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Present or past

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Present or past

An AR classroom game for Grade 5. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive sorting activity.

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PlayHost a classroom

A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. Sort the sentences into groups.

    Sort into

    • happening now
    • already over
    • I am writing now.
    • I wrote it yesterday.
    • She is cooking.
    • She cooked last night.
    Read the explanation

    Look at the time word: now, or already over?

  2. Sort the time words into groups.

    Sort into

    • goes with the present
    • goes with the past
    • every day
    • yesterday
    • usually
    • last night
    Read the explanation

    The time word signals which tense the sentence needs.

  3. Sort the verbs into groups.

    Sort into

    • add "ed"
    • changes shape
    • walk
    • go
    • play
    • eat
    Read the explanation

    Regular verbs add "ed"; irregular ones change the whole word.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Practise telling present from past by the time word and the verb form: I am writing now. versus I wrote it yesterday., time words, -ed verbs versus irregular ones, and words that describe a verb versus a noun.

What's in the worksheet

4 sorting questions - She is cooking. versus She cooked last night. - every day and usually go with the present; yesterday and last night with the past - walk and play add -ed; go and eat change shape - quickly and slowly describe verbs; beautiful and happy describe nouns

How to use it in class

Use as a mid-lesson change of pace after the past tense, 5 minutes in team mode. - For item 2, ask pupils for more time words to sort, such as last week and now - For item 3, chant walked, played, went, ate - If item 4 goes wrong, note that most -ly words describe verbs Play it linked to a class and the results go into the mark book.

Common sticking points

- Item 1: putting She is cooking. under already over since it has no time word; look at is and -ing - Item 2: putting usually with the past because they don't see it as a frequency word - Item 4: putting happy under describes a verb, thinking it tells how the doer feels

Play together first, then build on it with a worksheet for the same level.

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