This document provides rules for using verbs in the present simple tense in English. It explains that the present simple is used to describe habitual actions and permanent situations. It lists common verbs used in the present simple like "play", "awake", "begin", "make", and "read". The document also provides rules for conjugating verbs that end in "y" and verbs that end in "s", "sh", "ch", or "x" in the third person singular.

2. PRESENT
SIMPLE
PRESENT
HABITS
She plays tennis every Tuesday.
Use with: twice a month, on
Fridays, often, sometimes.
SHORT ACTIONS NOW
He takes the ball and scores a
goal!
PERMANENT SITUATIONS
I live in London
ALWAYS TRUE
Two and two make four.

3. I
YOU
WE
THEY
HE
SHE
IT
 PLAY
 AWAKE
 BEGIN
 MAKE
 READ

4. She has seldom written books
He had always dug holes.
You often dance in the club
Does she usually wear black?
I don’t always arrive on time.

5. SOME RULES:
Verbs that end in 'y':
Verbs that end in 's', 'sh', 'ch', or 'x':

6. Verbs that end in 'y' often change 'y' to 'ie' before 's':
•study becomes studies
•try becomes tries
•marry becomes marries
•fly becomes flies
•cry becomes cries
(Be careful! 'y' doesn't change to 'ie' if the
ending is 'ay', 'ey', 'oy', 'uy'. So, play
becomes plays, say becomes says, buy
becomes buys, enjoy becomes enjoys,
stay becomes stays)

7. Verbs that end in 's', 'sh', 'ch', or 'x':
Verbs that end in 's', 'sh', 'ch' or 'x' often add 'e' before 's':
•pass becomes passes
•wash becomes washes
•teach becomes teaches

8. I
YOU
WE
THEY
HE
SHE
IT

9. NEGATIVE( PLAY) NEGATIVE SHORT FORM
I
YOU
DO NOT PLAY
WE
THEY
I DON’T PLAY
YOU DON’T PLAY
WE DON’T PLAY
THEY DON’T PLAY
HE
SHE DOES NOT PLAY
IT
HE DOESN’T PLAY
SHE DOESN’T PLAY
IT DOESN’T PLAY

10. I
YOU
WE
THEY
HE
SHE
IT
 PLAY
 AWAKE
 BEGIN
 MAKE
 READ