Writing sentences in the simple present, past and future tense

English

In this unit, pupils learn to use modality whilst maintaining the correct tense. In 'Three tense forms, modality, active voice and passive voice', pupils will learn the difference between the active voice and the passive voice.

In 'Tense forms: simple, progressive and perfect', pupils applied their understanding of the past, present and future of the different tense forms in sentence contexts. In this unit, pupils will learn to use modality whilst maintaining the correct tense.

In this unit, pupils review the rules for the simple and progressive present, past and future tenses as well as the perfect present tense. They learn about modal verbs for the first time, learning that they can be useful for applying to speech sentences, persuasive writing and rhetorical questions.

Three tense forms and modal verbs

What kind of word do we look at to find the tense of a sentence?

Which simple tense requires an auxiliary verb to 'help' the main verb? 

Match the 'person' to the sentence example. 

Match the simple tenses to the example sentences that use them. 

Because it snowed earlier, we will stay inside for lunch. 

The town, which is close to Manchester, had many factories in the past. 

Tick the sentence that is written in the simple past tense throughout. 

Mr McIntyre, who is very strict, will teach us next year. 

As the sun rises, the temperature increases. 

Year 4 will sing their song and Year 5 will say a prayer. 

Tick the sentence that is written in the simple present tense throughout. 

naming words for people, places and things

Which word in this sentence is the verb? 'I love these poems!'

Which word in this sentence is the verb? 'They are very kind.'

Which word in this sentence is the verb? 'He has no money left.'

Which of the following sentences contains a verb that is a 'being' verb?

Which of the following sentences contains a 'having' verb? 

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

Writing sentences in the simple present, past and future tense

Lesson outcome

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