Go, Going or Went? Sentence Completion

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- England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
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Focus on sentence clues when choosing between go, going, and went. Ten written prompts include time references, helper verbs, and familiar expressions that guide the choice. Have pupils point to the relevant clue before they fill a blank, then reread the full sentence to check its meaning.
Curriculum reference — England: Past and present consistency is relevant; progressive forms and auxiliaries require contextual review. Selected noun or past/present/future verb recognition supports Grade1 grammar; compound rewriting demands may need teacher support. Direct use of past/present including progressive forms is the exact Year2 grammar connection; no inference from grade tags. Selected skills only; reference stage is not an overall reading age, complete curriculum coverage, or an automatic recommendation for every learner.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Infer the needed verb form from sentence grammar
- Identify went as the past form of go
- Use auxiliary verbs and idiomatic context to choose going or go
Teaching tips
- Have learners annotate each item with past, in progress, or base-form clue language.
- Compare two sentences that use the same verb form for different grammatical reasons.
Skills covered
- Contextual grammar — surrounding words determine the missing form.
- Irregular tense knowledge — went replaces a regular past construction.
- Sentence fluency — oral rereading confirms grammatical fit.
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National Curriculum in England
National Curriculum in England expectations
England expectations
- Official curriculum expectation · Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation — develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by: the present and past tenses correctly and consistently, including the progressive form
Core concepts
- Go going went
- Context clues
- Verb morphology
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