The Four Past Tenses

Four fully-adaptable PowerPoints on the simple past, past continuous, past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses. Suitable for high-ability KS3, mid-to high ability KS4, and intermediate ESOL. Suitable for home-learning.

The PowerPoints introduce the student to different ways of using each of the four past tenses.

Includes:
*a brief recap of pronoun/verb agreement, plus the use of past participles, the verb ‘to have’, the verb ‘to be’ , and the forming of gerunds
*an explanation of how the tenses are used with examples
*challenge exercise one which all students should complete to show they understand how to form the tenses
*extra challenge exercises which students can work through, or choose from, to show different uses and understanding of the tenses
*sample answers after each exercise
Teachers can choose to teach all or some of the functions of the tenses, dipping in or out, or selecting as necessary.

Could be used as a series of starter activities or as longer grammar lessons. Could also be set remotely for home-learning as independent study exercises.

The PowerPoints are not definitive, but offer a clear approach to understanding the different uses of the four past tenses.

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Englbee x