2.3c Year 2: use the present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form (present progressive)

​This Real Grammar resources pack provides everything that you need to successfully explore the present progressive tense with your pupils in Year 2 or to revisit this learning. Teaching slides, worksheets, games and an opportunity to apply the new learning in a writing task are all included to create a complete KS1 resource to teach the present progressive tense. For these resources, pupils will need to be familiar with the simple present tense and be able to identify verbs within a sentence. Real Grammar KS1 resource packs are available to cover both these areas if required.

What is the progressive tense?

The progressive tense is used to show when an action or state is continuing to happen and can either be present or past. The verbs in this verb form end with the suffix -ing.

What is the present progressive tense?

The present progressive tense (sometimes called the present continuous tense) is used to show things happening now that may continue for a longer period of time.

How is the present progressive tense formed?

It is formed using the verb is/are/am and the verb ending in the suffix -ing (present participle).

She is walking.

The same sentence in the simple present tense would be:

She walks.

What is included in this resource pack?

This pack is divided into five parts:

TEACH

This section includes PowerPoint teaching slides and teaching notes with an optional script to introduce the present progressive tense. It can also be used to revisit this aspect of grammar with pupils.

PRACTISE

An independent activity for pupils to practise using what they have been taught, allowing teachers to assess understanding.

REVISIT

A series of short, 10-minute activities that can be used following the TEACH session to revisit and rehearse what has been taught. These may be short writing tasks, grammar games or editing/proofreading activities.

APPLY

A short writing task where pupils can use the grammar skills taught in context to produce independent writing.

REVISE

Five SATs style test questions, including cloze activities and multiple choice quiz questions, based on the grammar that has been taught.

Teachers can choose which section of the resource pack to use according to their pupils’ needs and could use the activities over a series of lessons or weeks

Teacher notes are provided to show how these quality resources could be used with pupils.

How is this resource pack differentiated?

The PRACTISE and REVISE sections include three activities differentiated for three levels of ability:

• Worksheet 1 for pupils who may need support. Questions will have a lower cognitive domain (what is being asked of pupils) and/or vocabulary used may be simplified where possible.
• Worksheet 2 for pupils working at age related expectations.
• Worksheet 3 for pupils who may need an additional challenge and may be working at a greater depth in this area. Questions will have a higher cognitive domain with more challenging vocabulary.

SUPPORT and CHALLENGE ideas are also included in the teacher notes of each section where relevant, with ideas of how to support pupils working towards the expected standard or at greater depth in this area.

What pupil-facing resources are included?

• TEACH

  PPT slides; model text ‘Snow day’

• PRACTISE

  Practise 1, Practise 2 and Practise 3 worksheets

• REVISIT

  Game 1 and game 2

• APPLY

  PDF image of children playing in the snow, planning sheet

• REVISE

  PPT slides; Revise 1, Revise 2 and Revise 3 worksheets

Answer sheets for all worksheets are provided, where appropriate