CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1d
The Standard
Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told).
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
What This Standard Means
Students need to know that some verbs do not add -ed to show past tense. They need to say and write common forms like went, ate, saw, came, ran, sat, hid, and told correctly in sentences.
Mastery looks like choosing the correct past-tense verb while speaking and writing, without overusing forms like goed, eated, or runned. Students often know the meaning but use the regular pattern for every verb. They also mix present and past in the same sentence.
Ways to Teach It
- Hands-on: Give pairs verb cards and sentence mats, then have them match go to went, eat to ate, see to saw, and read each sentence aloud.
- Prompt: Write about something you did yesterday, using at least five verbs from a class irregular past-tense chart.
- Quick assessment: Say a present-tense verb aloud, and have students write the past-tense form on a sticky note.
- Real-world connection: Read a short class news update and have students find verbs that tell what already happened.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.1c
Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.1b
Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1d
Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1e
Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.