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Year 4 – Autumn Block 1 – Ready to Write
Step 9: Present Perfect
or Simple Past?
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Introduction
Tick the sentences which are written in the past tense.
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I ate cereal for breakfast this morning.
Jason is watching television.
The children saw the police helicopter.
I visited Spain with my family last year.
Ellie and Freya are eating cookies.
Tomorrow, I will read my new book.
Introduction
Tick the sentences which are written in the past tense.
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I ate cereal for breakfast this morning.
Jason is watching television.
The children saw the police helicopter.
I visited Spain with my family last year.
Ellie and Freya are eating cookies.
Tomorrow, I will read my new book.
Simple Past tense is used for activities or events that started and finished in the past.
Present perfect tense is used for activities that started in the past but are still true now, or have an effect on what is happening now.
I broke my leg last week.
I have broken my leg.
Varied Fluency 1
Match the labels to the verbs.
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Present
Perfect
Simple Past
threw
has thrown
Varied Fluency 1
Match the labels to the verbs.
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Present
Perfect
Simple Past
threw
has thrown
Varied Fluency 2
Complete the table.
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Simple
Present
Present
Perfect
Simple
Past
buy
steal
Varied Fluency 2
Complete the table.
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Simple
Present
Present
Perfect
Simple
Past
buyhas/have
boughtbought
stealhas/have
stolenstole
Varied Fluency 3
True or false?
The sentence below is in the present perfect tense.
Molly and Jessica came to my house to
play games.
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Varied Fluency 3
True or false?
The sentence below is in the present perfect tense.
Molly and Jessica came to my house to
play games.
False, the sentence is in the simple past tense.
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Varied Fluency 4
Complete the sentence to change the tense from simple past to
present perfect.
My grandad grew tomatoes in his
greenhouse.
My grandad tomatoes in
his greenhouse.
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Varied Fluency 4
Complete the sentence to change the tense from simple past to
present perfect.
My grandad grew tomatoes in his
greenhouse.
My grandad tomatoes in
his greenhouse.
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has grown
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Our school team has winned the championship trophy.
My sentence is in the
present perfect tense.
Reasoning 2
Ollie has written the sentence below.
He says,
Is Ollie correct?
Explain your reasoning.
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Our school team has winned the championship trophy.
My sentence is in the
present perfect tense.
Reasoning 2
Ollie has written the sentence below.
He says,
Is Ollie correct?
Explain your reasoning.
Ollie is incorrect because ‘win’ in the present perfect tense is ‘won’.
