Tense forms: simple, progressive and perfect consolidation
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Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on learning around forming the present, past and future tenses of both the simple and progressive forms, as well as the perfect present tense learnt in the Year 3 grammar unit 'Tense forms: simple, progressive and perfect'. Pupils review that main verbs can be doing, being or having verbs. Pupils also review that a having verb can act as a main verb in a clause or as an auxiliary verb in a clause in the perfect present tense. This unit prepares pupils for review and new tense learning in the Year 5 grammar unit 'Three tense forms and modal verbs'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Sentences can be formed in the present, past or future tense.
- Tense helps us understand the time frame of the sentence.
- There are different tenses and ways of forming verbs in English.
- A verb is a doing or a being word.
- The verb carries the tense of a sentence.
- A noun does the verb in a sentence, including if the verb is a being verb.
- There are three tense forms: simple, progressive and perfect.
- Simple, progressive and perfect forms can all be in the past, present or future tense.
- Tense is maintained throughout a piece of writing so that the time frame is clear for the reader.
- Verbs exist in all languages.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit uses and builds on learning around forming the present, past and future tenses of both the simple and progressive forms, as well as the perfect present tense learnt in the Year 3 grammar unit 'Tense forms: simple, progressive and perfect'. Pupils review that main verbs can be doing, being or having verbs. Pupils also review that a having verb can act as a main verb in a clause or as an auxiliary verb in a clause in the perfect present tense. This unit prepares pupils for review and new tense learning in the Year 5 grammar unit 'Three tense forms and modal verbs'.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Sentences can be formed in the present, past or future tense.
- Tense helps us understand the time frame of the sentence.
- There are different tenses and ways of forming verbs in English.
- A verb is a doing or a being word.
- The verb carries the tense of a sentence.
- A noun does the verb in a sentence, including if the verb is a being verb.
- There are three tense forms: simple, progressive and perfect.
- Simple, progressive and perfect forms can all be in the past, present or future tense.
- Tense is maintained throughout a piece of writing so that the time frame is clear for the reader.
- Verbs exist in all languages.
Grammar
Tense forms: simple, progressive and perfect consolidation
In this unit, pupils review formal conventions around present, past and future simple and progressive tense forms, as well as the perfect present tense. They review doing, being and having verbs, all of which can act as main verbs in clauses, as well as knowledge about main and auxiliary verbs.
3 lessons in unit
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