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Meet the Piano Tuner: A Verb Tense Interview

Grade 3 verb tense practice with a class newspaper interview of a piano tuner: form and use simple past, present and future verbs.

Grade 3ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.3.1.e

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students form the simple present tense with -s or -es and the simple past tense with -ed.
Students form the simple future tense with will and a verb.
Students tell whether a sentence or question is in the past, present or future tense.

How to use

Have two students read the interview aloud as Omar and Ms. Ito. Then talk about which answers tell about the past, present and future before students work alone.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.3.1.e

Form and use the simple verb tenses, such as I walked, I walk, and I will walk.

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Meet the Piano Tuner: A Verb Tense Interview

Read an interview and use simple past, present and future verbs.

Read the interview

Omar wrote this interview for his class newspaper. Read it.

Meet the Piano Tuner

1Every spring, a piano tuner comes to Hillside School. This year, Omar from Room 12 interviewed her for the class newspaper. Here is what she said.

2Omar: How did you learn to tune pianos?
Ms. Ito: When I was a girl, I practiced the piano every day. One winter, our old piano sounded sour, so a tuner visited our house. I watched him for two hours. After that, I wanted his job more than anything.

3Omar: What do you do when you tune a piano?
Ms. Ito: First, I lift the lid. Inside, a piano has many long strings. When you press a key, a small hammer taps the strings. I play one key at a time and listen closely. If a note sounds wrong, I turn a pin with a special tool. The pin tightens or loosens the string until the note sounds right.

4Omar: What will you do at our school?
Ms. Ito: Tomorrow, I will tune the piano in the music room. After lunch, I will check the old piano on the stage. Next month, I will visit three more schools in our town.

5Omar: Do you like your job?
Ms. Ito: Yes! I smile every time an old piano sounds sweet. Music makes people happy, and I help the music sound its best.

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