Past and Present Tense

Year 2 EnglishGrammar and Punctuation4 pages

About this worksheet

A four-page knowledge check on past and present tense for Year 2 English. Pupils sort walked, jump, saw and play into two columns, then tick the right verb in four sentences like 'Yesterday, I _____ to the park.' They use is and was for actions in progress and rewrite 'The cat jumps on the wall.' in the past tense. Last, they find the wrong verb in a short story about the beach. The answer key covers all nine questions. Linked to the England National Curriculum objective on present and past tenses.

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Past and Present Tense: Grammar and Punctuation - page 1
Past and Present Tense: Grammar and Punctuation - page 2
Past and Present Tense: Grammar and Punctuation - page 3
Past and Present Tense: Grammar and Punctuation - page 4

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Curriculum objectives covered

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

“The present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form”

Every question uses past or present verbs, and Section 3 covers the progressive form with is and was.

What's inside this worksheet

Section 1: Past or Present?

Pupils sort four verbs from a word bank into Past Tense and Present Tense columns.

Section 2: Choose the Correct Verb

Four tick-box sentences, with choices like go or went and ran or run.

Section 3: Actions in Progress

Pupils fill the gap with is or was, as in 'He _____ drumming on the table'.

Section 4: Fix and Rewrite

Pupils change jumps to jumped, then spot 'see' as the wrong verb in the beach story.

How teachers use it

Before a recount

Use it before pupils write a recount. The beach story in question 9 shows the exact slip they tend to make.

End of unit

Run it as the end-of-unit check. Nine questions are quick to mark from the key.

Small group

Work through Section 3 with pupils who leave out is or was in their own writing.

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