most verbs add -s: Cook - Cook s Skate - Skate s Play - Play s 2. When the verb finishes in consonant + y , change the -y to an -i and add -es : C ry - Cr ies Stu dy - Stud ies F ly - Fl ies 3. When the verb finishes in -s, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z , add -es : Cros s - Cross es Wa sh - Wash es Cat ch - Catch es Fi x - Fix es Buz z - Buzz es 4. There are only 3 irregular spelling forms: Do - Does Go - Goes Have - Has 🖉Let's do a short practice...

 CONNECTED SPEECH Listening exercises make me go crazy! I don't understand! They speak fast! There are words I don't get! I know the struggle😁: Been there, felt that way! Yes, English speakers' accent vary. Yes, they do speak fast. Yes, if your vocabulary is short, you will have a hard time trying to understand. But there is a set of pronunciation rules you should manage to feel less stressed when listening to any kind of input. In this post we will go over CONNECTED SPEECH and its main features. There are about six of them but we will cover just the basic ones. When we speak, we do not say the words I N D I V I D U A L L Y or S E P A R A T E L Y; we say them continuously. There is a difference between the way we pronounce the words in isolation and the way we pronounce them in full sentences. In connected speech words are clipped and words are stressed differently than they would be in writing. Linking: When a word finishes in consonant sound and the next word begins wit...

 FEELING ADJECTIVES Feelings are emotions we can easily see or experience. You can tell when someone is sad, mad, ecstatic, etc. by looking at their facial expressions. Here is a list of the common feelings we experience on a daily-basis. The only point to consider when making a sentence using feeling adjectives is not to forget we use the verb be: I am hungry. ( I have hungry .) I'm not cold. ( I don't have cold. ) Are you hot? ( Do you have hot? ) As usual here are the links for you to do some online practice on your own: https://agendaweb.org/vocabulary/feelings-emotions-exercises.html https://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6096