The simple present

When the children in 'Kalakritiyon ka Bharat' talk about their crafts, they use the simple present: 'we make a figure with clay', 'we take soft wood'. On page 137 your book, Poorvi, explains it. The simple present uses the first form of the verb, and it tells about something that happens regularly — every day, every week, or always.

With I, you, we and they, the verb stays as it is: I know how to dance. We make beautiful things. They practise spellings on Friday.

With he, she and it (or one person or thing, like 'my tribe' or 'the metal'), we add -s or -es to the verb: He speaks very loudly. She draws paintings in free periods. Priyaranjan says, 'My tribe practises a metal craft.' And 'The liquid metal takes the same shape as the wax.'

Most verbs just add -s: speak becomes speaks, tell becomes tells, ask becomes asks. Verbs that end in -sh, -ch, -s, -x or -o add -es: go becomes goes, watch becomes watches, wash becomes washes.