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SAI International School

Grade 3
Topic: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

OBJECTIVES

• Understand the concept of past, present, and future tenses in storytelling.

• Identify events happening in the past, present, and future within a story.
• Use past, present, and future tense verbs correctly when writing or narrating a story.

• Create short sentences or mini-stories using different tenses.

INTRODUCTION

• Begin by asking students: "When you tell a story, how do you talk about things that
have already happened? What about things happening now or things that will happen
later?"
• Explain that stories can talk about the past, describe the present, or predict the future.

• Introduce the three time frames:

o Past: Events that have already happened (e.g., "Yesterday, I played football.").
o Present: Events happening right now (e.g., "I am playing football.").

o Future: Events that will happen later (e.g., "I will play football tomorrow.").

• Emphasize that the verb tense changes depending on the time frame.

ACTIVITY

1. Mini Story Reading:

o Read a very short story aloud that includes examples of past, present, and future
actions.

Example Story:
"Last Saturday, Anna baked a cake. Today, she is decorating another one. Next week, she will join
a cake-baking competition."

2. Class Discussion:

o Ask students to underline verbs that show actions in the past, present, and
future.
o Discuss how the verbs change to show different times.

3. Group Activity:

o Divide students into small groups.
o Each group receives a simple event (e.g., "going to the market," "winning a
race," "visiting grandma").