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What does she wear on Aloha Friday? Clothes and the present simple with he and she

An A1 ESL lesson plan on clothes and the present simple with he and she, built around Aloha Friday.

Grammar
The present simple with he, she and it: -s, -es or -ies on the verb (She wears a dress. He carries a bag.), has for have, and no -s after I, you, we, they or can.
Topic
Clothes and colors on Aloha Friday, when many offices in Hawaii say yes to aloha shirts, with words such as dress, shorts, sandals and pattern.
Activities
A Honolulu visitor guide to read, a dialogue and a voicemail to hear, self-checking drills, a chat about clothes, open boxes of questions and a post to write.

What's inside

  1. Chapter 1Aloha, Friday!

    • NotesUnlock
    • PictureUnlock
    • Spin the wheel and answerSpin the wheelUnlock
    • Study the words: clothes and colorsVocabularyTry it
    • Look at the pictures and chooseChoose by pictureUnlock

  2. Chapter 2Let's read: Aloha Friday

    • Look at the photo: Friday in HonoluluPictureUnlock
    • Read the visitor guideReal-life documentTry it
    • Read and mark true or falseTrue or falseUnlock
    • Read again and choose the right answerQuizUnlock

  3. Chapter 3Let's listen: Mia's family

    • Listen to Mia and SamListeningTry it
    • Transcript, for the teacherUnlock
    • Listen and choose the right answerQuizUnlock
    • Listen to a voicemail from Malia, Mia's momListeningUnlock
    • Transcript, for the teacherUnlock
    • Listen to Malia and choose the right wordChoose the optionUnlock

  4. Chapter 4Grammar: she wears, he carries

    • Study the scheme: she wears, he carriesGrammar schemeTry it
    • Choose the right wordChoose the optionUnlock
    • Fill in the gaps: he, she, itFill in the gapsTry it
    • Fill in the table: I wear, she wearsFill in the tableUnlock
    • Choose the right sentenceQuizUnlock

  5. Chapter 5Let's talk: who wears what?

    • Choose the right replies: Aloha Friday with MiaChatTry it
    • Open a box and answer: who wears what?Open the boxUnlock

  6. Chapter 6Homework

    • Put the words in the right orderUnjumbleUnlock
    • Match the words and their meaningsMatchUnlock
    • Write a post: a person and his or her clothesWriting, checked by the teacherUnlock
    • Record a voice message: a person and his or her clothesSpeaking, checked by the teacherUnlock

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Clothes vocabulary

9 words and phrases from the lesson, each with a picture and audio in edio.

+6 more with pictures and audio in the lessonMore words

  • dress
  • shorts
  • sandals
  • pattern
  • colorful
  • hibiscus

Grammar: present simple with he, she and it

Talking about other people brings in the third person singular: after he, she or it, a present simple verb needs an ending. With Mia's family in Honolulu and their Friday clothes, learners add -s, -es or -ies to the verb, meet has, and see which subjects keep the base form.

She wears, he carries: he, she, it + -s

Talk about other people. With he, she and it, add -s to the verb.

I wear, she wears: every person

The table runs wear and carry through every person, and only he, she and it change the verb: He wears sandals. She carries a bag. Here it is Pickle the dog: It wears a blue collar.

Whowearcarry
II wear sandals.I carry a bag.
youYou wear sandals.You carry a bag.
heHe wears sandals.He carries a bag.
sheShe wears sandals.She carries a bag.
it (Pickle, the dog)It wears a blue collar.It carries a ball.
weWe wear sandals.We carry bags.
theyThey wear sandals.They carry bags.

One person or thing + verb + -s

A name or a singular noun works like he or she, so verbs after Mia or her dad take -s: Mia wears an aloha shirt. Her dad works in an office. Kai goes to the beach.

he / she / itverb + -s

Mia wears an aloha shirt.

Her dad works in an office.

Kai goes to the beach.

