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Features

  • Write the past tense of the verb in the box
  • Spelling changes: hop, hopped; glide, glided
  • Circle the past tense spelled right: swam or swimmed
  • Cut and sort regular and irregular verbs
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Form the past tense of regular verbs
  • Double a consonant or drop an e before -ed
  • Change y to i before -ed
  • Know common irregular verbs
  • Choose the right past tense
  • Sort verbs as regular or irregular

How to Use This Pack

Five worksheets that take turns through the activities. Pages 1 and 4: students write the past tense of the verb in the box. Pages 2 and 5: students circle the past tense that is spelled right. Page 3: students cut out verbs and sort them as regular or irregular. Every answer is worked out from the sentences themselves, and the answer keys mark each one.

In the Classroom

Keep an irregular verb wall: each new one goes up with its present and past form. Practice them as a chant: swim, swam; run, ran; dig, dug.

At Home

Tell what you did yesterday and ask your child to catch every past tense verb. Was it regular or irregular?

Tips for Success

  • Most verbs add -ed
  • Double the last letter after a short vowel: hopped
  • Irregular verbs change: swim, swam
  • Check the answer key

Regular and Irregular Verbs

3rd Grade

Past tense verbs that add -ed and verbs that change, like hopped, cried, swam, and caught. Students write the past tense, choose the right spelling, and sort verbs as regular or irregular.

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  • 5 answer key pages
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