
Read the text and type -s or
-es at the end of the verbs.Dave i
married, and when his new wife see
the clothes in his cupboard one day, she say
, 'Dave, you have only got one good shirt. The others are very old, and they've got holes in them. I'm going to buy you a new one this afternoon.'
Dave like
his old shirts, but he love
his wife too, so he say
, 'All right, Beryl, but please don't throw any of the old ones away.'
Dave go
to work, and when he come
back in the evening, Beryl say
to him, 'Look, Dave, I've bought you a nice shirt. Here it is. Put it on.'
Dave do
not like the shirt but put
it on, and then he say
, 'Look at the sleeves, Beryl. They're too long.'
'That's all right,' Beryl answer
. 'They'll get shorter when I wash the shirt.'
Then Dave say
, 'But the neck's too small.'
'That's all right,' Beryl answer
. 'It'll get bigger when you wear the shirt, Dave.'
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Exercise 2