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SPaG: the past tense, simple and progressive forms

English Year 1/2

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Why not me? by Ruth Merttens and Jackie Abey, Hamilton Group Reader

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Grammar PowerPoint: Past tense

Group Readers

Why not me? 
This story plays with the genre of traditional stories. A woodpecker wants to know why she is not in any tale. This story draws children’s attention to a wide range of tales and then challenges the reader to write a story with a woodpecker in it! 

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