If you've taught progressive tense verbs, but your 4th grade students need more practice with this grammar skill, then this activity is for you. You'll get 10 cloze reading passages that use past progressive, present progressive, and future progressive verbs. Each low-prep passage comes in 2 different activity difficulty levels and includes 9 different progressive verbs. An answer key is included.

VERSION 1, the easier version, asks students to insert the full appropriate progressive verb, such as “will have talked”. Students simply place each of the 9 options into the correct blank space in the passage.

In VERSION 2, the more difficult level, students only need to supply the helping verb (was, were, are, is, am, will be). BUT, there are more options available than the student will need, making this a bit more challenging.

For added difficulty, remove the answer choices entirely!

Prepping your materials is easy! Simply print out the passage(s) you want to use, then cut the progressive verbs from the bottom of the page and cut apart. Students can glue each verb into its appropriate sentence. OR, print on cardstock and laminate for durability and longterm use. There are 9 different progressive verbs per passage. Answer key is included.

You'll get . . .

• 10 different reading passages (Same passages for both difficulty levels)

  • Difficulty Level 1 asks students to select the correct progressive verb

  • Difficulty Level 2 asks students to supply the correct helping verb

• Answer keys

I'd love to hear how you use this resource in your classroom! Feel free to email me at iteachiwrite@yahoo.com with any questions or suggestions you may have.

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