Perfect tense revision
I can practise perfect tense test questions.
Perfect tense revision
I can practise perfect tense test questions.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The verb carries the tense of a clause.
- The perfect tense uses auxiliary verbs based on 'to have' and a past tense form of the main verb.
Keywords
Perfect tense - made using an auxiliary verb based on the infinitive ‘to have’ and a past tense form of the main verb
Tense - tells the reader when something happens
Simple tense - a tense that does not make use of an auxiliary verb in addition to the main verb in the present and past
Progressive tense - a tense that denotes ongoing action and uses an auxiliary verb based on 'to be'
Auxiliary verb - the helping verb that is always paired with a main verb
Common misconception
Pupils may get confused between progressive and perfect tenses.
Focus on the auxiliary verbs and main verb forms - 'to be' vs 'to have' and -ing forms vs past tense forms.
To help you plan your year 6 english lesson on: Perfect tense revision, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 6 english lesson on: Perfect tense revision, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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Licence
Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
no other auxiliary verbs
auxiliary verbs based on 'to be'
auxiliary verbs based on 'to have'
We wait patiently.
We are waiting patiently.
We have waited patiently.
we ate
we were eating
we had eaten