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Verbs - which tense?

Example:

Verb Present Past Future Present perfect

to jump I jump I jumped I will jump I have jumped

A verb is a doing or being word. Verbs change with different tenses.

• The past tense describes something that has already happened.

• The present tense is what is happening now.

• The future tense refers to what will happen in the future.

• The present perfect tense describes something that began in the past but was completed in the present (using the present tense of the verb ‘have’).

Warm up

1 Find the verb(s) in each sentence.

a) Toby shouted at his brother.

b) The monkey grabbed a large bunch of bananas.

c) The children will eat their dinner in the hall.

d) We ride our bikes to the park.

e) Emma and Tina danced at the disco last night.

f) I drink water because it keeps me healthy.

g) Charlotte cried when she fell off her scooter.

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2 Copy and complete the table to show how each verb changes tense.

Verb Present Past Future

to laugh she laughs she laughed she will laugh

to walk you walked you will walk

to play he plays

to talk we talked

to climb they climb they will climb

3 Rewrite these sentences, changing the verbs so that they are in the past tense.

a) I work hard at school.

b) I climb up trees.

c) We jump in muddy puddles.

d) I play with my toys.

4 Choose the correct form of the verb in the following sentences, which use the present perfect tense.

a) He has / have celebrated his birthday.

b) We have open / opened our presents.

c) I has / have blown out the candles.

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Adverbs

Example:

James quickly ate his tea.

Examples:

He sometimes walked home alone.

They ate inside because it was raining.

Adverbs describe a verb. Adverbs tell us how, when or where something happens or is done.

Adverbs often end with the suffix ly. Adverbs that don’t end in ly include many when or where adverbs.

Warm up

1 Look at the sentences below. Find the adverb(s) in each one.

a) The artist painted the flower slowly.

b) The dragon roared fiercely and blew fire out of his nose.

c) The children shouted loudly in the playground.

d) Patiently, the audience waited for the show to begin.

e) Carefully and gently, the nurse bandaged his leg.

f) The wasp flew angrily around our food.

2 Copy and complete the table below with adverbs that can be used to describe each verb. An example has been done for you.

talk run drink dance

loudly

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3 Choose one of the adverbs from the box below to complete each sentence.

sometimes Before Yesterday outside

a) they started, the players warmed up.

b) I fall out with my brother.

c) I like playing on the trampoline.

d) it was my birthday.

4 Choose the adverb that fits best in each sentence.

a) Soon / Never it will be summer.

b) The children giggled loudly / busily.

c) The teacher carefully / warmly marked the children’s work.

d) Perhaps / Often you could come to my house for tea?

5 Read the passage below. Find the six adverbs that show how the verb is done.

At my birthday party, there was a clever magician who waved his wand gently over a special box. He shouted the magic words loudly three times, then asked for a helper from the audience. Excitedly, I put up my hand, and before I could change my mind the magician had chosen me. I went bravely to the front of the stage and helped him mysteriously produce a floppy-eared, soft, white rabbit. Everyone loved the trick and clapped enthusiastically at the end.

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Progress test 2Find the conjunction in each of the sentences below.

1 Lucy was feeling excited because it was her birthday tomorrow.

2 I was still feeling unhappy so I talked to my teacher.

3 I am eight years old but my sister is ten.

4 Rewrite this sentence using the future tense.

I asked for more time to finish the writing.

Choose a suitable conjunction to make the sentences below correct.

5 my alarm rings, I need to get out of bed!

6 I am good at P.E, my favourite subject is maths.

7 Which sentence uses the present perfect tense correctly?

I have found a rusty key

I found a rusty key.

8 Write a sentence using the conjunction but.

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Progress test 2Look at the table below. Fill in the gaps.

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16 In which sentence do the subject and verb agree?

a) Most of my friends likes drinking lemonade.

b) Girls is reading books in the library.

c) Everyone is going to the cinema tonight.

d) The dog live in the kennels.

e) The man swim in the sea.

Write these sentences in the present perfect tense.

17 I did all my homework.

18 We played football.

19 I went shopping.

20 They read some books.

Present tense Past tense Past participle

play

swam swum

laughed

build

run

cried

fall fallen