Spelling: -s, -es, -ies and has

Most verbs just add -s, and so do verbs ending in a vowel + y: works, likes, buys, plays. After -ch, -sh, -s, -x and -o comes -es (watches, washes, fixes, goes, does), a consonant + y becomes -ies (carries, studies), and have turns into has.

The verb ends in …he, she, itExamples
most verbs+ swear → wears, work → works, like → likes
a, e, o, u + y+ sbuy → buys, play → plays
-ch, -sh, -s, -x, -o+ eswatch → watches, wash → washes, fix → fixes, go → goes, do → does
another letter + y (r + y, d + y …)y → iescarry → carries, try → tries, study → studies
havespecial!have → has

No -s after they or can

Two people are they, so the verb stays bare: Mia and Kai wear aloha shirts. The same goes after can: She can wear shorts, never She can wears shorts.

No -s after I, you, we, they, and no -s after can

I wear, you wear, we wear, they wear: no -s! Two people = they: Mia and Kai wear aloha shirts. After can, no -s: She can wear shorts. (Not: She can wears shorts.)

Common mistakes

  • She wear a dress.

    She wears a dress.

    she + verb + -s

  • He gos to the beach.

    He goes to the beach.

    go → goes

  • She carrys a bag.

    She carries a bag.

    carry → carries

  • He haves a hat.

    He has a hat.

    have → has

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What's in the lesson

  • 11 auto-checked exercises
  • 3 games
  • 2 teacher-checked tasks
  • 1 real-life document
  • 1 grammar scheme
  • 1 set of word cards
  • 2 audio clips
  • 2 pictures
  • 1 note
  • 2 transcripts

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

  • say what other people wear and do, with -s on the verb: Mia wears an aloha shirt. Her dad works in an office.
  • spell the verb after he, she and it: wears, watches, goes, carries, and has for have
  • keep the base verb after I, you, we, they and can: They wear sandals. She can wear shorts.
  • describe clothes with colors and patterns: a long yellow dress with white flowers, a green shirt with a pineapple pattern

Lesson 1 opens Shopping, the first unit of English A1.2 · Out and About, and with it the course. It takes the present simple of lesson 22 in English A1.1 · Hello, World, the mail carriers' week told with we and they, and adds the -s for one person; lesson 2 then turns these sentences into negatives with doesn't. Aloha Friday is about who wears what, so the visitor guide already uses wears, has and goes.

A spin wheel of questions about students' own clothes leads into nine words, from wear and carry to sandals and hibiscus, with pictures and audio. Students read a Honolulu visitor guide that explains the light, short-sleeved shirts and the muumuu, a long, loose dress, then hear Mia tell Sam about her family's Friday clothes (an AI-voiced dialogue) and a voicemail from her mom. After the scheme, four exercises check each answer: choosing the right word, a gap-fill of -s, -es and -ies forms, a table that turns I wear into she wears, and a choice of the correct sentence. In the speaking chapter, students answer Mia's messages about their family's clothes, then open boxes that ask who wears what.

For homework, students put sentences in order and match the clothes words with their meanings, two tasks that check themselves. They then write a post about one person and his or her clothes and record a voice message about a family member, both for the teacher to review.

Grammar:
present simple (he, she, it) · -s, -es, -ies · has
Topic:
Aloha Friday · Hawaii · clothes · colors · family

Teaching tips

  • Point your way through the scheme's table: at yourself for I wear, at one student for She wears, at two for They wear, so students hear where the -s comes and goes.
  • Sort verbs into -s, -es and -ies columns on the board before the gap-fill: students place play, watch, study, wash and carry, then say each one after she.
  • Let students guess before the dialogue: what do Mia's dad, mom and brother wear in Honolulu? The listening then checks each guess.
  • Play Guess who! from the open boxes: one student describes a classmate with She wears… or He has…, and the class names the person.

