L O To write in the present tense

L. O. To write in the present tense and first person. Steps to success To change from past to present tense To empathise with a character To edit and improve a text

Tenses Verbs in the past, present and future tense

What’s wrong with these sentences? Yesterday I am playing football. Yesterday I played football. Tomorrow I went to the zoo. Tomorrow I am going to the zoo. At the moment I have washed the dishes. At the moment I am washing the dishes.

Past, Present or Future? Yesterday I played football. PAST Tomorrow I am going to the zoo. FUTURE At the moment I am washing the dishes. PRESENT

Think Pair Share

PAST PRESENT FUTURE play Can you say sentences in the past, present and future tense.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE play Yesterday I played football.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE play At the moment I’m playing football.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE play Tomorrow I’m going to play football.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE cry Can you say sentences in the past, present and future tense.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE cry Yesterday I cried.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE cry I’m crying now!!

PAST PRESENT FUTURE cry I’m going to cry a lot tomorrow. Tomorrow I’m going to cry.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE laugh Can you say sentences in the past, present and future tense.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE Laugh I laughed so much yesterday. I was laughing all day yesterday

PAST PRESENT FUTURE laugh Your joke is making me laugh.

PAST PRESENT FUTURE laugh I am going to be laughing about this later.

Tense Chairs – Game • Pick a verb. • Sit on one of the ‘Tense Chairs’ and act out your word. • Can the class guess your word? • Can anyone say the word in all three tenses? yesterday tomorrow

The Piano - War Scene • Read at the text in pairs. • Highlight all the verbs in the text. • Your task is to re-write the scene in the past tense. • Can edit and improve the text as you write?