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English Class 3 - Tenses Simple-Present-And-Past Notes

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Tenses: Simple Present and Past

Welcome to the chapter on Tenses: Simple Present and Past for Class 3. In this chapter, you will learn about the simple present tense and the simple past tense, how to use them in sentences, and how they help us talk about actions that happen now or happened before. By the end of this chapter, you will be able to use both tenses correctly in your writing and speaking!

Introduction

Tenses tell us when an action happens. The simple present tense is used for actions happening now or regularly. The simple past tense is used for actions that happened before.

Simple Present Tense

We use the simple present tense to talk about things we do every day or things that are true.

  • I play football.
  • She eats breakfast.
  • The sun rises in the east.

Simple Past Tense

We use the simple past tense to talk about things that happened before now.

  • I played football yesterday.
  • She ate breakfast in the morning.
  • We visited the zoo last week.

How to Change Present to Past

  • Most verbs add -ed in the past tense: play → played, jump → jumped.
  • Some verbs change completely: go → went, eat → ate.

Fun Activity: Tense Time!

Write three sentences about what you do every day (present tense). Then, change them to past tense to show what you did yesterday.

Summary

  • Simple present tense is for actions happening now or regularly.
  • Simple past tense is for actions that happened before.
  • Some verbs add -ed in the past, some change completely.

Practice Questions

  1. Write a sentence in the simple present tense.
  2. Write a sentence in the simple past tense.
  3. Change "I walk to school" to past tense.
  4. What is the past tense of "eat"?
  5. Change "She sings a song" to past tense.

Challenge Yourself

  • List five verbs and write their present and past tense forms.
  • Write a short story using both present and past tense sentences.

Did You Know?

  • Some verbs are called "irregular verbs" because they do not follow the -ed rule!
  • Using the right tense helps people understand when things happened.

Glossary

  • Tense: Shows when an action happens.
  • Present: Happening now.
  • Past: Happened before now.
  • Verb: An action word.

Answers to Practice Questions

  1. (Example: I read books.)
  2. (Example: I read a book yesterday.)
  3. I walked to school.
  4. Ate.
  5. She sang a song.

Practice using present and past tense to make your English clear and correct!

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