This Year 2 Simple Past and Present Tenses Prior Learning covers previous Year 2 learning to prepare children for learning about using verbs in the simple past and present tenses. You can also use it to assess children's understanding of their previous learning about verbs. With three varied fluency, two reasoning and one application question, children can familiarise themselves again with verbs before moving onto using verbs in different tenses. A useful answer sheet is provided to make marking quicker.

This worksheet could be used by individuals or with small groups of children who may need extra support before moving onto the main learning of this lesson.