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Year 2

Present and past tense, including the progressive form

10 sentences · from Past and present tense, and will

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The past tense tells what happened (ate), the present tense what happens (eats); will tells what is going to happen (will eat).

  1. Example 1Write it in the past tense.

    We bake a pie.

    We baked a pie. or We were baking a pie.

1 / 10 T03Write it in the past tense.

The elephants walk.

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Year 2 · Past and present tense, and will

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Example · Write it in the past tense.We bake a pie.We baked a pie. or We were baking a pie.
  1. Write it in the past tense.The elephants walk.
  2. Write it in the past tense.The whales jump.
  3. Write it in the past tense.The kitten shivers.
  4. Write it in the present tense.We hurried.
  5. Write it in the present tense.The clown danced.
  6. Write it in the present tense.The planes landed.
  7. Write it with "will".The guest cheers.
  8. Write it with "will".The babies laughed.
  9. Write the verb in brackets so it fits the time word.Tomorrow, Mum ____ (brush) the kitten.
  10. Write the verb in brackets so it fits the time word.Yesterday, Grandpa ____ (rake) the leaves.
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Year 2 · Past and present tense, and will · answer key

  1. The elephants walked. or The elephants were walking.
  2. The whales jumped. or The whales were jumping.
  3. The kitten shivered. or The kitten was shivering.
  4. We hurry. or We are hurrying.
  5. The clown dances. or The clown is dancing.
  6. The planes land. or The planes are landing.
  7. The guest will cheer.
  8. The babies will laugh.
  9. will brush
  10. raked
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