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Verb Tense - Present, Past and Future
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Verb Tense - Present, Past and Future

This series of worksheets focuses on the use of verb tense. There is one worksheet on each of the tenses- present, past and future tense to identify and use the correct tense in their writing. These worksheets are part of the Vivid Verbs- Year 3 unit of work. 
 

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Learning goals

  • We are learning that verbs are doing, thinking, saying and relating words.
  • We are learning that time is represented through verb tense, e.g. she arrived, she is arriving.
  • We are learning to understand past, present and future tenses and their impact on meaning in a sentence, e.g. informative texts are usually written in present tense.
  • We are learning that verbs are doing, thinking, saying and relating words and that time is represented through verb tense, e.g. she arrived, she is arriving.
  • We are learning to create and edit imaginative texts by using or adapting language features, characters, settings and plot structures, e.g. changing the setting, revising an ending.
  • We are learning to plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using text structures and language features appropriate to the audience and purpose.

Curriculum alignment

EN2-9B old Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts EN2-8B old Identifies and compares different kinds of texts when reading and viewing and shows an understanding of purpose, audience and subject matter EN2-UARL-01 new Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts EN2-HANDW-02 new Uses digital technologies to create texts EN2-SPELL-01 new Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts EN2-CWT-03 new Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience EN2-CWT-02 new Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience EN2-CWT-01 new Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience EN2-RECOM-01 new Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension EN2-VOCAB-01 new Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words EN2-OLC-01 new Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
VCELA246 Understand how different types of texts vary in use of language choices, depending on their purpose, audience and context, including tense and types of sentences VCELY258 Analyse how different texts use verb groups to represent different processes (action, thinking, feeling, saying, relating) VCELA262 Understand that verbs represent different processes (doing, thinking, saying, and relating) and that these processes are anchored in time through tense

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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