<h1>The present simple peculiarities</h1><h2> Peculiaridades del" present simple"</h2>

The present simple is formed using the base form except in third person singular.

In order to form the third person singular we will add an –s or –es to the base form:

 

First and second person of singular and plural       

Third person of plural                                                                                 

I/you/we/they look, worry, teach.

 

Third person singular formation:

In most of verbs we will add –s to the base form.

He/she/it looks

When the base form ends with “y”: we will use an “I” instead of “y” and add “es”:

He/she/it worries

In verbs ending with s, z, ch, sh or x: we will add “es” to the base form.           

He/she/it teaches.

 

In a reduced number of verbs ending with –s, we can find variations of the aforementioned rules in which the –s can be doubled:

He bias(s)es against lawyers.

The driver bus(s)es children from school.

She focus(s)es most of time on finding a new job.  

 

In addition, there are other special cases which must be fully memorised ( as they do not follow at all any specific rule ):

To be                                                  To do                          

I am                                                    I/you/we/they do

He/she/it is                                        he/she/it does

You/we/they are

To say                                                To have

I/you/we/they say                             I/you/we/they have

he/she/it says                                    he/she/it has

To go

I/you/we/they go

he/she/it goes