Grade 3 Playlist: Simple Verb Tenses

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Grade 3 Playlist: Simple Verb Tenses

Aligns with CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.E:

• Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.

Welcome

Writerscandescribeeventsthathappenatdierentmes.Theymaywriteaboutthingsthatarehappeningnow.They

maywriteaboutthingsthatalreadyhappened.Theymayalsowriteaboutthingsthatwillhappeninthefuture.The

tenseoftheverbinasentencetellswhentheaconishappening.

Objecves

In this playlist, students will learn how to:

• recognize simple verb tenses.

• form and use verbs in the present tense, past tense, and future tense.

Review

Key Terms

• A verbisawordthatdescribesanacon(e.g.,run, walk, talk, laugh).

• A tenseistheformofaverbthattellsthemethatsomethingtakesplace.

◦ Thepast tense describesaconsthathavealreadyhappened(e.g.,ran, walked, talked, laughed).

◦ Thepresent tensedescribesaconsthatarehappeningnow(e.g.,run, walk, talk, laugh).

◦ Thefuture tensedescribesaconsthatwillhappeninthefuture(e.g.,will run, will walk,

will talk, will laugh).

Exploring the Standard

Inthepresenttenseandpasttense,theformoftheverbwillletthereaderknowwhentheaconistakingplace.Inthe

future tense, the word willmustbeplacedbeforetheverbtoletthereaderknowthattheaconbeingreferredtohas

nothappenedyetandwilllikelyhappeninthefuture.

Watch!

Watch this video to learn how to form verbs in the past, present, and future tenses.

• hps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTmgwaY9p8o

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A Closer Look: Present Tense

Thepresenttensedescribesaconshappeningnow.Verbsinthepresenttensemustagreeinnumberwiththeverbin

the sentence. For example, They walk uses the plural form of the verb to walk because more than one person is doing

theacon.He walks uses the singular formoftheverbbecauseonlyonepersonisdoingtheacon.

Present Tense Verb Singular Form Plural Form

give She gives. Theygive.

trade He trades. We trade.

push Markpushes. MarkandSarapush.

run Sara runs. MarkandSararun.

VerbswiththesubjectsI or youbeforethemtakethepluralformoftheverb.Forexample,I give; I trade; you push; you run.

Watch!

Watch this video to learn how to form and use verbs in the present tense.

• hps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxJu375b0z4

Pracce!

Pracceformingthepresenttensebycomplengthesesentences:

• hp://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_present_statements.htm

Writethecorrectformofeachpresenttenseverbsothatitagreeswiththepersondoingtheacon.

1. Nick (park)hisbicyclebythetreeand (walk)inside.

2. Threepeople

(sing)intheparkforthevisitors.

3. I

(swim) for twenty minutes each day.

4. SamandKaren

(jog)aroundthelakerightnow.

5. Mrs. Lee

(think)herstudentsaregreat.

A Closer Look: Past Tense

Thepasttensedescribesaconsthathavealreadyhappened.Whenformingthepasttense,someformof-ed is usually

added to the end of the verb. For example, walk becomes walked. Kick becomes kicked.

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Teaching Notes: Simple Verb Tenses

The goal of L.3.1.E is for students to learn to recognize, form, and use verbs in the past, present, and future tenses.

Students should recognize the rules for forming each tense and recognize when to use it. The following informaon

contains ideas that teachers can incorporate into their classrooms as well as addional resources to peruse and integrate

into instrucon as appropriate.

Acvies

1. Read aloud sentences from books or magazines. Ask students to idenfy the tense of each verb in each sentence.

Be sure to choose only sentences that contain verbs in the simple tense. Avoid sentences in the perfect, progressive,

or connuous tenses.

2. Invite students to make their own worksheets to share with a partner. Have them write a sentence with the verb

missing. Then have them tell a partner which verb should be used, and have the partner gure out what tense is

needed for the sentence and ll in the correct form of the verb.

Wring Prompt

Ask students to write a paragraph or a short story that uses each of the three tenses correctly. Then, have them highlight

each tense in a dierent color to show which verbs are in the present, past, and future tenses.

Pracce! Answer Key

1. 1. parks, walks; 2. sing; 3. swim; 4. jog; 5. thinks

2. 1. enjoyed; 2. broke; 3. baked; 4. learned; 5. drank

3. 1. will wait; 2. will ride; 3. will mail; 4. will y; 5. will grade

4. 1. will walk; 2. sits; 3. visited; 4. challenge; 5. will try; 6. bent

Addional Resources

Consider these addional resources when teaching L.3.1.E:

• hp://www.spellingcity.com/verb-tenses.html

• hp://www.englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Verb-Tenses.htm

• hp://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

• hp://www.edund.com/english-grammar/simple-present-tense/

• hp://www.englishgrammar.org/simple-present-tense-worksheet-2/

• hp://www.e-grammar.org/present-simple/

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