Simple Present Tense
How do we make the Simple Present Tense?
subject | + | auxiliary verb | + | main verb |
do | base |
There are three important exceptions:
- For positive sentences, we do not normally use the auxiliary.
- For the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), we add s to the main verb or es to the auxiliary.
- For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and negatives.