Reading & writing · Grades 3–6
Verb tenses and time clues · Revision card
Yesterday, now and tomorrow help identify the intended tense.
Understand the idea
Use time clues
Yesterday, now and tomorrow help identify the intended tense.
Keep the sequence clear
Change tense when the time changes, not accidentally.
Check irregular forms
Some past forms do not end in ed.
Worked examples
Choose the simple past: Yesterday we ___ the answer.
Found is the simple past of find.
found
Write the simple past of catch.
Catch has an irregular past form.
caught
Explain without looking
- Write one sentence that clearly places an action before another past action.
Preview material · independent educational review required. Grade bands are approximate, not official curriculum alignment.