Writing sentences in the progressive present, past and future tense
I can write a range of sentence types in the progressive present, past or future tense.
Writing sentences in the progressive present, past and future tense
I can write a range of sentence types in the progressive present, past or future tense.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The verb carries the tense of a sentence.
- The progressive tense can denote present, past or future action.
- The progressive tense is a tense that makes use of an auxiliary verb from the infinitive 'to be' with the main verb.
- The progressive tense denotes ongoing action.
- The main verb in the progressive tense always ends with the -ing suffix.
Keywords
Verb - a doing, being or having word
Progressive tense - a tense that denotes ongoing action
Auxiliary verb - the helping verb that is always paired with the main verb
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 struggle to spot progressive tenses in negative forms like 'won't be waiting'.
Highlight that we still have an auxiliary verb and an -ing verb even when a negative interrupts like in 'were not watching/aren't looking'.
Licence
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Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
I stand over here every day.
You all need to stop talking and listen.
She believes me.
We ran down the street.
We run down this street every day.
We will run down this street to escape.
Exit quiz
6 Questions
A group of letters added at the end of a word.
A helping verb that's paired with a main verb.
The 'to' form of a verb like 'to sing'.
He was riding a horse.
He is riding a horse.
He will be riding a horse.