P.3B Unit 3 Grammar time 1 Simple present tense HHCKLA Buddhist Wong Cho Sum School P.3B Unit 3 Grammar time 1 Simple present tense e.g. He always shares things with people Published by HHCKLA Buddhist Wong Cho Sum School Funded by “Pilot Scheme on e-Learning in Schools, Education Bureau, HKSAR” Copyright © 2011 HHCKLA Buddhist Wong Cho Sum School. All rights reserved.

Adverb of frequency always sometimes never  

Verb table say says help helps smile smiles tell tells study studies tidy tidies carry carries wash washes brush brushes watch watches

Charles is talking to his mum about the people in his school.

Mum, I meet a lot of new classmates in this school. Can you tell me about them?

This is Mary. She never shouts at people. She is very polite.

This is Paul. He always revises his books in the library every day This is Paul. He always revises his books in the library every day. He is very hard-working.

This is Simon. He always helps his mum with the housework This is Simon. He always helps his mum with the housework. He tidies his room and washes the dishes every day. He sometimes feeds the dogs. He is helpful.

This is Carol. She never cries and she never tells lies This is Carol. She never cries and she never tells lies. She is cheerful and honest.

Wow! You have so many good classmates in your school! Yes! I like this school very much.

We add ‘s’ or ‘es’ to the verbs, or change the ‘y’ to ‘ies’ for ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘it’ and the name of a person.

Charles is now writing a blog about his classmates My new classmates I ____ (make)some new friends in my school today. Mary is very polite. She ____(say) good morning to me. make says

Simon is helpful. He (help) his mother with the housework. He (wash) the dishes. He (tidy) up the book shelves at school. helps washes tidies

Paul is hard-working and Carol is cheerful. They (teach) me homework today. I think they (be) good. teach are