FINAL -S vs. –ES

SPELLING: FINAL -S vs. –ES
(a) visit visits
answer answers
speak speaks
happen happens
(b) hope hopes
write writes
Final -s, not -es, is added to most verbs. (INCORRECT: visites, speakes, answeres, happenes) Many verbs end in -e. Final -s is simply added.
(c) catch catches
fix fixes
wash washes
buzz buzzes
pass passes
Final -es is added if the verb ends in -ch, -sh, -s, -x, or -z.
(d) do -+ does
go -+ goes
Final -es is added to do and go.
(e) study studies
try tries
(f) pay pays
buy buys
If a verb ends in a consonant + -y, change the -y to and add -es. (INCORRECT. Studys) If a verb ends in a vowel + -y, simply add -s (INCORRECT: Paies or Payes)

LATIHAN 7: Garisbawahi VERBA di dalam tiap kalimat. Tambahkan akhiran s/-es pada verba tersebut jika perlu. Jangan mengubah kata lain mana pun.
1. A bird (sing). A bird sings.
2. Birds (sing). (no change)
3. Wood (flow) on water.
4. Rivers (flow) toward the sea.
5. My mother (worry) about me.
6. A student buy a lot of (books) at the beginning of each term.
7. (Airplanes) fly all around the world.
8. Mr. Wong (teach) Chinese at the university.
9. The teacher ask us a lot of (questions) in class every day.
10. Mr. Smith (watch) game shows on TV every evening.
11. Music consist of pleasant (sounds).
12. Pesticides destroy (insects).
13. Dust (travel) through the air.
14. The front page of a newspaper (contain) the most important news of the day.
15. Water (freeze) at 32°F (0°C) and boil at 212°F (100°C).
16. Ms. Taylor never (cross) the street in the middle of a block. She always (walk) to the corner and (use) the pedestrian walkway.
17. Many parts of the world enjoy four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Each season last three months and bring (changes) in the weather.