a tense that does not make use of an auxiliary verb in addition to the main verb in the present and past

the helping verb that is always paired with the main verb

a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word

Progressive present, past and future tense

English

In this unit, pupils are taught for the first time the three tense forms: simple, progressive and perfect. In 'Tense forms', pupils will deepen their understanding of how to apply to writing these different tense forms.

In 'Simple, compound and adverbial complex sentences', pupils deepened their understanding of three sentence types in a variety of tenses. In this unit, pupils will be taught the three tense forms: simple, progressive and perfect.

Tense forms: simple, progressive and perfect

Which word class carries the tense of a sentence?

Which suffix does the main verb in a progressive tense always end with? 

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

Match each part of a progressive tense sentence with their job.

What sort of action does a progressive tense sentence tell us about?

Which words tell you that the following sentence is in the progressive future tense? 'Five kangaroos will be visiting the zoo next week.'

Which word tells you that the following sentence is in the progressive past tense? 'I was learning to play the guitar last year.'

Fill in the blank. The __________ tells you the tense of a sentence.

Yesterday, you knew the answer to that question.

Yesterday, you knows the answer to that question.

Yesterday, you will know the answer to that question.

Which sentence sounds like its tense is correct when you read it out loud?

Which tense tells us that the action is yet to happen / has not happened yet?

They will catch the ball expertly in the game tomorrow.

They almost caught the ball in the game last week. 

They catch the ball every time they play.

Which is the best definition of an auxiliary verb?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Progressive present, past and future tense

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.