Year 3 English · Tense and paragraphs · Summary
Year 3 English Tense and paragraphs: summary and key words
Part of the Year 3 English tense and paragraphs chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Present tense | For what happens now, or again and again: Mia walks to school every day. |
| Past tense | For what happened and has finished: Mia walked to school yesterday. |
| Irregular past | Changes its spelling, without -ed: eat becomes ate; see becomes saw. |
| Present perfect | have or has with the past participle: I have eaten. Sam has gone. |
| Past participle | The verb form after have or has. For walk it is walked; for eat it is eaten. |
| Simple past or present perfect | A finished time (yesterday) needs the simple past. Already, yet and ever need the present perfect. |
| Standard English in writing | We were, I did, I saw, we have gone. Not: we was, I done, I seen. |
| Paragraph | A group of sentences about one idea. Start a new paragraph when the idea changes. |
| Heading and sub-heading | A heading names the whole text; a sub-heading names one part. Both are short phrases with no full stop. |
Can you…?
- I can say whether a verb is in the present tense or the past tense
- I can write the past tense of regular and irregular verbs
- I can use have or has with the past participle
- I can use the simple past for a finished time, and the present perfect with already, yet or ever
- I can use Standard English verb forms in my writing: we were, I did, I saw
- I can group sentences about one idea into a paragraph
- I can start a new paragraph when the idea changes
- I can use headings and sub-headings to organise non-fiction writing
Key terms
- tense
- the form of a verb that shows when the action happens: present, past or future
- present tense
- the form used for what happens now, or happens again and again
- past tense
- the form used for what happened and has finished
- present perfect
- have or has with the past participle, such as I have eaten
- past participle
- the verb form that goes after have or has, such as eaten, gone or walked
- Standard English
- the form of English used in writing, such as we were and I did
- paragraph
- a group of sentences about one idea or theme
- heading
- a short phrase that names the whole text
- sub-heading
- a short phrase that names one part of a text