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Now or before?
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1 · Learn
A verb helps tell us what happens or what someone does. Tense helps show when. 'I walk' is present tense. 'I walked' is past tense.
Not every past-tense verb ends in ed. 'I go' becomes 'I went'. Keep the time in your writing clear rather than changing it by accident.
2 · Worked example
I write about yesterday: 'We went to the park. We played.' Both verbs fit the past time.
3 · Your turn
Choose the word for yesterday: 'Yesterday we go / went to the shop.'
Check your answer
Went: 'Yesterday we went to the shop.'
4 · Apply your learning
Tell someone about a real event that already happened. Write two sentences and check their tense.
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Read instructions and shared texts aloud when needed. Independent reading must match taught sound-spelling knowledge; do not ask children to guess unknown words from pictures. Accept spoken answers before writing and revisit with more books and examples.
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