Writing sentences in the simple present, past and future tense
I can write a range of sentence types in the simple present, past or future tense.
Writing sentences in the simple present, past and future tense
I can write a range of sentence types in the simple present, past or future tense.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The verb carries the tense of a sentence.
- Sentences can be formed in the first, second or third person.
- The simple tense can denote present, past or future action.
- The simple tense is a tense that does not make use of an auxiliary verb in the past and present forms.
- Tense is maintained at both sentence and whole text level (although verbs within sentences may vary in tense).
Keywords
Verb - a doing, being or having word
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
Auxiliary verb - the helping verb that is always paired with the main verb
Maintain - keep or stay the same
Common misconception
Pupils may believe all verbs in a sentence are always in the same tense.
Use the examples in the lesson to draw out the point that to maintain sense, we sometimes vary the tense of verbs in a sentence.
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