Writing sentences in the simple present, past and future tense

English

Writing sentences in the progressive present, past and future tense

Writing sentences in the perfect present tense

Modal verbs

Using modal verbs

In this unit, pupils learn to use modality whilst maintaining the correct tense. In 'Three tense forms, modality, active voice and passive voice', pupils will learn the difference between the active voice and the passive voice.

In 'Tense forms: simple, progressive and perfect', pupils applied their understanding of the past, present and future of the different tense forms in sentence contexts. In this unit, pupils will learn to use modality whilst maintaining the correct tense.

In this unit, pupils review the rules for the simple and progressive present, past and future tenses as well as the perfect present tense. They learn about modal verbs for the first time, learning that they can be useful for applying to speech sentences, persuasive writing and rhetorical questions.

Three tense forms and modal verbs

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

a tense often used to refer to action that has finished

a type of auxiliary verb that helps us to talk about how likely, possible, necessary or obligatory something is to happen

text that tries to change someone’s mind or behaviour

Three tense forms and modal verbs

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