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    This document provides information on forming sentences in the present simple tense in English. It outlines the conjugations for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person singular and plural in positive statements, negative statements, and questions. It also notes the rules for adding "-s" or "-es" to verbs in the 3rd person singular form depending on if the verb ends in certain letters like "-ch", "-sh", "-ss", or a consonant followed by "y".

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    This document provides information on forming sentences in the present simple tense in English. It outlines the conjugations for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person singular and plural in positive statements, negative statements, and questions. It also notes the rules for adding "-s" or "-es" to verbs in the 3rd person singular form depending on if the verb ends in certain letters like "-ch", "-sh", "-ss", or a consonant followed by "y".

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    Present simple

    Singular Plural
    1st person
    I play .. we play ..
    2nd person
    you play .. you play ..
    3rd person
    he/she/it plays they play ..
    How to form the present simple
    Positive statements
    Important: Note the -s in the 3rd person singular!
    E.g. he eats .., she works .., my mother likes ..

    Singular Plural
    1st person
    I don't play .. we don't play ..
    2nd person
    you don't play .. you don't play ..
    3rd person
    he/she/it doesn't
    play ..
    they don't play ..
    Negative statements
    Important: Note the doesnt in the 3rd person singular!
    E.g. he doesnt eat, she doesnt work ..,
    my mother doesnt like

    Singular Plural
    1st person
    do I play .. ? do we play .. ?
    2nd person
    do you play .. ? do you play .. ?
    3rd person
    does he/she/it
    play .. ?
    do they play .. ?
    Questions
    Important: Note the does in the 3rd person
    singular!
    E.g. Does he eat ., does it snow .,
    does your mother like ..,
    Verbs that end in -ch, -sh, -ss - add an -
    es in the 3rd person singular form:
    watch > he watches brush > he brushes
    kiss > she kisses

    Example: He watches television every day
    Does he watch television every day?
    He doesnt watch television every day.




    The 3rd person singular spellings
    of the verbs that end: -consonant - y:

    carry > she carries try > he tries
    study > she studies

    Verbs that end: -vowel-y do not
    change like
    this:
    play > he plays say > she says

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