a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense

tells the reader the action happened before now

a sentence starter that tells the reader when something happens

a punctuation mark used after a fronted adverbial of time

Past tense

English

Present tense

Present and past tense

Statements and questions

Questions and commands

Joining using 'and'

Co-ordination with 'and'

In this unit, pupils learn to build grammatically accurate simple sentences with the correct word class, tense and punctuation. In 'Compound sentences', pupils will learn to join two simple sentences to build a compound sentence. 

In 'Word class', pupils learnt to identify and use the four main word classes. In this unit, pupils will learn to build grammatically accurate simple sentences with the correct word class, tense and punctuation.

In this unit, pupils learn to identify the simple present and past tenses by focusing on the verbs in sentences. They learn that a simple sentence is a complete sentence about one idea and can be a statement, question or command. They learn that two related ideas can be joined by the word 'and'.

Simple sentences

Complete this sentence: The past tense ...

Where does a fronted adverbial of time appear in a sentence?

Tick the past tense form of the verb 'clean'.

Tick the sentence that shows a fronted adverbial of time used correctly:

Which word in a sentence helps you know which tense the sentence is written in?

Choose the sentence where the comma is in the correct place:

Which of these sentences is written in the present tense?

Identify the verb in this sentence: The boy waves.

Starter Quiz

Which of these sentences is written in the present tense?