Year 5 · SPaG · Verb tenses and the perfect form
Year 5 using the perfect form in sentences worksheet and PowerPoint
To change a sentence from one perfect form to another and to choose the right form.
Choosing the perfect form
Choose the helping words to match when the action is complete: has / have (now), had (before another past event) or will have (by a future time).
| now | I have eaten my lunch. |
|---|---|
| before another past event | I had eaten my lunch before Dad called. |
| by a future time | I will have eaten my lunch by one o’clock. |
Examples
- We have finished. → We had finished. → We will have finished.
Key words
- perfect form
- a verb group with a helping verb and a past participle
- helping verb
- has, have, had or will have
- past participle
- the verb form used after has, have and had
- tense
- the form of a verb that shows when something happens
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Write a short story of eight sentences. Use the present perfect, the past perfect and the future perfect at least twice each.
Pupil target: I can use the right perfect form.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the using the perfect form in sentences PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 21 of 43 in the Year 5 SPaG scheme, in the block “Verb tenses and the perfect form”.
Other lessons in this block
- Past or present
- The present perfect form
- Recognising the past perfect form
- Using the past perfect form
- Recognising the future perfect form
- Using the future perfect form
- Recognising the perfect form in sentences
- Which tense?
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