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The whole course: English A1.2 · Out and About

32 lessons that pick up where English A1.1 ends, in simple American English, from the present simple with he and she to was and were. Eight units cover shopping, the weather, getting around, celebrations, health, animals and nature, jobs and weekends. Pictures and definitions replace translations, and the practice exercises check themselves.See the course

  1. Unit 1 Shopping

    clothes and colors, he and she in the present simple, sizes and prices, paying in a store

    1. Lesson 1 · you're hereWhat does she wear on Aloha Friday?Present simple with he, she and it
    2. Lesson 2A basket on wheels?Present simple negatives with don't and doesn't
    3. Lesson 3What size are these boots?What questions and a pair of
    4. Lesson 4Can I try it on? The Santa Fe Indian MarketRequests and permission with Can I and Can you

  2. Unit 2 Weather and seasons

    the weather, seasons and months, the present continuous, how often it rains or snows

    1. Lesson 5Is the Windy City windy?Weather adjectives with It's
    2. Lesson 6Does it rain in the desert?Yes/no questions with does
    3. Lesson 7Baseball at midnight?The present continuous for now
    4. Lesson 8Is it always windy on Mount Washington?Adverbs of frequency and their place

  3. Unit 3 Getting around

    transport, timetables, where places are, tickets with want and need

    1. Lesson 9How do you get to work?By + transport, take the bus and on foot
    2. Lesson 10What time does the ferry leave?Wh- questions with does
    3. Lesson 11Where's the streetcar stop?Between, behind, in front of and across from
    4. Lesson 12Do you need a ticket?Want and need with a noun

  4. Unit 4 Celebrations

    dates and holidays, in and on, party invitations, object pronouns

    1. Lesson 13Why is it called Juneteenth?Ordinal numbers for saying dates
    2. Lesson 14Never on a Sunday? The Rose ParadeIn, on and at for dates and times
    3. Lesson 15Come to our Lunar New Year party!Some and any with plural nouns
    4. Lesson 16Thank you, teacher!Object pronouns me, you, him, her, it, us and them

  5. Unit 5 Healthy me

    the body, how often, at the pharmacy, steps with first and then

    1. Lesson 17Does your back hurt?Hurt and hurts with parts of the body
    2. Lesson 18How often do you walk?How often questions and expressions of frequency
    3. Lesson 19What's the matter?Have and has for health problems
    4. Lesson 20Clean hands in five stepsSequence words with imperatives

  6. Unit 6 Animals and nature

    there is and there are, what animals are doing, parks, a, an and the

    1. Lesson 21Which frog sings its name?There is and there are for what's in a place
    2. Lesson 22What's the bear doing now?Present continuous questions and negatives
    3. Lesson 23Are there any horses on the beach?Questions with is there and are there any
    4. Lesson 24Where do the baby turtles go?A, an and the for first and second mention

  7. Unit 7 Jobs people do

    jobs and workplaces, the present simple and continuous, job interviews, possessive pronouns

    1. Lesson 25Who makes the sounds in movies?Present simple vs present continuous
    2. Lesson 26Nurses on horses?At, in and on with workplaces
    3. Lesson 27Can you be a lifeguard?Verbs with prepositions
    4. Lesson 28Whose hat is this?Possessive pronouns from mine to theirs

  8. Unit 8 Weekend stories and plans

    was and were, how long and how tall, and, but and or, camping food

    1. Lesson 29Why do we have two days off?Was and were, the past of be
    2. Lesson 30How long is a blue whale?How + adjective questions about size
    3. Lesson 31A cow made of butter?And, but and or for joining ideas
    4. Lesson 32What do you need for s'mores?Containers and quantities with of

