Starter quiz
- Which word tells us the tense of a sentence?
- adjective
- noun
- verb ✓
- adverb
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- Which of the following sentences is written in the second person?
- You all need to wrap up warm. ✓
- He has forgotten his coat.
- They are late for the concert.
- We've finished!
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- Which sentences are written in the simple tense?
- You are being very cheeky today!
- I ran to the supermarket as fast as I could. ✓
- They were putting the toys away.
- The puppy is starting to grow as big as its siblings.
- The shark stalks its prey. ✓
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- Which sentence is written in the progressive tense?
- I have started my homework.
- I am starting my homework. ✓
- I start my homework at 5 o'clock every day.
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- Match each part of a progressive tense sentence with their job.
- noun⇔the person, place or thing that does the main verb ✓
- auxiliary verb⇔paired with the main verb and tells us the tense ✓
- main verb⇔always ends with -ing and doesn't change when the tense does ✓
- punctuation⇔marks the beginning and end of the sentence ✓
- Which sentence is written in the progressive future tense?
- We were looking at the map closely.
- They will be wondering where we are. ✓
- You weren't concentrating properly.
- I am looking for the station.
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Exit quiz
- Which word is the auxiliary verb in this sentence? 'They have finished all their work.'
- they
- have ✓
- finished
- all
- their
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- Which word is the auxiliary verb in this sentence? 'I am brushing my hair.'
- I
- am ✓
- brushing
- my
- hair
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- Which suffix does the main verb in the progressive tense always end with?
- -ly
- -ing ✓
- -ed
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- The main verb in the perfect tense is always in which tense?
- present
- past ✓
- future
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- Match the tense to the sentence.
- perfect present tense⇔I have tidied my room. ✓
- progressive present tense⇔I am tidying my room. ✓
- simple present tense⇔I tidy my room. ✓
- Which of the following sentences is written in the perfect present tense?
- She has curly hair.
- They have carried it all the way here. ✓
- I have a friend.
- We are helping each other.
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Both the progressive tense and perfect tense can denote present, past or future action.
- The verb carries the tense of a sentence.
- The progressive tense is a tense that makes use of an auxiliary verb from the infinitive 'to be' with the main verb.
- The perfect tense is a tense that makes use of an auxiliary verb from the infinitive 'to have' with the main verb.
- The perfect tense often refers to action that has finished whilst the progressive tense denotes ongoing action.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that using a being or having verb means they've written a sentence in each tense.
Being verbs as auxiliary verbs are for progressive tenses; having verbs as auxiliary verbs are for perfect tenses.
Keywords
Progressive tense - a tense that denotes ongoing action
Perfect tense - made using an auxiliary verb based on the infinitive ‘to have’ and a past tense form of the main verb
Auxiliary verb - the helping verb that is always paired with the main verb
Infinitive - any verb preceded by the word 'to'
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