Let me work through this step by step to fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms.
Looking at the word bank:
- Base forms: stay, cook, do, live, play, read, go, speak, work
- Third person singular forms: stays, cooks, does, lives, plays, reads, goes, speaks, works
Now let me analyze each sentence:
1. "My name is Penny. I _______ in Australia."
- Subject: I (first person) → use base form
- Answer:
live
2. "I can _______ English and French."
- After "can" we use base form
- Answer:
speak
3. "She _______ English, French and Spanish."
- Subject: She (third person singular) → use third person form
- Answer:
speaks
4. "My parents can only _______ English."
- After "can" we use base form
- Answer:
speak
5. "We _______ in a large house in Perth."
- Subject: We (plural) → use base form
- Answer:
live
6. "Everyday my father _______ the newspaper,"
- Subject: my father (third person singular) → use third person form
- Answer:
reads
7. "while my mother _______ breakfast."
- Subject: my mother (third person singular) → use third person form
- Answer:
cooks
8. "I _______ my French book"
- Subject: I (first person) → use base form
- Answer:
read
9. "and my sister _______ her Spanish book before breakfast."
- Subject: my sister (third person singular) → use third person form
- Answer:
reads
10. "After breakfast I _______ to school."
- Subject: I (first person) → use base form
- Answer:
go
11. "My sister _______ to a university close to our house."
- Subject: My sister (third person singular) → use third person form
- Answer:
goes
12. "My father _______ to work"
- Subject: My father (third person singular) → use third person form
- Answer:
goes
13. "and my mother _______ home."
- Subject: my mother (third person singular) → use third person form
- Answer:
stays
14. "My father _______ very hard"
- Subject: My father (third person singular) → use third person form
- Answer:
works
15. "and often _______ on business trips."
- Subject: My father (continues from previous clause, third person singular) → use third person form
- Answer:
goes
16. "Every weekend we _______ to the beach."
- Subject: we (plural) → use base form
- Answer:
go
17. "We _______ volleyball"
- Subject: We (plural) → use base form
- Answer:
play
18. "and sometimes my sister _______ games with the other adults on the beach."
- Subject: my sister (third person singular) → use third person form
- Answer:
plays
19. "Where _______ you live?"
- Question with "you" → use base form "do" as auxiliary
- Answer:
do
20. "What do you _______ every day?"
- After "do" we use base form
- Answer:
do
Let me verify all answers make sense in context... Yes, they all fit grammatically and logically!
Final Answer:
Hello!
My name is Penny. I
live in Australia. I can
speak English and French. My sister's name is Mary. She
speaks English, French and Spanish. My parents can only
speak English.
We
live in a large house in Perth. Everyday my father
reads the newspaper, while my mother
cooks breakfast. I
read my French book and my sister
reads her Spanish book before breakfast.
After breakfast I
go to school. My sister
goes to a university close to our house. My father
goes to work and my mother
stays home. My father
works very hard and often
goes on business trips.
Every weekend we
go to the beach. We
play volleyball and sometimes my sister
plays games with the other adults on the beach. Where
do you live?
What do you
do every day?
Your new friend,
Penny.
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of the verb be worksheet.
