Hi Zhane, 1). I think this site might be helpful for you.. It clarifies a lot about using the 's' in present simple tense. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pres.htm 2). Also, like Cherry said, you would put the 's' after most of countable nouns when you're talking about more than 'one' of the subjects. There are also so many exceptions on the countable noun issue in plural form, like a man =>men, a fish=>fish, a child=>children, a leaf=>leaves, etc. ahh.. my explanation might confuse you..try this: http://esl.about.com/od/grammarforbeginners/a/g_cucount.htm 3). You will also use an 'apostrophe s' ( 's ) or an 's apostrophe' ( s' ) to indicate possession. for example: Zhane's question, my friends' question.. again, I'll leave you with a link: http://www.wordpower.ws/grammar/gramch17.html 4). Apostrophe s is also short for 'is' or 'was' That's all I can think of right now.. I'm not an English native speaker or an English professional.. just love learning this language so much. So what I'm saying is that my answer may not be 100% accurate, but I'm sure hope this helps! :-)

I have another way to remember the -s in present simple tense, too. Okay.. I have to warn you first that this trick is so silly but it worked really good with me when I first started to learn about the present simple tense.. If the subject of the sentence is alone (singular), 'S'uperman will come to help completing the sentence. But when the subject comes as group (plural), they won't need 'S'uperman's help. All these except 'I', because I'm a big girl (as 'I' is always written in capital letter) so I don't need help! **The 'you' (in both cases, singular and plural) doesn't need help neither.. but I couldn't relate 'you' in this trick.. so I kind of remember it separately. hahaha **And I hope you understand that the 'S'uperman refers to an -s after the verb. Sorry in advance if this confuses you. I think Phil's trick works really fine too with most cases. I hope all of these tricks help you! :)

Hi, Phil! Do you think your trick works in that case? Bosses drive cars very fast. A boss drives a car very fast. ;)

Here's a nice trick for remembering the -s in simple present tense: If the noun has an -s, the verb does not If the verb has an -s, the noun does not e.g, Boys drive cars very fast. A boy drives a car very fast. The rule only works for regular nouns (exceptions, as Nita said, are irregular plural nouns like 'people', and 'children') and doesn't work for the singular pronouns 'I' and 'You', which always have no -s on the verb.

Hello Zhane, You add "s" to verbs in the present simple tense with the third singular pronouns :he/she/it so it is " i play , he plays , we play , " You also add "s" to form the plural of most nouns; for example: boy boys , car cars etc ....