How to form the present simple

Infinitive verb (+s)

 

I / you / we / you / they ⮕ walk

He / she / it ⮕ walks

 

SHIT-rule exceptions

Verb ending in consonant + y ⮕ replace –y with –ies

 

Verb ending in vowel* ⮕ add –es

 

Verb ending in –s, –z, –sh, –ch and –x ⮕ add –es

 

*Vowels: a, e, i, o, u

Consonants: all other letters