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Literacy Task - Past, present and future tense.

Past tense - the event has already happened.

Present tense - the event is happening now.

Future tense - the event is going to happen.

Activity One.

Copy these sentences into your books carefully. At the end of each sentence write down in brackets ( ) whether the sentence is written in the past, present or future tense.

  1. The owl is flying through the woods.

  2. Last night the owl flew through the woods.

  3. I am singing in the school play.

  4. Yesterday I sang in assembly.

  5. Boyzone are about to sing their new single.

  6. The children will watch the match live on Saturday.

  7. All the girls ate their broccoli yesterday.

  8. Tom is going to the shops to buy some sweets.

Activity Two.

Look at this list of verbs in the box below:

Jump

shout

talk

help

float

play

Skip

hop

laugh

act

catch

eat

Write three sentences for each verb. The first in the past, the second in the present and the third in the future.

Here is an example for jump

Today Natasha is jumping in the yard.

Natasha jumped home from school yesterday.

Tomorrow, Natasha is taking part in a sponsored jump.

Activity Three

Copy this basic table into your books and fill in the spaces.

Present Tense

Past Tense

Future Tense

I sing

I sang

I will sing

You eat

You ate

 

He washes

   

She likes

   

It disappears

   

We explain

   

I argue

   

You try

   

We grow

   

Extension:

Can you write sentences in all three tenses to go with the activities mentioned in the table above in your books?