Irregular past tense verbs
Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs correctly (e.g., sat, hid, told, went, came, ran), recognising that these do not follow the regular -ed pattern
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Use common irregular past-tense verbs in a short written recount.
Ask: Which word tells the action in 'We jump'? How would you say that it happened yesterday? Accept 'We jumped'. If the learner cannot find the verb or explain past time, teach those ideas first. An available lesson does not show that the learner is ready.
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Use paper and a pencil. Read the Show passage aloud once. The learner can underline verbs on a copy or name them aloud. No cards need to be cut. Use the fictional park and puppet events supplied here; no personal account is required. Read the active prompt on screen and write on plain paper; no printer, cutting or purchase is needed. An adult may read instructions without naming target forms. Record reading help, verb hints and scribing separately. Oral answers can show language choices but do not show independent written composition or handwriting. Pause or split the lesson if needed. Adult-only. Keep all keys and scripts off learner pages. Share only the active Show solution. Put Show and Guided examples aside before Try. Do not show a future-stage key. Use invented characters and ordinary paper. Do not collect names, home-language samples or private family events. All rules, clubs and events are fictional.
Record the actual response and assistance. These tasks do not establish mastery.
Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view. Retain an earlier model only when the current step supplies it as context.
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These are finite task opportunities, not proof of mastery. Record what was attempted and what support was used.
Try is fresh composition with base-verb prompts, not unaided retrieval of a self-selected verb set.
Only seven common irregular verbs are taught. This does not establish control of all irregular verbs.
Record the actual response and assistance. These tasks do not establish mastery.
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Use common irregular past-tense verbs in a short written recount.
Use common irregular past-tense verbs in a short written recount.
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Past Tense — supplementary matching practice
Match present and past verb forms, including irregular verbs.
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Review and open practice
Only matching was tested. Sentence-completion, reordering, audio and mobile use were not verified. Regular and irregular verbs are mixed.
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Open practice (new tab)Parent tips
After matching, ask for the past forms of go, see, run and tell. Write a short account of yesterday using five irregular verbs and check them together. This is a parent-led follow-up, not an assessed game feature.
Source, access and review notes
Match present- and past-tense verb forms, including irregular verbs. Follow the game with a short piece of your own writing.
Supplementary practice only. Sets contain both regular and irregular verbs. Matching does not demonstrate independent recall, correcting over-regularised writing, or recount writing. Only matching was exercised; advertised sentence-completion and reordering stages were not verified. Parent prompt: “Tell me the past forms of go, see, run, and tell. Then write a short account of yesterday using five irregular past-tense verbs. Read it together and check the verb forms.” This is an added parent activity, not a feature verified inside the game.
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Check understanding
- Supply the correct past tense of common irregular verbs: go→went, see→saw, run→ran, tell→told
- Correct over-regularised forms in writing (e.g. change 'goed' to 'went', 'hided' to 'hid')
- Write a short recount using at least five irregular past-tense verbs accurately
“When your child writes about something that happened in the past with an irregular verb — like "run" or "sit" — do they write "ran" and "sat" rather than "runned" and "sitted"?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Grammar & Punctuation
- Age range
- Ages 7–8