What you will learn in Grade 4
Today's goal: Use simple and continuous forms to distinguish routines, completed actions, actions in progress and future plans.
Present: She walks to school.
The simple present describes habits, routines and facts.
Past: She walked to school yesterday.
The simple past describes actions completed before now.
Future: She will walk tomorrow.
The simple future uses will to describe an action expected to happen later.
Present continuous: She is walking now.
The present continuous describes an action happening now or around the present time.
Core idea
Read the explanation, study the examples and explain the idea in your own words.
Learn with examples
walks
“walks” shows a present habit, routine or fact.
walked
“walked” shows an action that happened before now.
will walk
“will walk” shows an action that will happen later.
is walking
“is walking” shows an action in progress at that time.
See the skill in action
Quick check
Which form shows an action happening now: walks or is walking?
Practice like a learner
- Change to past: They play.
- Change to future: She reads.
- Choose: Yesterday we go/went home.
- Write one present and one future sentence.
- Explain the difference between 'walks' and 'is walking'.
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