Step 7: Past Tense

Year 4 – Autumn Block 1 – Ready to Write

Step 7: Past Tense

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Introduction

Match the past and present verbs.


skip

think

sit

keep

laugh

thought

skipped

kept

laughed

sat

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

Simple past tense is when actions took place at a specific time and are now finished

I walked into the monsters cave.

Past progressive tense is when actions took place in the past over a period of time.

I was walking into the monsters cave.

Simple Past Past Progressive

walked was walking

baked was baking

sat was sitting

flew was flying

ate was eating

skipped was skipping

swam was swimming

‘was’ could also be changed to ‘were’.For example: They were flying. We were eating lunch together.

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

Varied Fluency 1

Underline the verbs in the sentence below.

Jessie got into the swimming pool when

her instructor gave her the signal.


Varied Fluency 2

Circle the verbs in the simple past tense.


running fell take

went lifted crying

Varied Fluency 3

Write the past tense form of the base verbs below.


Verb Simple PastPast

Progressive

come

fly

jog

break

Varied Fluency 3

Write the past tense form of the base verbs below.


Verb Simple PastPast

Progressive

come came was coming

fly flew was flying

jog jogged was jogging

break broke was breaking

Varied Fluency 4

True or false?

The sentence below is written in the past progressive tense.

Marvin said that Suzie was at work when

the salesman knocked on the door.


Varied Fluency 4

True or false?

The sentence below is written in the past progressive tense.

Marvin said that Suzie was at work when

the salesman knocked on the door.

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


Application 1

Choose the correct verb tense to fill the gaps in the sentence below.

Mum and Dad ______________ the house by

themselves while the children were

______________ fun in the park.


cleaning had

cleaned having

Application 1

Choose the correct verb tense to fill the gaps in the sentence below.

Mum and Dad ______________ the house by

themselves while the children were

______________ fun in the park.


cleaning had

cleaned having

cleaned

having

Step 7: Past Tense

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