Verb Tense — Year 4 Unit of Work

Build confident control of verb tense across a complete week of Year 4 English teaching. This unit introduces simple past, present and future tense, then helps students recognise time clues, form regular and common irregular past-tense verbs, use will plus a base verb and maintain a consistent time frame across connected sentences.

The sequence begins with an editable 16-slide PowerPoint lesson and continues through colour classroom references, collaborative sorting, oral-language games and differentiated print practice. Students apply their learning by editing tense shifts, composing related sentences across three time frames and completing The Museum Mix-Up assessment. A 22-slide editable quiz, matching answer pages and a five-level rubric support review and marking.

What's Included

• Editable 16-slide PowerPoint presentation: Verb Tense
• Editable 22-slide PowerPoint quiz with 10 original question-and-answer pairs
• 34-page Unit Plan PDF with 33 classroom resource and answer pages after the contents page
• Verb Tense Toolkit display and reference page
• Tense Time-Travel Sort with mat, sentence cards and challenge cards
• Irregular Verb Relay speaking game with 18 cards and teacher directions
• Tense Trail colour board game with rules and 12 challenge cards
• Five worksheet resources covering tense recognition, editing, irregular verbs, consistency and composition
• Two-page The Museum Mix-Up assessment with matching answers
• Five-level Verb Tense rubric
• 11 matching answer pages with red answers
• 72-page combined Preview PDF

Learning Focus

• Distinguish simple past, present and future tense
• Interpret common time clues
• Form regular and common irregular past-tense verbs
• Build future-tense forms with will plus the base verb
• Transform verbs and sentences between time frames
• Identify and repair unintended tense shifts
• Compose and edit connected writing with a consistent tense

Classroom Use

Use the presentation for explicit whole-class teaching and modelled practice. Follow with the colour sort, relay and board game for oral rehearsal, then select the support, core and extension worksheet pages for independent or small-group practice. Finish with the editable quiz and The Museum Mix-Up assessment. The rubric can support feedback, conferencing or moderation.

Formats, Page Count and Answers

Files are supplied as PDF, editable PPTX and JPEG. The unit includes a 34-page Unit Plan PDF, 16-slide presentation and 22-slide quiz, for 72 pages/slides in total. Eleven matching answer pages are included.

Digital Licence

This is a digital product; no physical item will be shipped. Use and sharing are governed by Sukindi's licence terms. The files must not be redistributed, shared publicly or resold.