Teach your class to pay attention to how a word looks and sounds when working with conjugating irregular verbs into the past tense. The video provides several examples of incorrectly and correctly spelled irregular verbs.

Concepts

the past tense, past tense verbs, irregular verbs, the irregular past tense, conjugating verbs

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Link this video on your classroom website or learning management system for student reference or as a homework task
• Pair this with your own instruction on how to conjugate irregular verbs into the past tense

Classroom Considerations

• The advice given by the narrator will be more effective for native speakers of English; it may be more difficult for English language learners to determine if a word looks or sounds right
• The purpose of the attached text is unclear; it does include past tense verbs that learners can identify and examine
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Pros

• Compares several different verbs visually and orally
• The narrator models his thought process as he assesses the different verbs

Cons

• Some learners may not stay engaged throughout the entire video

Common Core

L.3.1.a L.3.1.d