Y2 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
Past Progressive Tense Lesson
This Past Progressive Tense lesson covers the prior learning of simple past and present tenses, before moving onto the main skill of recognising and using the past progressive tense.
The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. If they need more practice, you can choose other resources for that step. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks.
National Curriculum Objective
English Year 2: (2G4.2) Learn how to use the present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form
English Year 2: (2G4.2) Correct choice and consistent use of present tense and past tense throughout writing
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2 Teaching Support
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Teaching PowerPoint
This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through prior learning of understanding different types of verbs, before moving onto the main skill of recognising and using simple past and present tenses. There are some modelled varied fluency and application and reasoning questions included at the end.
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Modelling PowerPoint
This PowerPoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the varied fluency and application and reasoning worksheets as part of this lesson.
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Free Year 2 GPS Scheme of Work Spring Block 4 – Tenses
This is a free scheme of work for Year 2 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. This resource is the second block in the teaching sequence and includes 6 small steps with guidance for teaching.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This Year 2 Past Progressive Tense Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of simple past and present tenses, before moving onto the main skill of recognising and using the past progressive tense.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 2 Recognising Simple Past and Present Tenses Game is designed to check your pupils’ understanding of recognising the simple past and simple present tenses.
2 Varied Fluency
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Varied Fluency
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 2 Recognising and Using Past Progressive Tense activity checks pupils’ understanding of past progressive.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 2 Past Progressive Tense Game aims to support pupils’ understanding of tenses.
2 Application
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Application
This application task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the Past Progressive Tense lesson.
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Mixed Activity
This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of recognising and using the past progressive tense.
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Application and Reasoning
This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
2 Homework
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Homework
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
