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Plural Verb

He plays the piano. Does he play the flute?

Japanese name: 3人称単数現在形 (san-nin-shou tansuu genzai-kei)

She plays tennis every Sunday.
Makoto doesn’t like onions.
Does your grandmother live in London?

In English, the form of the verb changes when the subject is in the third person. It becomes “pluralized,” for lack of a better term. As with many verb form changes, there are general rules for spelling, but plenty of exceptions as well.

In the negative and question sentences, the word “does” or “doesn’t” is pluralized and the verb remains in its plain form.

English is very unique among the world’s languages in that this only applies when the subject is in the third person. Even very advanced students will occasionally make mistakes with this grammar point.

  • DOES he ~ DOES she ~

    NEW HORIZON 1 Unit 6 Story 3. Using the grammar "DOES". PLURAL VERB. A warm up activity

  • Minecraft NH1 Review

    Review Units 5-7 after winter break for 1st years!

  • Christmas (Jeopardy)

    I make a lot of Jeopardy game and this version is the most requested version by the teachers. Enjoy!

  • Hanukkah Lesson

    A mix of a quiz and informational PowerPoint presentation on Hanukkah. After, the students can do an activity on writing holiday cards

  • Verb Sugoroku (JHS)

    A flexible board game where students change sentences based on target grammar point.

  • Does/Doesn't - Who is your friend?

    From Sunshine Program Book 1, Program 5, Interact 1, pg 66. Explains how to use Does/Doesnt in a fun interactive way. For junior highschool students.

  • Does He/She

    A writing activity for students to learn to ask and answer questions

  • She loves dogs! (3rd Person Singular)

    An entire class based around the 3rd Person Singular for 1st Grade of Junior High School

  • Zombie Challenge

    Zombie game with a powerpoint

  • Months and Plural Verbs Concentration

    Introduce the months with a short three hint quiz, play concentration and do some writing

  • JHS NH1 Unit 6 Review

    kahoot game

  • Quiz and Survivor Game 'Does she play it?'

    A quiz to introduce 'Does Questions', Survivor Game to practice and then some writing as a follow up.

  • Board Game 1nen Plural verbs

    Sugoroku type game, to practice Present Simple. It included "when". 2-4 or 6 students can play. Dice can be digital from tablets one per group. There are many online dice sites.

  • I have/do you/ does she/he?

    It is sort of like go-fish, but with 3 players. The trick is, Player 1 can't talk to Player 3. So Player 2 must speak for Player 3. This gets the kids to practice using he does/she does.

  • Disney Dollars

    Exciting speaking game (adaptable to other grammar points)

  • Interview Quiz- "Do you know your classmates?"

    This activity uses 3rd person singular simple present verbs. Students interview each other in pairs, and then the ALT quizzes the class.

  • Thanksgiving Culture & Sail to the New World Quiz

    The origin and food of Thanksgiving is shortly introduced before a quiz game (similar to Monster Dash & Mario Kart games on this website).

  • Mystery Match 3

    Students combine sentence parts to make three original sentences and try to get a match 3. Practices: "[be] sure that..." "[be] glad that..." and "[hope] that..."

  • Disney Wipe Out

    A race and speak Powerpoint Game for groups

  • DARUMA Race and Speak Points Game

    Students work as groups. Get points by racing to speak the answers.

  • Does he/she ?

    Does he / Does She Battleship

  • Thief

    A game/activity to practice "Does" questions and answers.

  • Election USA

    A variation on Battle for Japan

  • Janken Points

    Students read an English sentence and either win or lose the corresponding points over a game of janken.

  • Who Is Your Classmate

    Students fill out a worksheet about themselves, and then do an activity where they try to guess who their friends are based upon the hints they wrote on their worksheets.

  • Grabbing Guess

    Students guess how many objects you have in your hand or a box.

  • Make A Face

    Students connect numbers to the correct phrases and finally to the appropriate pictures.

  • Make a Monster

    Students use present tense plural verbs to form sentences to describe an original monster.

  • Who Likes Monsters

    Students write third person sentences. Then play the Englipedia's Squares game, only a halloween version.

  • "Does he/she" Guess-the-character Game

    Students compete to guess as many characters as they can by asking "Does (pronoun) (verb + object)?" questions. This uses the characters in the Sunshine textbooks.

  • A bunch of Questions for Quizzes

    Questions lists focused on various grammar points

  • S/he (verb)s karuta

    Practice verbs with an "s" at the end by playing karuta.

  • Halloween Quizzes and Zombie Attack

    My Quizzes and A Writing Game

  • Buddy Chain Game

    Short interview style game to practice 3rd person verb questions

  • Does/Doesn't Quiz

    Students secretly choose one character and then interview their friends to find out their choice.

  • Memory Round

    Students listen to the subjects their classmates like to study and memorise.

  • Thief

    Students compose a series of questions to try and guess who the thief of the chocolate cake the ALT made was.

  • Does He Like Sushi?

    Students interview three friends and try to guess which character they have chosen using "Does she/he...?" questions and a process of elimination.

  • Can/Does Mastermind

    Students play a simplified mastermind using 'can' and 'does'.

  • I know a person who likes...

    Students practice relative pronouns by guessing which classmate their partner is talking about.

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