a tense that does not make use of an auxiliary verb in addition to the main verb except in the future tense

the helping verb that is always paired with the main verb

a tense that denotes ongoing action and uses an auxiliary verb based on 'to be'

the formal form of language that we often use when writing

Simple and progressive tense revision

English

In this unit, pupils revise all the grammar and punctuation learnt from Year 1 - Year 6.

In 'Punctuation', pupils learnt how to use the colon and the semi-colon. In this unit, pupils will revise all the grammar and punctuation learnt from Year 1 - Year 6. 

Review, including word class, sentence types, tense, commas and colons

Tick the sentence that's written in Standard English. 

Which sentence is written in the simple past tense?

She is taking me to practice every Monday. 

She was taking me to practice every Monday. 

She will take me to practice every Monday. 

What is the simple past tense version of this sentence? 'She takes me to practice every Monday.'

Which of these sentences are in a progressive tense? 

The committee is meeting in the village hall. 

The committee will be meeting in the village hall. 

The committee was meeting in the village hall. 

Which sentence is in the past progressive tense? 

Which verb form completes this sentence in the **progressive present** tense? 'When she _________ her book, we have to be very quiet.'

gripping tightly to his trusty walking stick 

Which words in this complex sentence are subordinating conjunctions? 'As the fog cleared, we gasped in astonishment because we saw we were in a beautiful place.'

We all cheered when we won the competition. 

When we won the competition we all cheered. 

Once it was all over we felt ready to collapse. 

We felt ready to collapse once it was all over. 

Which of these complex sentences need a comma after a fronted adverbial clause?

Match the type of word to the type of subordinate clause it starts. 

The woman that I knew was no longer there. 

The moment when he fell over was hilarious. 

Which of these sentences contain a relative clause? 

What are the subordinate clauses in this sentence? 'Before I realised what was happening, she had jumped up on her chair, which was tilting dangerously.'

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