Virginia SOL 3.LU.1.D
The Standard
Form and use regular and irregular verbs when speaking and writing.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Grammar
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students change verbs to show when an action happens. They use -ed for many past actions and learned forms such as went, saw, and brought for others.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a time clue, students choose the correct verb form without changing tense midway. They can explain why played takes -ed but ran does not.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may add -ed to every past-tense verb, producing forms such as goed or buyed. They may also mix present and past forms in one sentence.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Complete and read aloud, “Yesterday, Mia walked to the store and bought milk.” Then label walked and bought as regular or irregular.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs verb cards and present-past headings, then have them sort words such as jump, jumped, eat, and ate.
Ask students to write three sentences about yesterday, underline each verb, and explain how its form shows past time.
Play verb charades, then award points when teams state the action in present and past forms.
Create a short school news report about yesterday’s events, using at least two regular and two irregular past-tense verbs.
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Related Standards
- 10.LU.1.E
Maintain consistent verb tense when speaking and writing.
- 2.LU.1.E
Use proper verb tense, including for frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., ran, told, went).
- 4.LU.1.E
Use standard subject-verb agreement when speaking and writing.
- 1.LU.1.E
Form and use simple verb tenses (past, present, and future) for regular verbs.
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