 We've seen the present tense is in isolation. Now let's look at them together. Our first example is I play football every week. This is the present simple tense and it has the structure subject I plus verb play. This is quite a simple tense for students to form, however they have to be aware of the third person singular form he she or it which usually adds an S or an ES and to the end of the base form of the verb. I play football but he plays football. Also the question and negative forms using the auxiliary verb do or does. Do you play football? I don't play football. Does she play football? She doesn't play football. The present simple tense is used to talk about habits routines facts and general truths and as such it's probably the most commonly used tense within the English language.