Read irregular past verbs

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Past verb: went. Highlight: quiet in a quiet room. Join: A and B. Sentence: We went home.
• Primary check: Past verb: ate. Highlight: slowly in ate slowly. Join: small but strong. Sentence: Did we eat?
• An adult may read every direction and answer choice aloud; learners may respond by speaking, pointing or drawing.

Learn the idea

Some past-tense verbs change form instead of adding -ed. Went comes from go, ate from eat, ran from run and took from take.

Locate the stated past verb and match it to its base form. Use the two forms in present and past sentences.

Example to read or listen to: Past verb: went. Highlight: quiet in a quiet room. Join: A and B. Sentence: We went home. The answer is go. The relevant input states: Past verb: went. This fits go. Some past-tense verbs change form instead of adding -ed. Went comes from go, ate from eat, ran from run and took from take. Do not add -ed to an already past form.

1. Read or listen to the worked example. Say what the reading or writing task asks you to find. An adult can help with unfamiliar words.
2. Locate the stated past verb and match it to its base form. Use the two forms in present and past sentences.
3. Check the worked solution: go. The relevant input states: Past verb: went. This fits go. Some past-tense verbs change form instead of adding -ed. Went comes from go, ate from eat, ran from run and took from take. Do not add -ed to an already past form.
4. Try the question and the practice questions. Point to the words that helped you choose before checking the feedback.

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Take it further

Optional extra practice: Rewrite: Yesterday I go home. Expected: Yesterday I went home. Add an adjective to home or a nearby noun, an adverb describing went, and a because reason. Write a question about the same event with a question mark. Practice this lesson’s skill as you complete the task. Use this idea to check your work: Some past-tense verbs change form instead of adding -ed. Went comes from go, ate from eat, ran from run and took from take.

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