Regular & Irregular Past Tense Verbs

​1. Review Parts of Speech

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2. Introduce Past Tense Verbs

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3. Identify Regular Past Tense verbs

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4. Identify Irregular Past Tense Verbs

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5. ​See What We Know

Multiple Select

Which of the below are parts of speech?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

Regular Past Tense Verbs

• Most verbs are regular verbs. They form their past tense by adding -d or -ed.

​There are special spellings, even for past simple regular verbs.

you might have to double the last letter -

plan --> planned stop --> stopped OR

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change the -y to -i and add -ed. ​ cry --> cried apply --> applied

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Regular Verbs

Write the correct past tense form of the verb in parentheses ( ).

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 He (introduce) himself as Garven.

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Regular Verbs

Write the correct past tense form of the verb in parentheses ( ).

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We (climb) over the rocks to get to the Gossiping Stream.

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Regular Verbs

The villagers (plan) to hire a Goblin Catcher.

• planned

• planed

• planyed

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Regular Verbs

The village boy (cry) yesterday when he heard about the Winter Goblins

• cry

• cryed

• cried

Irregular Verbs AKA Crazy Verbs

• Some verbs are irregular. A.K.A. Crazy verbs.

• These verbs don’t add -ed or -d to form the past tense. You just have to remember these verbs.

Irregular Verbs AKA Crazy Verbs

• Some verbs are irregular. A.K.A. Crazy verbs.

• These verbs don’t add -ed or -d to form the past tense. You just have to remember these verbs.

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 (go) is an irregular verb. Choose the correct word to replace the word in parentheses.

Last winter, the King (go) to visit all of the towns in the countryside.

• went

• goed

• going

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(take) is an irregular verb. Choose the correct word to replace the word in parentheses.

The Winter Goblins (take) all the gold in the village.

• taked

• took

• taken

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(write) is an irregular verb. Choose the correct word to replace the word in parentheses.

The villager (write) in her journal about the Winter Goblins.

• writed

• wrote

• writing

Multiple Choice

Is the verb in this sentence regular or irregular.

They knew how to persuade the Goblin Catchers.

• regular

• irregular

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Write the correct past tense for the verb in parenthesis.

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The old man (thank) the Goblin Catchers for their help.

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Write the correct past tense for the verb in parenthesis.

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The town (forget) about the withes because of the spell the cast.

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Write the correct past tense for the verb in parenthesis.

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The Elf (remember) when he fought in the battle.

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Write the correct past tense for the verb in parenthesis.

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The villagers' hard work (pay) off!

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Past Tense Irregular Verbs

The dragon (eat) all of the farm animals.

• eated

• eatted

• ate

• 8

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Past Tense Irregular Verbs

The messenger (send) the message to the next king.

• sent

• saught

• sended

• sented

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Past Tense Irregular Verbs

The Goblin Catchers (teach) the villagers how to protect themselves.

• teached

• taught

• has teach

• taughted

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Past Tense Irregular Verbs

The wizard (buy) the ingredients for the potion with 6 gold coins.

• buyed

• bought

• byed

• boughted