Free lesson Level A1 · Review · Unit: He Works, She Works

Checkpoint: He Works, She Works

1. He / She / It in the present simple

With he, she, and it, the verb usually changes in the present simple. We add -s: work → works, live → lives. This is how we talk about another person's habits and routines.

Subject	Verb	Example
I / You / We / They	work	They work every day.
He / She / It	works	She works every day.

He drinks coffee in the morning.

2. Spelling changes: -s, -es, -ies

Some verbs have special spelling in the third person. Most verbs take -s, verbs like go, watch, wash often take -es, and verbs ending in consonant + y change to -ies: study → studies. Learn the full form as one word.

Base verb	He/She/It form
work	works
go	goes
watch	watches
study	studies

3. How often? Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something happens: always, usually, often, sometimes, never. They usually go before the main verb: He usually walks to work. With be, they go after be: She is always busy.

She often studies at night.

He is never late.

4. Questions and negatives with does / doesn't

For he, she, it questions, use does + base verb. For negatives, use doesn't + base verb. The main verb does not take -s after does or doesn't.

Type	Form	Example
Positive	he/she/it + verb-s	She likes tea.
Question	Does + he/she/it + base verb?	Does she like tea?
Negative	he/she/it + doesn't + base verb	She doesn't like tea.

Does he usually go by bus?

Words in this lesson

Word	Meaning	Example
work	work	My brother works in a shop.
study	study	She studies English every evening.
go	go	He goes to school at eight.
watch	watch	My dad watches TV after dinner.
drink	drink	She drinks tea in the morning.
always	always	He always gets up early.
usually	usually	She usually walks to work.
often	often	He often calls his sister.
sometimes	sometimes	She sometimes cooks on Sunday.
never	never	He never drives to work.

Exercises

This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:

multiple choice: 3
fill the gap: 3
match the pairs: 1
build the sentence: 1
translate the sentence: 1
listen and type: 1

Try the first one

Choose the correct sentence.

He work in a bank.
He works in a bank.
He does works in a bank.
He working in a bank.

The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.

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