Year 4 – Autumn Block 1 – Ready to Write

Step 8: Present Tense

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Introduction

Which sentence is written in the present tense?

1. Owen played football and then went home.

2. Amy cleaned the dishes after dinner and then went to her room.

3. Irma watches a movie and cries all the way through it.

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Introduction

Which sentence is written in the present tense?

1. Owen played football and then went home.

2. Amy cleaned the dishes after dinner and then went to her room.

3. Irma watches a movie and cries all the way through it.

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Today we are looking at simple present tense and present progressive tense.

Simple present tense is something that happens regularly or is happening now.

I walk the dog every week.

Present progressive tense is something that you are doing right now that you have been doing or will continue to do for a while.

I am reading my book.

Simple Present Past Present

walk am walking

bake am baking

sit am sitting

fly am flying

eat am eating

skip am skipping

swim am swimming

‘am’ is used when we are using first person. This can change to ‘is’ or ‘are’ when we are talking about somebody else.

For example: She is skipping. They are swimming.

To form the present progressive tense correctly in a sentence we need…

Varied Fluency 1

Match the simple present tense verb to its present progressive form.

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hope

am hoping

was hoping

hoped

Varied Fluency 1

Match the simple present tense verb to its present progressive form.

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hope

am hoping

was hoping

hoped

Varied Fluency 2

Circle the simple present tense verbs below.

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played hunch

wish

pasted hiss

Varied Fluency 2

Circle the simple present tense verbs below.

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played hunch

wish

pasted hiss

Varied Fluency 3

Tick the sentence that is in the present progressive tense.

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A. You get ready for school but I

watch TV.

B. You are getting ready for school

but I am watching TV.

Varied Fluency 3

Tick the sentence that is in the present progressive tense.

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A. You get ready for school but I

watch TV.

B. You are getting ready for school

but I am watching TV.

Varied Fluency 4

True or false? The sentence below is written in the present

progressive tense.

Rosa and Bryon wait for the train at the

station and they play a game to pass the

time.

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Varied Fluency 4

True or false? The sentence below is written in the present

progressive tense.

Rosa and Bryon wait for the train at the

station and they play a game to pass the

time.

False, the sentence is written in the simple present tense.

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Application 1

Fill in each space with the correct verb from below. Make sure the

verb is written in the simple present tense.

Mandy ___________ the answer to the question and she gets it correct.

Billy ___________ with his partner at the gym but he doesn’t often win.

Shannon ___________ her teeth twice a day so she never needs a filling.

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Application 1

Fill in each space with the correct verb from below. Make sure the

verb is written in the simple present tense.

Mandy ___________ the answer to the question and she gets it correct.

Billy ___________ with his partner at the gym but he doesn’t often win.

Shannon ___________ her teeth twice a day so she never needs a filling.

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guesses

boxes

brushes