Present simple Rule

1. Affirmative sentences in the Simple Present

2. Negative sentences in the Simple Present

 

 3. Interrogative sentence :-

 

For pronouns I, you, we, they, there is no modification for verbs.
For pronouns he, she, it, a suffix is added following these rules:
For verbs that end in -o, -ch, -sh, -s, -x, or -z, the suffix -es is added
Examples:

• Go – Goes
• Catch – Catches
• Wash – Washes
• Kiss – Kisses
• Fix – Fixes
• Buzz – Buzzes

For verbs that end in a consonant + y, the letter y is replaced by the suffix -ies.
Examples:

• Marry – Marries
• Study – Studies
• Carry – Carries
• Worry – Worries

In other cases, the suffix -s is added.
Examples:

• Play – Plays
• Enjoy – Enjoys
• Say – Says

• Examples

  • For habits
    He drinks tea at breakfast.
    She only eats fish.
    They watch television regularly.
  • For repeated actions or events
    We catch the bus every morning.
    It rains every afternoon in the hot season.
    They drive to Monaco every summer.
  • For general truths
    Water freezes at zero degrees.
    The Earth revolves around the Sun.
    Her mother is Peruvian.

  • For instructions or directions
    Open the packet and pour the contents into hot water.
    You take the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford.
  • For fixed arrangements
    His mother arrives tomorrow.
    Our holiday starts on the 26th March
  • With future constructions
    She'll see you before she leaves.
    We'll give it to her when she arrives.
   

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