Simple Present Tense

How do we make the Simple Present Tense?


subject
+
auxiliary verb
+
main verb
do
base

There are three important exceptions:
  1. For positive sentences, we do not normally use the auxiliary.
  2. For the 3rd person singular (he, she, it), we add s to the main verb or es to the auxiliary.
  3. For the verb to be, we do not use an auxiliary, even for questions and negatives.