Level A1
Present Simple
Things we do again and again; with he, she and it the action word gets -s.
He plays football every Saturday.
Look at the action word: plays. We are talking about him, someone else, so the action word gets an S.
Forms
I / you / we / they → play— I, you, we, they: no change. Play.he / she / it → plays— He, she, it: plus S! Plays.he / she / it: watch → watches · go → goes— he/she/it, after -ch, -sh, -o: + es
A common mistake
Wrong: He play football.
Right: He plays football.
Be careful! Without the S, it's a mistake. We say: He plays football.
More examples
Does he play football?
With does, the S goes to does: Does he play?
He can swim.
After can, the action word has no S: He can swim.