Present perfect tense KS2 – Year 3 bingo grammar game

This present perfect tense KS2 grammar bingo game is a fun way to support pupils in Year 3 to identify this feature. Students will have the opportunity to use both present perfect verb forms and the simple past tense.

The game can be played as a class or in small groups and is perfect for adult-led interventions to revisit key knowledge and skills. Once you’ve created the resource you can use it time and time again to rehearse this skill.

You may wish to revisit how the present perfect can be used instead of the simple past with pupils prior to playing the game.

Using the bingo cards, ask pupils to identify which sentences are written using the present perfect form and which are written in the simple past tense. Identify the grammatical structures used for each before you start the game.

Alternatively, pupils can use the caller cards to match sentences written using the present perfect and simple past tense.

Present perfect tense KS2 resource pack contents

• Bingo caller cards
• 10 bingo cards
• Teacher’s notes

What is the present perfect tense?

The present perfect tense is used to describe:

1. Something which was just completed (I have finished my dinner.)
2. Something which has happened, but still has an effect on what is happening now (Jim has broken his arm.)
3. Something which has happened over a long period, but isn’t finished yet (Tom has raced every Saturday for a year.)

National Curriculum English programme of study links

Pupils should be taught to use the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense