1. Verb Conjugation In The Present Tense
Hobbies/Sports

2. German Vs. English
In German there is only one form of the present tense:
Schwimmen: ich schwimme
In English there are 3:
I swim
I am swimming
I do swim

3. Verb Conjugation for Regular Verbs
Rule: The endings below apply to most verbs except irregular verbs such as sein and haben but other verbs have other slight changes to them. Spielen is an example of a regular verb. Just take off the –en- and add the regular endings. Spielen:
Subject
Verb
Ich
spiele Du
spielst
Er/sie/es
spielt
Wir
spielen
Ihr
Sie/sie

4. For verbs ending in –ern like dauern or –eln like klingeln you take off only the n not the en and add the endings.
Verbs ending in –den like baden or –ten like antworten keep their e before the du, er, sie, es and ihr endings e.g. Badest or Antwortet.
Some verbs get an Umlaut in the
du and er, sie, es form.
Such as halten: es hält.
Some verbs change their vowels
in the du and er, sie, es form.
e.g. Helfen hilft.

5. Irregular Verbs E.g. Sein, Haben There aren’t any rules.
You just have to learn them.
E.g. Sein
Subject
Verb
Ich
bin Du
bist
Er/sie/es
ist
Wir
sind
Ihr
seid
Sie/sie

6. That’s the End