EnglishGrade 3ages 8–9
🪑 She sits
In Hebrew, the verb for 'sits' doesn't change between 'I sit' and 'she sits,' so a child applying that same pattern to English naturally leaves off the little s that English actually requires.
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Download on the App StoreWhat your child learns
- I sit. You sit. No extra s.
- She sits. He sits. With s.
- The little s says: one person, now.
- She sit is a slip. The s is missing.
The mistake most kids make here
She sit with no s.
Try one question
What is right: She ___ on the chair.
She ___
- sit
- sits
- sat
Answer
sits — That's it. She sits — with s. I sit has no extra s.
How Maya teaches it
Your child tells Maya what they did in class. She teaches this topic at her desk, asks questions with tappable answers, and when the answer is wrong she explains why that answer was tempting instead of saying “try again”. She remembers what did not land and comes back to it.
Your child has it when they can: Say: I sit. She sits.
How to help at home
In English, most present-tense verbs stay the same for I and you — I sit, you sit, no extra ending. But for she, he (and it), the verb gets a little s added: she sits, he sits.
This is different from Hebrew, where the verb form doesn't add a special ending just for 'she' the way English does, which is exactly why the s is easy to forget.
Practice by saying pairs out loud: 'I sit, she sits. I walk, she walks. I read, she reads.' The pattern is always the same — add s only for she or he, never for I or you.
A good sign they've got it: they automatically add the s when talking about what she or he does, and leave it off when talking about what I or you do.
Questions parents ask
- Why does my child say She sit instead of She sits?
- Hebrew doesn't add a special verb ending just for 'she' in the present tense, so a child applies that same no-change pattern to English, where a little s is actually required for she and he.
- When exactly do you add the s in English?
- Only when the subject is she, he, or it. For I, you, we, and they, the verb stays in its plain form with no extra s.
- What's a good way to practice this at home?
- Say matching pairs out loud — I sit / she sits, I walk / she walks — so the child hears the s appear specifically when the subject changes to she or he.
- How does Maya teach this differently from a grammar rule chart?
- Maya asks the child to pick the correct verb form in a real sentence, with options like sit, sits, and sat, so they apply the rule in context instead of just memorizing it as an abstract rule.
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Sources: English Curriculum 2020 for elementary school – Israeli Ministry of Education