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LIFE/work balance We have started a #LIFEworkbalance campaign and we need your help to complete our LIFE/work balance survey. We hope to publish the results soon, so please give 15 minutes of your time to help us get a true picture of school life. Want to be a part of this campaign? Take the survey on our website and share it with your colleagues! © Classroom Secrets Limited

Year 2 – Spring Block 4 – Tenses – Recognising Simple Past and Present Tense About This Resource: This Power. Point has been designed to support your teaching of this small step. It includes a starter activity and an example of each question from the Varied Fluency and Application and Reasoning resources also provided in this pack. You can choose to work through all examples provided or a selection of them depending on the needs of your class. National Curriculum Objectives: English Year 2: (2 G 4. 2) Learn how to use the present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form English Year 2: (2 G 4. 2) Correct choice and consistent use of present tense and past tense throughout writing More resources from our Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling scheme of work. Did you like this resource? Don’t forget to review it on our website. © Classroom Secrets Limited

Year 2 – Spring Block 4 – Tenses – Recognising Simple Past and Present Tense Notes and Guidance: • In this step, children will be introduced to the terms simple present and simple past. • Simple present and past describes something that is happening, or happened, at a particular moment. For example, start/started. • Children need to be able to recognise the different forms of tenses within sentences and be able to explain when it is used. • They should be able to identify the past and present tenses in their simple form. Focused Questions • What tense is this sentence in? • Is this sentence in the simple past or simple present tense? Explain how you know. © Classroom Secrets Limited

Year 2 – Spring Block 4 – Tenses Step 1: Recognising Simple Past and Present Tenses © Classroom Secrets Limited

Introduction Sort the words into the table. nouns share table © Classroom Secrets Limited verbs bag write walk pen

Introduction Sort the words into the table. nouns verbs bag table pen share write walk share table © Classroom Secrets Limited bag write walk pen

Varied Fluency 1 Underline the simple present tense verbs in the sentences below. A. She pours on the glue. B. He flips the coin. © Classroom Secrets Limited

Varied Fluency 2 Circle the correct verb so that the sentence below is written in the simple past tense. My mum finds/found an old book in the drawer. © Classroom Secrets Limited

Varied Fluency 2 Circle the correct verb so that the sentence below is written in the simple past tense. My mum finds/ found an old book in the drawer. © Classroom Secrets Limited

Varied Fluency 3 Which sentences have been written in the simple present tense? A. The parents went to the school assembly. B. The birds builds a nest in the apple tree. C. My aunt is very kind. © Classroom Secrets Limited

Varied Fluency 4 Which word would complete the sentence below when written in the simple present tense? The criminal ____ some money from the bank. steals © Classroom Secrets Limited stole

Varied Fluency 4 Which word would complete the sentence below when written in the simple present tense? The criminal steals some money from the bank. steals © Classroom Secrets Limited stole

Application 1 Match the sentence to the correct tense. A. I live in a large house. simple present B. He jumped higher than anyone. C. I smell flowers. © Classroom Secrets Limited simple past

Application 2 Alec and Clara are writing a sentence. I thought about the question for a while. It is written in the simple present tense. Alec It is written in the simple past tense. Clara Who is correct? © Classroom Secrets Limited

Application 2 Alec and Clara are writing a sentence. I thought about the question for a while. It is written in the simple present tense. Alec It is written in the simple past tense. Clara Who is correct? Clara is correct. © Classroom Secrets Limited

Reasoning 1 Is this sentence written in the simple past or simple present tense? He rolls the ball down the hill. Explain how you know. © Classroom Secrets Limited

Reasoning 1 Is this sentence written in the simple past or simple present tense? He rolls the ball down the hill. Explain how you know. The sentence is written in the simple past tense because… © Classroom Secrets Limited

Reasoning 1 Is this sentence written in the simple past or simple present tense? He rolls the ball down the hill. Explain how you know. The sentence is written in the simple past tense because if it were written in the simple present tense it would be: He rolled the ball down the hill. © Classroom Secrets Limited