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Tenses, agreement and sentence patterns

Explore tenses, agreement and sentence patterns with an example and your own answers.

Original Kidemy foundation practice · Read the example, write your answers, then check. This starter is shared across class versions; it is not a complete board-specific lesson or course.

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A sentence pattern combines subject, verb and other needed parts. Keep agreement and time clear, including irregular forms.

Worked example

The children have finished their work. Each child has finished a page.

  1. Read the example and explain which rule or evidence it uses.
  2. Try each task yourself, then compare the answer and its reason.

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is

Each is singular.

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written

Written follows has in this verb phrase.

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brought

Brought is the past form of bring.

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begun

Had is followed by the past participle begun.

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is

The subject list is singular.

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Every one of the pupils has a notebook. Every one is the singular head of the subject.

Identify agreement with the head, not the nearby plural pupils.

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