1. The Present Simple The Present Simple (S + V (They/we/i/you) / V s/es (She,he,it) ) : Verb Tense Are,Am,Is + 3C : Nominal Tense 1. How Can You Form the Present Simple? Add an ‘s’ (or ‘es’) to the verb in the third person singular (for example, after ‘he’, ‘she’, or ‘it’). Make negatives using don’t or doesn’t (use doesn’t for the 3rd person). Make questions with do or does .