Present Tenses

Additional points

Third person singular spelling

1. – most verbs: add s.
   • play – plays
   • sleep – sleeps
2. Verbs which end in consonant + y: change y to ies.
   • hurry – hurries
   • reply – replies
3. Verbs which end in s, z, ch, sh or x: add es.
   • push – pushes
   • watch – watches
4. Exceptions
   • do – does
   • go – goes
   • have – has