Finding Stuff Read the sentences below. Colour the boxes of the sentences that show things happening now, in the present. The two birds found an old magazine. Meg is ripping up the pages to put in the nest. Ash is carrying a cuckoo clock. Meg wrapped her eggs up in some old socks. The birds balanced a rubbish bin on top of the nest. The other animals are thinking that the magpies are crazy. Meg and Ash even carried a car into the trees. There was a terrible noise and the nest broke. All the birds’ stuff is falling down onto the ground. On lined paper, write a sentence about something you did yesterday. Write another sentence saying what you are doing now. Do drawings to go with your sentences. © orignal plan copyright Hamilton Teast, who give permission frit 0 be adapted as wishedby indhidual users. __leaner_NIZ2IE3 resourcesMaking the Nest Bigger Read the sentences below. Colour the boxes of the sentences written in present tense — i.e. happening now. The birds found an old magazine called Stuff. Meg is ripping up the pages to put in the nest. Ash is carrying a heavy old cuckoo clock with a little door. Meg wrapped her four blue eggs up in some stripy socks. Then the birds balanced an enormous rubbish bin on top of the nest. They are lining the nest with the stuffing from a teddy. Meg is croaking with pride. The other animals looked on amazed as the magpies picked up a whole car. The birds are hearing a terrible, loud ‘CRACK!’ On lined paper, rewrite the sentences that are in the present tense in the past tense. Unit 3 day © orignal plan copyright Hamilton Teast, who give permission frit 0 be adapted as wishedby indhidual users. __leaner_NIZ2IE3 resourcesMeg and Ash’s Verbs © orignal plan copyright Hamilton Trust, who give permission frit to be adapted as wished by individual usersA Forest of Verbs © orignal plan copyright Hamiton Teas, who give permission frit 10 be adapted as wise by individual users