Virginia SOL 2.LU.1.E
The Standard
Use proper verb tense, including for frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., ran, told, went).
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Grammar
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use verb forms that match whether an action happened in the past, happens now, or will happen later. They use common irregular past-tense forms correctly.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students choose verb forms that match when an action happens. They correctly use common irregular forms such as ran, told, and went without adding -ed.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may add -ed to every past-tense verb, producing forms such as goed, runned, or telled. They may also switch verb tense within one event or ignore time words such as yesterday and tomorrow.
How to Assess It
- Give this exit ticket: “Yesterday Sam ___ home and ___ his mom the news.” Students fill in went and told, then explain why.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs yesterday, today, and tomorrow mats, then have them place verb cards such as run, ran, go, and went correctly.
Ask students to write three sentences about something they do today, did yesterday, and will do tomorrow, then circle each verb.
Play verb match by pairing present-tense cards such as tell and go with past-tense cards such as told and went.
Use the class calendar to describe one event from yesterday, one happening today, and one planned for tomorrow.
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