📚 English · Grammar & Punctuation
Progressive and Continuous Tenses
Form and use the progressive (continuous) verb tenses — past progressive (was walking), present progressive (am walking), and future progressive (will be walking) — to convey ongoing actions at different times
Typical age: 9–10 years
“If your child wants to describe an action that was happening over a period of time in the past — like "I was reading when the phone rang" — can they write the verb in the right ongoing-past form?”
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Needs first
- Past, Present and Progressive Tense
Year 2 progressive forms (is drumming, was shouting) introduced the concept; G4 extends to all three progressive tenses
- Simple Past, Present and FutureREQUIRED
Progressive tenses build on simple tenses; learners must control simple past/present/future before forming progressive (was walking, am walking, will be walking)