Progressive present, past and future tense
I can recognise the progressive present, progressive past and progressive future tense in a range of verbs.
Progressive present, past and future tense
I can recognise the progressive present, progressive past and progressive future tense in a range of verbs.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The verb carries the tense of a sentence.
- The simple tense is a tense that does not make use of an auxiliary verb with the main verb in the past and present.
- The progressive tense is a tense that uses an auxiliary verb from the infinitive 'to be' paired with the main verb.
- The progressive tense denotes ongoing action.
- The main verb in the progressive tense always ends with the -ing suffix.
Keywords
Simple tense - a tense that does not make use of an auxiliary verb in addition to the main verb in the present and past
Auxiliary verb - the helping verb that is always paired with the main verb
Progressive tense - a tense that denotes ongoing action
Infinitive - any verb preceded by the word 'to'
Suffix - a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word
Common misconception
Pupils may think that any time a word ends with -ing, it is a verb in the progressive tense.
Sometimes, words ending -ing are acting as adjectives. We must look at the word before the word ending in -ing to check if it's a verb.
Licence
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Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
I / we
you
he / she / it / they
Exit quiz
6 Questions
paired with the main verb and tells us the tense
always ends with -ing and doesn't change when the tense does
the person, place or thing that does the main verb
marks the beginning and end of the sentence