England · Year 2 · Ages 6–7 · Worked examples

Year 2 Past and Present Tense: Worked Examples

See free Year 2 past and present tense worked examples with clear strategies and answers, aligned to the England primary curriculum.

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Four worked examples

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1
Present

Change 'I walked' to present tense.

How to think about it: Identify the sentence feature first, apply the rule only where it is needed, then reread the whole sentence aloud to check that the meaning and punctuation are clear.

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Answer: I walk

2
Past

Change 'She jumps' to past tense.

How to think about it: Identify the sentence feature first, apply the rule only where it is needed, then reread the whole sentence aloud to check that the meaning and punctuation are clear.

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Answer: She jumped

3
Choose

Yesterday we play / played football.

How to think about it: Identify the sentence feature first, apply the rule only where it is needed, then reread the whole sentence aloud to check that the meaning and punctuation are clear.

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Answer: played

4
Irregular

Past tense of 'go' is __.

How to think about it: Identify the sentence feature first, apply the rule only where it is needed, then reread the whole sentence aloud to check that the meaning and punctuation are clear.

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Answer: went

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