Present and past tense

English

In this unit, pupils learn to build grammatically accurate simple sentences with the correct word class, tense and punctuation. In 'Compound sentences', pupils will learn to join two simple sentences to build a compound sentence. 

In 'Word class', pupils learnt to identify and use the four main word classes. In this unit, pupils will learn to build grammatically accurate simple sentences with the correct word class, tense and punctuation.

Simple sentences

Tick the correct past tense form of the verb 'play':

Fill in the gap: The __________ carries the tense of a sentence.

Change the verb so that this sentence is in the present tense: I walked to the shops.

Change the verb so that this sentence is in the past tense: Sam counts the apples.

Match the following keywords with the correct example:

Identify the verb in this sentence: We listen to music.

How many ideas are there in a simple sentence?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Present and past tense

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.