Georgia 2.L.GC.1.20
The Standard
Grammar: Form and use the past tense of irregular verbs. (Continue)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Grammar Conventions
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students choose the correct verb form when telling or writing about something that already happened. They learn that some verbs change forms instead of simply adding -ed.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly use forms such as went, saw, ate, ran, came, took, and gave. They can also find and fix an incorrect verb in a sentence about the past.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may add -ed and write goed, eated, or runned. They may also use the present form after a past-time word, as in “Yesterday I go home.”
How to Assess It
- Give this exit ticket: “Yesterday, Maya ___ to the park, ___ a bird, and ___ her lunch. Fill in go, see, and eat correctly.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs present and past verb cards, then have students match go with went, see with saw, and take with took.
Ask students to write three sentences answering, “What did you do yesterday?” and underline each verb that tells about the past.
Play Irregular Verb Bingo by calling present verbs while students cover matching past forms on their boards.
Read a short school announcement about yesterday, then rewrite incorrect verbs such as goed and taked using the correct forms.
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