Irregular past tense verbs for Year 2, in two parts over three pages. Part 1 is a table of twelve verbs, from go and see to give and find, with a mixed column of past forms beside them. Pupils write each partner in the middle box. In Part 2, A Day at the Zoo, they change six verbs in brackets, such as Last Saturday we (go) to the zoo. The key lists all eighteen answers. It follows England National Curriculum grammar for the past tense.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“The present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form”
Part 1 asks for the past form of twelve irregular verbs and Part 2 uses six of them in a short story.
A table of twelve numbered verbs, go to find, with a mixed list of past forms beside them: ate, went, found, saw, sat, ran and six more. Pupils write the correct one in the middle box.
Six sentences with a gap and a verb in brackets, including A fast monkey (run) up a tall tree. A picture shows two children watching a lion.
Verb of the day
Pick three verbs, such as have, make and take, and use them in speech and writing all day. Pupils say the past form each time.
Quick-fire round
Say a present tense verb and let pupils answer with the past form, then reveal page 3 to check.
Story follow-up
Pupils write three more sentences about the zoo trip in the past tense, using had, made or took.
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