Questions about this lesson

What is the third person singular in English?
The third person singular is he, she, it or any one person or thing, and in the present simple its verb ends in -s. She wears a dress. He works in an office. It has a blue collar. Names and singular nouns count too (My mom has a red dress.), while I, you, we and they keep the base form: They wear sandals.
When does a verb take -s, -es or -ies?
With he, she and it, the ending depends on the last letters of the verb: most verbs add -s, verbs ending in -ch, -sh, -s, -x or -o add -es, and a consonant + y becomes -ies. So it's wears, watches and carries, and have becomes has. The gap-fill in the A1 lesson What does she wear on Aloha Friday? on edio.ai mixes all of them, from does and has to studies.
How do you use the present simple with he, she and it?
Use the present simple with he, she and it for one person's habits, jobs and facts, adding -s to the verb: She works in an office. On Friday, he wears an aloha shirt. Nothing else in the sentence changes. In What does she wear on Aloha Friday?, an A1 lesson on edio.ai, a dialogue describes a Honolulu family this way: the dad works in an office and wears a green aloha shirt.
Is it "she wear" or "she wears"?
It's she wears, with -s: after he, she or it, the present simple verb needs the ending. She wears a dress and sandals. I wear, you wear, we wear and they wear have no -s, and neither does can wear. One of the traps in the chat of What does she wear on Aloha Friday?, an A1 lesson on edio.ai, is She wear a dress and sandals.
Is it "he have" or "he has"?
It's he has, because have is irregular: with he, she and it, it becomes has, and standard English has no he have or he haves. My mom has a red dress. It has a blue collar. He has a cowboy hat. Keep have for I, you, we and they: I have a red dress. We have bags.
What clothes vocabulary do beginners learn first?
Beginners need the everyday clothes they see and wear: shirt, T-shirt, dress, jeans, shorts, sneakers, sandals and hat, plus the verbs wear and carry. Jeans and shorts are always plural: He wears shorts. The word cards in What does she wear on Aloha Friday?, an A1 lesson on edio.ai, add aloha shirt, pattern, colorful and hibiscus, each with a picture and audio.
How do you use colors in English?
Color words never take -s, even before a plural noun: two red shirts, not two reds shirts. They go before the noun or after be: a white flower, The flowers are white. Most talk about clothes needs only a handful: red, yellow, blue, green, pink, white and black, with colorful for many at once. A voicemail in What does she wear on Aloha Friday? on edio.ai describes a green aloha shirt with a pineapple pattern.
How do you describe clothes in English?
To describe clothes, put adjectives before the noun, size before color: a green shirt, a long yellow dress, a big black bag. Add a pattern with with: a dress with white flowers, a shirt with a pineapple pattern. For the person, use wears or has: She wears a long yellow dress with white flowers. He has a cowboy hat. Colorful sums up a bright print: An aloha shirt is colorful.
How do I teach the present simple with he and she to beginners?
Contrast one person with two, so the -s has a reason: She wears sneakers beside They wear sneakers. Start with plain -s verbs, add the -es and -ies spellings next, and leave questions and negatives for later lessons. Here the order is a visitor guide and a family dialogue full of -s verbs, then the scheme, four drills and a chat about the student's own family and friends.
What's a good game for practicing clothes vocabulary?
A good one is Guess who, played with classmates' clothes: one player says She wears a blue T-shirt and black sneakers or He has a red bag, and the others guess who it is. This lesson has it as one of its open boxes, next to a spin wheel with questions like What do you wear on the weekend? and Do you like bright colors or black and white?
What's good homework for practicing the third person singular?
Good homework is a short post about one person's clothes, since every sentence needs the -s: My best friend wears shorts and sandals on the weekend. He carries a big surfboard. In the A1 lesson What does she wear on Aloha Friday? on edio.ai, an unjumble and a word match check themselves first; the post and a voice message about a family member go to the teacher.
Are there interactive exercises for the present simple with he and she?
Yes: gap-fills that check every -s, -es and -ies form give students instant feedback. Four parts of What does she wear on Aloha Friday?, an A1 lesson on edio.ai, can be tried here without an account: the Aloha Friday visitor guide, the dialogue between Mia and Sam, a gap-fill from does to studies, and Mia's chat about clothes. The fill-in table and the other drills stay locked.
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