EXERCISE 17. Simple present verbs: using final 41-ES.

(Charts 1-4 and 1-5)

Direction: Count aloud around the class to the number 24. Find your number(s) in the exercise list,
and write the words that appear beside it on a slip of paper. Then close your book. Walk around the
classroom and read your words aloud to classmates. You are looking for the other half of your
sentence. When you find the person with the other half, combine the information on your two slips
of paper into a sentence. Write the sentence on the chalkboard or on a piece of paper. Make
changes in the verb if necessary. Example (using item 1 and 8): A star shines in the sky at night.

1. a star 13. a hurricane

2. causes air pollution 14. produce one-fourth of the world's coffee
3. stretch when you pull on it 15. oceans
4. a hotel 16. use in long trunk like a hand to pick things up
5. newspaper ink 17. Brazil
6. supports a huge variety of marine life 18. supply its guests with clean towels
7. a bee 19. a rubber band
8. shine in the sky at night 20. gather nectar from flowers
9. cause great destruction when it reaches land 21. flow downhill
10. a river 22. stain my hands when I read the paper
11. improves your circulation and general health 23. automobiles
12. an elephant 24. does physical exercise