Kentucky Reading and Writing L.2.1.d
The Standard
- L.2.1
- In writing or speaking, demonstrate appropriate use of:
past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Conventions of General American English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use verb forms that show an action already happened. They say and write went, ate, and saw instead of adding -ed to go, eat, and see.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student writes, 'Yesterday I went to the store,' not 'Yesterday I goed to the store.' They use the right verb forms when telling what happened earlier.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may add -ed to every verb and write goed or eated. They may also keep the present form in a sentence about the past, such as 'Yesterday I go to the park.'
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Complete 'Yesterday I ___ (go) to the park and ___ (eat) lunch.' Then write a sentence about yesterday using saw.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards with go, eat, see, and run; have them match each card to went, ate, saw, and ran.
Ask, 'Why does Yesterday I goed home sound wrong?' Have students rewrite the sentence and explain their choice.
Play verb bingo: call out go, see, eat, and run; students cover went, saw, ate, and ran on their boards.
Have students write two sentences about what they did yesterday, using went, ate, saw, or took, then share with a partner.
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