Verbs in past tens and irregular verbs

WEDNESDAY  29 APRIL

Gr. 4 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE                                     TIME: 10MIN

TOPIC:      

The terrible twins p. 78

GOAL:     

The purpose of the activity is for learners to read the text and find all the regular verbs and

irregular verbs.

LEARNERS:

Read the story about the funny twins.

Find all the verbs in the past tense.

Use a red pen to underline the regular verbs or write them over on a piece of paper.

Use a blue pen to do the same with the irregular verbs.

AKTIWITEITE

PAST TENSE VERBS IN CONTEXT

• To make most verbs past tense, add –ed to the ending.

        call - called                                      talk -talked  

• When a verb ends in a silent -e, drop the e and add –ed to form the past tense.

        bake - baked                                    hope - hoped  

• When a verb ends in a consonant and y, change the y to i and add –ed.

        carry - carried                                 copy - copied

• When a verb ends in a single consonant after a single short vowel, double the consonant and add ed.                     

        pop - popped                                  stop - stopped

Write the past tens of these verbs

1.flip

2. agree

3. carry

4. row 

5. watch

6. tag

7. drop

8. try

IRREGULAR VERBS IN CONTEXT

Please read the present and past tens of each verb on p. 14. You can use this table or p. 14 in your pink English book to complete your exercises.

Fill in each blank with the past tense form of each irregular verb.

1. The kittens (sleep) ________through the night.
2. Our family (eat) __________the whole turkey in one sitting.
3. Gary (win)___________ an award at the ceremony last week.
4. Ryan (find) _________ a dollar bill on the sidewalk.
5. The bus driver (drive) ________ carefully on the icy road.
6. Jennings (bring) __________ pizza to our class party.

Read each sentence below. Circle which irregular verb best completes each sentence.

7. We (think / thought) it would be a good idea to go camping.
8. I will (tell / told) you about my life.
9. I (sit / sat) in my seat for the game.
10. He (saw / see) how much we enjoyed the show.

MEMORANDUM / ANSWERS

Pink English book answers p. 78

Write the past tens of these verbs

1.flipped

2.agreed

3.carried

4.rowed           

5.watched

6.tagged

7.dropped

8.tried

Fill in each blank with the past tense form of each irregular verb.

1. The kittens (sleep) slept through the night.
2. Our family (eat) ate the whole turkey in one sitting.
3. Gary (win) won an award at the ceremony last week.
4. Ryan (find) found a dollar bill on the sidewalk.
5. The bus driver (drive) drove carefully on the icy road.
6. Mr. Jennings (bring) brought pizza to our class party.

Read each sentence below. Circle which irregular verb best completes each sentence.

7. We (think / thought) it would be a good idea to go camping.
8. I will (tell / told) you about my life.
9. I (sit / sat) in my seat for the game.
10. He (saw / see) how much we enjoyed the show.

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