The present simple tense is used to talk about habitual actions, facts that are always true, opinions, likes, feelings, and repeated actions. It is also used for verbs ending in -ss, -ch, -sh, -x, and -o, where -es is added, and for verbs ending in consonant + y, where y is changed to ies in the 3rd person. Negative form is "does not" for the 3rd person and "do not" for other forms.