Examples

Example 1

Diane prefers crunchy peanut butter; Hannah likes creamy.

In this nutty example, prefers and likes are both verbs in the present simple form. However, only Diane has the correct opinion.

Example 2

Aaron only washes his hair once a month.

Here, you can see that some verbs are put in the present simple form by adding –es.

Example 3

Connor worries that his closet is filled with monsters.

We repeat: when a verb that is more than one syllable ends in a consonant + y, you can make the present simple form by changing the y to an i and adding –es.