The present simple (I play)
Don’t forget the –s in the third person singular.
Use:
The simple present is used to describe a habit, or something that often or usually takes place. It is also commonly found with frequency adverbs (always, generally, often, etc… Eg: I play tennis at weekends.
I usually eat chocolate twice a day.
It is also used for a future journey by travel agents, when talking about timetables or travelling arrangements.
Eg: His bus arrives at 2.15.
We add -es if the verb already ends in s , x, o, sh or ch
Eg: Rim tries to work hard.
We simply add -s to the verb endind in y preceeded by a vowel
Rim plays chess well.
We change the final y into i and we add es if the y is preceeded by a consonant
Eg: Rim tries to work hard.