Language Arts Present Continuous and Past Continuous Tenses

 Subject: Language Arts

Theme: ‘The Human Body System.

Focus Question: How do we use oral and written language to express our understanding of the life processes of living things?

Content Summary

 

       

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Assessment

Circle the correct response for each item.

 

Which sentence uses the present continuous tense correctly?

a) He played soccer yesterday.                      

b) She is reading a book right now.

c) They will go to the beach tomorrow.                          

  d) We eat dinner at 7 p.m. every day.

What is the correct past continuous form of the verb "to eat"?

a) eated            b) eat                 c) eating           d) was eating

Which sentence uses the past continuous tense correctly?

a) She writes a letter every day.                               

b) They will bake a cake tomorrow.

c) He was cooking dinner when the guests arrived.            

d) We are going to the park right now.

Which sentence correctly uses the present continuous tense?

a) He play soccer every Saturday.       

b) She is playing soccer right now.

c) They went to the park yesterday.    

d) We will play soccer tomorrow.

What is the past continuous form of the verb "to read"?

a) readed                   b) reads  c) reading        d) was reading

Choose the sentence that uses the past continuous tense correctly:

a) She is singing in the choir last night.                 

b) They are cooking dinner when the guests arrived.

c) He will play soccer tomorrow afternoon.        

d) We were watching a movie when it started raining.

Tier 2

Fill-in-the-Blank:

·         She ________________ (read) a book when the phone rang.

·         We ________________ (play) soccer yesterday afternoon.

·         They ________________ (have) dinner at 7 p.m. every night.

·         She ________________ (play) basketball when I saw her yesterday.

·         We ________________ (wait) for the bus when it finally arrived.

·         They ________________ (study) for their exams all week.

Tier 1

Sentence Writing:

·         Write a sentence about any of the human body system using the present continuous tense.

·         Write a sentence about any of the human body system using the past continuous tense.

Sentence Completion:

·         Complete the sentence using the past continuous tense: While I ________________ (read) a book, the phone ________________ (ring).

·         Complete the sentence using the present continuous tense: She ________________ (paint) a picture for her art class.