Rules To Add S.docx

Rules to add “S” in simple present 1. If the verb ends in SS, X, CH, SH or the letter O, we add + ES in the third person. Verb

3rd Person

Kiss

Kisses

Fix

Fixes

Watch Watches Crash

Crashes

Go

Goes



A mechanic fixes cars.



She watches soap operas every afternoon.

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He kisses his wife before he goes to work.

2. If the verb ends in a Consonant + Y, we remove the Y and + IES in the third person. Verb

3rd Person

Carry Carries Hurry Hurries Study Studies Deny Denies 

Isabel studies every night.



The baby cries all the time.



He denies all responsibility.

Negative Sentence To form the negative we use the auxiliary do not. Again, the only variation occurs in the 3rd person where we use does not.

Positive

Negative

I talk

I do not talk

She talks

She does not talk

You sleep

You do not sleep

He sleeps

He does not sleep

Carol studies Carol does not study We study

We do not study

In the negative, the main verb is always in the bare infinitive (without TO). It doesn't change for the third person. We don't put an S on the end of the verb in the negative form. In the examples above - talk, sleep and study do not change in the 3rd person. 

He speaks Italian He doesn't speak Italian.