Yesterday’s Snapshot

This worksheet supports students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 as they practice using the past continuous tense within an extended piece of descriptive writing. Learners focus on paragraph development, verb tense consistency, narrative detail, sentence fluency, and grammatical accuracy as they describe what they were doing at one specific moment yesterday.

Learning Goals

• Past Continuous in Narrative Writing (Grades 3-5)
  Students write sentences using was/were + verb-ing to describe actions in progress at a specific time.
• Paragraph Development
  Learners practice organizing multiple related sentences into a clear, cohesive paragraph.
• Verb Tense Consistency
  The activity reinforces maintaining the same tense across all sentences in a paragraph.
• Descriptive Writing Skills
  Students add detail and clarity while focusing on one moment in time.

Classroom & Home Use

• Teacher-Created Resource
  Designed by educators to help students apply grammar skills in meaningful writing.
• Open-Ended and Creative
  Encourages student voice and imagination while maintaining clear grammatical expectations.
• Extended Writing Practice
  Ideal for moving beyond sentence-level grammar into paragraph-length composition.
• Flexible Implementation
  Works well for grammar lessons, writing workshops, independent work, homework, or assessment.

This printable grammar and writing worksheet helps students strengthen their understanding of the past continuous tense through focused, extended writing. By zooming in on a single moment and describing ongoing actions, learners improve verb tense accuracy, paragraph cohesion, and descriptive clarity. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this no-prep resource supports confident narrative writing and consistent grammar use.

This worksheet is part of our past continuous tense worksheets collection.