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Irregular Verbs
Review of Regular Verb Spelling
Rules: Appendix 4, page 214
Add ed Started, finished, washed,
helped, listened, watched
Verbs ending in e, add only d Lived, cared, died, dated, shared
Change the y to i and add ed Dried, cried, fried, married, spied
Don’t change the y to i just add Prayed, played, stayed,
ed destroyed
CVC rule: double the final Stopped, robbed, lobbed, napped
consonant & add ed
Do not double final w or x, just Wowed, mixed, jinxed, meowed,
add ed vowed,
Two syllables, and the 2nd is Remitted, permitted, admitted,
stressed, double the final occurred
consonant and add ed
Two syllables, and the 2nd is not Happened, listened, opened,
stressed, don’t double the final earned,
consonant, just add ed
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense Definition Past Tense
Bring Brought
Take Took
Ring Rang
Sing Sang
Sting Stung
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense Definition Past Tense
Buy Bought
Pay Paid
Give Gave
Get Got
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense Definition Past Tense
Eat Ate
Bite Bit
Drink Drank
Make Made
Sit Sat
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense Definition Past Tense
Draw Drew
Cut Cut
Put Put
Write Wrote
Send Sent
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense Definition Past Tense
Feel Felt
Pet Pet
Say Said
Have Had
Teach Taught
Irregular Verbs
Present Tense Definition Past Tense
Become Became
Break Broke
Build Built
Catch Caught
Select the correct Verb:
Go Went
Fly Flew
Ride Rode
Drive Drove
Run Ran
Leave Left
Activity 6: Page 100
A Surprising Day
Yesterday I decided to go to the beach because the weather was
so beautiful. It took me about an hour to get ready. I found
my bathing suit, towel, sunglasses and a good book. (1.)
________________________. Then I packed all these things
in my beach bag. Finally, I was ready. (2.)
___________________________. I saw it was raining. I
waited for it to stop, but it continued. Unfortunately, I had to
stay home yesterday.
Activity 7: page 101
1. When were you born?
_________________________________
2. How did you feel yesterday?
_________________________________
3. Where did you go last weekend?
_________________________________
4. When did you see a movie?
_________________________________
Activity 7: page 101
(continued)
5. What did you buy last week?
_________________________________
6. Whom did you speak with yesterday?
_________________________________
7. When did you leave for school this
morning?
_________________________________
8. When did you do your homework?
_________________________________
Activity 9: Practicing Negative
Verbs in the Past
1. Carmen /live (negative)/ in Connecticut
/ in 1997.
2. Shelley / study (negative) /
engineering.
3. Herbert’s parents / visit (negative) /
him last year.
4. Dinosaurs / have (negative) / large
brains.
5. John / help (negative) / me with my
homework!
Activity 9: Practicing Negative
Verbs in the Past
1. Carmen did not live in Connecticut in
1997.
2. Shelley did not study engineering.
3. Herbert’s parents did not visit him last
year.
4. Dinosaurs did not have large brains.
5. John did not help me with my
homework!
Activity 10: Writing Negative
Sentences with Contractions
1.Winston Churchill was a leader of
Mexico.
2. Confucius lived in Japan.
3. Pele’ played basketball.
4. The Beatles sang in Arabic.
5. The Titanic sank in the Pacific Ocean.
Activity 10: Writing Negative
Sentences with Contractions
6. The Statue of Liberty came from Italy.
7. Thomas Edison invented the radio.
8. Stephen King wrote Romeo and Juliet.
9. The prophet Mohammed spoke Hindi.
10. Marilyn Monroe was an engineer.
Activity 10: Writing Negative
Sentences with Contractions
1. Winston Churchill wasn’t a leader of
Mexico. He was a leader of Great Britain.
2. Confucius didn’t live in Japan. He lived
in China.
3. Pele’ didn’t play basketball. He played
soccer.
4. The Beatles didn’t sing in Arabic. They
sang in English and some German!
5. The Titanic didn’t sink in the Pacific
Ocean. It sank in the North Atlantic.
Activity 10: Writing Negative
Sentences with Contractions
6. The Statue of Liberty didn’t come from
Italy. It was a gift from the people of France.
7. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the radio.
He invented the light bulb.
8. Stephen King didn’t write Romeo and
Juliet. He wrote Carrie and The Shining.
9. The prophet Mohammed didn’t speak
Hindi. He spoke Arabic.
10. Marilyn Monroe wasn’t an engineer. She
was an actress and a model.
Activity 11:
Simple Past Tense Review
Bob’s Horrible Day