Year.1 English 3.1: Tense

Phrases

A phrase is a group of words with no verb for example:

• fast, blue car
• bright sun
• lazy, fat cat
• crunchy, red apple
• funny clown

Sentences

We can change each of these phrases into a sentence by making them about one single idea:

• The fast, blue car drives to school.
• The bright sun shines today.
• A lazy, fat cat yawns happily.
• Jess eats a crunchy, red apple.
• The funny clown smiled.

We can write sentences in different tenses to tell us when something happened - the past, present or future.