English // Grammar & Punctuation
Irregular past tense verbs
Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs correctly (e.g., sat, hid, told, went, came, ran), recognising that these do not follow the regular -ed pattern
Quick check
When the learner writes about something that happened in the past with an irregular verb — like "run" or "sit" — do they write "ran" and "sat" rather than "runned" and "sitted"?
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Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Supply the correct past tense of common irregular verbs: go→went, see→saw, run→ran, tell→told
- Correct over-regularised forms in writing (e.g. change 'goed' to 'went', 'hided' to 'hid')
- Write a short recount using at least five irregular past-tense verbs accurately
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Irregular past tense builds on understanding of regular past tense verb formation
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Topic // Standards
Curriculum standards
- Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
- L.2.1d
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