English Language Arts
Grade 3
15 min
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3
What you'll learn
- Identify at least 8 out of 10 proper adjectives in a sentence and explain why they need to be capitalized.
- Apply capitalization rules to correctly write the nationalities of 5 different people in a short paragraph.
- Solve a worksheet with 10 sentences by capitalizing the proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages with 80% accuracy.
- Explain the difference between a common adjective and a proper adjective, giving at least 2 examples of each.
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Introduction & Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Identify the past tense forms of the irregular verbs: go, buy, think, bring, catch, and teach.
Correctly form the past tense of these specific irregular verbs (went, bought, thought, brought, caught, taught).
Use the past tense forms of the target verbs correctly in sentences.
Differentiate between the present and past tense forms of the target verbs.
Write a short paragraph (2-3 sentences) using at least two of the target irregular past tense verbs.
Orally construct a sentence using one of the target irregular past tense verbs when given the present tense form.
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Key Concepts & Vocabulary
TermDefinitionExample
VerbA word that shows action or being.The dog can **run** fast. I **am** happy.
TenseShows when an action happens (past, present, or future).I **play** today (present). I **played** yesterday (past).
Past TenseShows that an action has already happened.Yesterday, I **walked** to school.
Regular VerbA verb that forms its past tense by adding '-d' or '-ed'.jump -> jump**ed**
Irregular VerbA verb that does not form its past tense by adding '-d' or '-ed'. It has a special past tense form you must remember.go -> **went**
Base FormThe simple form of a verb, without any special endings.The base form of 'running' is **run**.
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Key Rules & Conventions
The '-ought' and '-aught' Pattern
buy -> bought | bring -> brought | think -> thought | catch -> caught | teach -> taught
Some irregular verbs change their middle vowels and end in '-ought' or '-aught' in the past tense. You have to remember which verbs use which ending.
The Complete Change Rule
go -> went
Some irregular verbs change into a completely new word in the past tense. The verb 'go' is the most common example. You just have to memorize this special pair.
No '-ed' for Irregular Verbs
Never add '-ed' to an irregular verb to make it past tense.
Saying 'goed' or 'buyed' is incorrect. Always use the special past tense form you have learned, like 'went...
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Challenging
Read the paragraph: "I thinked for a long time about what to get my dad for his birthday. Finally, I buyed him a new fishing pole. He loved it!" Which choice correctly revises the paragraph?
A.Change 'thinked' to 'thought' and 'buyed' to 'bought'.
B.Change 'thinked' to 'thought' and leave 'buyed'.
C.Leave 'thinked' and change 'buyed' to 'bought'.
D.Change 'loved' to 'love'.
Challenging
Which sentence correctly uses two irregular past tense verbs from this set?
A.The knights fighted until one became the winner.
B.The knights fought until one becamed the winner.
C.The knights fought until one became the winner.
D.The knights fighted until one becamed the winner.
Challenging
A story says: "When the fire alarm rung, all the students runned out of the building." A good editor would change the verbs to:
A.rang, runned
B.rung, ran
C.ringed, runned
D.rang, ran
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