Forming the simple present tense: to think

Affirmative Interrogative Negative

I think Do I think? I do not think

You think Do you think? You do not think

He thinks Does he think? He does not think

She thinks Does she think? She does not think

It thinks Does it think? It does not think

We think Do we think? We do not think.

They think Do they think? They do not think.

• In the third person singular the verb always ends in -s:

he wants, she needs, he gives, she thinks.
• Verbs ending in consonant + y : the third person changes the -y to -ies:
fly --> flies, cry --> cries
Exception: if there is a vowel before the -y:
play --> plays, pray --> prays
• Add -es to verbs ending in: -s,-ss, -sh, -ch, , -x , -o:
he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes
• Negative and question forms use DOES + the base form of the verb.
He wants ice cream. Does he want strawberry? He does not want vanilla.
• Question Word + do/does + subject + verb...?
• Remember to use "does" if the subject is he, she, it, or one person, one thing, or one
animal (not I or You).
• What do you want to eat? / What does she like to do in her free time?
• Who + verb (+s) + (infinitive/object/place/time)?

Who works here? - Tina works here.

Who drives this car? - Erin drives this car.

Who likes to work late on Friday? - Bill and David like to work late on Friday.
 Common Regular Verbs in English

accept accepted behave behaved

achieve achieved boil boiled

add added borrow borrowed

admire admired brush brushed

admit admitted bury buried

adopt adopted call called

advise advised challenge challenged

agree agreed change changed

allow allowed chase chased

announce announced cheat cheated

appreciate appreciated cheer cheered

approve approved chew chewed

argue argued clap clapped

arrive arrived clean cleaned

ask asked collect collected

assist assisted compare compared

attack attacked complain complained

bake baked confess confessed

beg begged construct constructed

control controlled fry fried

copy copied gather gathered

count counted greet greeted

create created guess guessed

cry cried hate hated

cycle cycled help helped

damage damaged hope hoped

dance danced identify identified

deliver delivered interrupt interrupted

destroy destroyed introduce introduced

divide divided irritate irritated

drag dragged joke joked

earn earned jump jumped

employ employed kick kicked

encourage encouraged kill killed

enjoy enjoyed kiss kissed

establish established laugh laughed

estimate estimated lie lied

exercise exercised like liked

expand expanded Listen (to) Listened (to)

explain explained love loved

marry married question questioned

measure measured race raced

move moved relax relaxed

murder murdered remember remembered

need needed reply replied

obey obeyed retire retired

offend offended return returned

offer offered rub rubbed

open opened scold scolded

paint painted select selected

park parked smoke smoked

phone phoned snore snored

pick picked stare stared

play played start started

pray prayed study studied

print printed talk talked

pull pulled thank thanked

punch punched travel travelled

punish punished trouble troubled

purchase purchased type typed

push pushed use used

visit visited

wait waited

walk walked

want wanted

warn warned

wink winked

worry worried

yell yelled