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Year 2 · English
Use Past And Present Tense
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Focus on past tense and present tense verbs. Open support for “Change Irregular Verbs into the Past Tense”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 2 learners practise past tense and present tense verbs.
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- Change Irregular Verbs into the Past Tense — support from YouTube — Mr Spelling
- Change Verbs to the Past Tense — support from Twinkl
- Identify Verbs with Similar Meanings — support from Twinkl
- Change sentences between past and present tense — support from Twinkl
- Recognise the Present and Past Tense — support from Twinkl
- Sort Verbs into Groups — support from YouTube — Explore Planet English
- Understand and Recognise Past and Present Tense Verbs — support from Twinkl
- Understand Present and Past Tense Verbs — support from Twinkl
- Use Verbs: 'am', 'is' and 'are' — support from YouTube — Explore Planet English
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Irregular Past Tense Verbs
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Year 2 Past and Present Tense Video Lesson
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Victor Vocabulary Foxes Video
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Present Tense: 'am', 'is' and 'are'
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PlanIt Y2: Past and Present Tenses
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PlanIt Y2: Progressive Tense
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Second Grade Synonyms Worksheet
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Verb 'to be': am, is and are Practice
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