Playful Verbs

Who says learning grammar can't be fun? Focusing on commonly used irregular verbs, this pair of card games helps young grammarians learn different tenses for verbs that fail to follow the regular rules of conjugation.

Four fun games for practicing irregular verbs? How fabulous!

Here is a supplemental lesson plan regarding past tense verbs for English language learners that is a great tool for the classroom when you are teaching grammar exercises.

Discover how to use proper verb tenses with context clues. Five sentences help first graders decide if they should use -ed or -ing to end simple verbs. Each sentence provides context clues to indicate the time. Use the resource in...

In this action verbs worksheet, students fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the action verbs given to them. Students complete 18 sentences.

Teach and taught, learn and learned! Work with your class on the past tense with some guided practice and a game. As a class, match the present tense verbs with their past tense counterparts. Learners then split off into pairs to play...

First graders read the five sentences, underline the verb in each sentence, and circle its tense. They use the verb play to write three sentences in the present, past, and future tenses. A very fine instructional activity!

After being coached on what verbs are and what they do, learners underline all of the verbs they can find in 12 sentences. This resource would be an ideal homework assignment, or could be used as an in-class assessment. Good, basic...

I love this comprehensive presentation on verbs! Not only does this PowerPoint cover the concepts, it does it in an entertaining way. The presentation starts with a rhyme to remember the definition of a verb, then it goes on to a list...

Teach your pupils how to change regular present tense verbs into regular past tense verbs. The video includes four rules with related examples in order to demonstrate how to do just this.