Why Teach Kids Irregular Verbs - the why and how!

Why Teach Kids Irregular Verbs:
Examples
Present
Plural
Past
Tense
break broke
eat ate
grow grew
hide hid
ride rode
sell sold
Guided Practice
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Verb

Common Irregular Verbs:
Present
Plural
Present
Singular
Past
Tense
break breaks broke
eat eats ate
grow grows grew
hide hides hid
ride rides rode
run runs ran
see sees saw
sell sells sold
take takes took
write writes wrote
Irregular verbs need to be
taught. As kids become readers,
they learn word patterns and rules
and how to apply them to unknown
words. Since irregular verbs do
not follow the pattern of adding ed
to form past tense verbs, they
need to be taught.

present plural verb
The girls sell a lot of lemonade..
present singular verb
The girl sold a lot of lemonade..
The girl sells a lot of lemonade..
Example: sell, sells, sold (not selled)
The girls sold a lot of lemonade..
past singular verb
past plural verb
irregular past tense
Irregular verbs do not follow the pattern of adding –ed to form past tense verbs. Instead,
the words change.

irregular verbs:
Ben and Max walk
to school.
Ben and Max walked
to school.
Sam and Spot eat
their dinner.
Sam and Spot ate
their dinner.
regular plural verb irregular plural verb
present present past tense
present past tense
walked
walk
are happening have happened
eat
ate
Irregular verbs do not follow the pattern of adding -ed to form past tense verbs,
they form different words. Example: eat and ate
Instead,

irregular verbs:
Ben walks to
school.
Ben walked to
school.
Sam eats his
dinner.
Sam ate his
dinner.
regular singular verb irregular singular verb
present present past tense
present past tense
walked
walks
eats
ate
Irregular verbs do not follow the pattern of adding -ed to form past tense verbs,
they form different words. Example: eat and ate
Instead,

Common Irregular Verbs:
Present
Plural
Present
Singular
Past
Tense
break breaks broke
eat eats ate
grow grows grew
hide hides hid
ride rides rode
run runs ran
see sees saw
sell sells sold
take takes took
write writes wrote
Irregular verbs need to be
taught. As kids become readers,
they learn word patterns and rules
and how to apply them to unknown
words. Since, irregular verbs do
not follow the pattern of adding ed
to form past tense verbs, they
need to be taught.

Present Plural Present Singular Past Tense
break breaks broke
grow grows grew
hide hides hid
ride rides rode
Using the chart, have kids write the correct past tense form of the verb in
parentheses for each sentence.
1. The ball _______ the window.
2. Mom ______ the present under the chair.
(breaks)
(hides)
3. The girl _______ her horse at the farm.
4. They ______ pumpkins and made pumpkin pie.
5. The flowers ________ fast. (grow)
(rides)
(grow)

break breaks broke
grow grows grew
hide hides hid
ride rides rode
1. The ball _______ the window.
2. Mom ______ the present under the chair.
(breaks)
(hides)
3. The girl _______ her horse at the farm.
4. They ______ pumpkins and made pumpkin pie.
5. The flowers ________ fast. (grow)
(rides)
broke
rode
(grow)
hid
grew
grew

run runs ran
see sees saw
take takes took
write writes wrote
1. Becky _______ really fast!
2. Matt ______ out the garbage.
(runs)
(takes)
3. Mom _______ the daily schedule.
4. They _______ a helicopter in the sky.
5. He ______ guitar lessons. (takes)
(writes)
(see)

run runs ran
see sees saw
take takes took
write writes wrote
1. Becky _______ really fast!
2. Matt ______ out the garbage.
(runs)
(takes)
3. Mom _______ the daily schedule.
4. They _______ a helicopter in the sky.
5. They ______ guitar lessons. (take)
(writes)
(see)
ran
took
wrote
took
saw

There are four incorrect verb forms in the paragraph below. Underline them and
write the correct past tense forms.
Fluffy hopped to the vegetable garden and
eats some of the carrots. Fluffy sees Sarah
in the garden so he hides behind the fence.
Then he takes a carrot back to his hutch.
1.
2.
3.
4.

There are four incorrect verb forms in the paragraph below. Underline them and
write the correct past tense forms.
Fluffy hopped to the vegetable garden and
eats some of the carrots. Fluffy sees Sarah
in the garden so he hides behind the fence.
Then he takes a carrot back to his hutch.
1.
2.
3.
4.
ate
saw took
hid

There are four incorrect verb forms in the paragraph below. Underline
them and write the correct past tense forms.
Sarah growed many vegetables in her
garden. She eated some of the carrots and
take some tomatoes and corn to her neighbors.
She also sell them at the farmer’s market.
1.
2.
3.
4.

There are four incorrect verb forms in the paragraph below. Underline
them and write the correct past tense forms.
Sarah growed many vegetables in her
garden. She eated some of the carrots and
take some tomatoes and corn to her neighbors.
She also sell them at the farmer’s market.
1.
2.
3.
4.
grew
ate
took
sold

Present Plural Present Singular Past Tense Picture
break breaks broke
eat eats ate
grow grows grew
hide hides hid
ride rides rode
run runs ran
see sees saw
sell sells sold
take takes took
write writes wrote
Verb Chart Plus Pictures

1.
2.
3.
4.
5. 6.
7.
Across
1.
Past tense of
sees
2
. breaks
3.
4.
rides
eats
Down
Past tense of
writes
5.
6.
grows
hides
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