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Unusual Past- Tense Verbs By Mandy Gregory ~2011~ All Rights Reserved~
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tense verbs.

Included in this packet are four spelling games on unusual past

The first game is a simple activity that would best work with white boards. other partner the word to write, and then the partner checks his or her work. Simple, but engaging due to those white boards! The second game is a Kaboom! game that has students spell Students draw cards and one partner tells the

the past tense of a verb correctly when given the present tense of the verb. The third game is a concentration game matching the noun to

the plural noun.

There is a recording sheet to practice spelling and

writing the plurals. The fourth game is a Forest Friends Plurals board game.

Students draw a card and then write the word as a plural. move forward that many spaces on the board.

If the

student writes the word correctly, he or she may roll a die and

These games are perfect as partner activities! I hope they are helpful! Mandy mandyhollandhotmail.com

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1.

Player One draws a card and reads it to Player Two WITHOUT showing the card.

2. 3.

Player Two writes the word. Player One checks the card. If the word was

written correctly, Player Two keeps the card. If the word is not written correctly, it goes back in the pile. 4. Players take turns reading and writing. The player with the most cards wins!

5.

Draw

drew

keep

kept

shine

shone

sweep

swept

throw

threw

know

knew

freeze

Froze

drive

Drove

slide

Slid


Independent Game: 1. 2. Keep all cards in the Kaboom! Can. mix the cards. Draws one card without looking from the can. If the player can correctly tell how to make the word past tense, then the player keeps the card. If the player does not correctly tell how to make the word past tense the card goes back in the can. If a player draws a Kaboom card, ALL of the players cards are returned to the can. 3. The challenge is to see how many cards you can win before you draw a Kaboom! Shake the container to 2. Partner Game: 1. Keep all cards in the Kaboom! Can. mix the cards. Play Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide who goes first. If the player can correctly tell how to make the word past tense, then the player keeps the card. If the player does not correctly tell how to make the word past tense, the card goes back in the can. 4. Player two takes a turn drawing and answering the card. 5. If a player draws a Kaboom card, ALL of the players cards are returned to the can. 6. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins. 3. Player one draws one card without looking from the can. Shake the container to

draw

keep

shine

sweep

throw

know

freeze

drive

slide

bleed

Met

write

drink

Ride

grow

Catch

pay

Forget

An Irregular Verb Game For One to Two Players

Kaboom! Canister Label

Present tense verb

Draw Keep Shine Sweep Throw Know Freeze Drive Slide Bleed Meet Drink Ride Write Grow Catch Pay forget

Irregular past tense verb

Drew Kept Shone Swept Threw Knew Froze Drove Slid Bled Met Drunk Rode wrote Grew Caught Paid forgot

1. 2. Lay all the cards face down. The first player turns over two cards. If the cards are a matching pair (present tense verb and the matching past tense verb) the player keeps the match and BOTH players record it on the sheet. 3. If a match is not made, the next player takes a turn turning over two cards. 4. The player with the most matches wins!

Draw

drew

keep

kept

shine

shone

sweep

swept

throw

threw

know

knew

freeze

froze

drive

drove

slide

slid

bleed

bled

meet

met

write

wrote

Name __________________________

Draw Keep Shine Sweep Throw Know Freeze Drive Slide Bleed Meet write

1.

Shuffle cards and lay cards word side down by the game board.

2. Play Rock, Paper, Scissiors to decide the first player. 3. Player One draws a card. The player reads the card and then writes the word as a past tense verb on a white board. key. If Player One writes the word Player One Player Two checks the spelling using the answer correctly, he or she rolls the die and moves that many spaces. writes the present tense verb and the past tense verb (correctly- using the answer key if needed) on the worksheet. If the word is spelled incorrectly, his or her turn is over. 4. Player Two repeats the steps above. 5. The first player to reach Finish wins!

Go back To start Go back 2 spaces

finish
Go back 2 spaces

start

draw

keep

shine

sweep

throw

know

freeze

drive

slide

bleed

meet

write

drink

ride

grow

catch

pay

forget

Present tense verb Draw Keep Shine Sweep Throw Know Freeze Drive Slide Bleed Meet Drink Ride Write Grow Catch Pay forget

Irregular past tense verb

Drew Kept Shone Swept Threw Knew Froze Drove Slid Bled Met Drank Rode wrote Grew Caught Paid Forgot

Name __________________________

Present tense Verb

Irregular past tense verb

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