Name

Go-o-o-o Fish!
Objective
To collect the three forms of Verbs to Use
many different irregular verbs go, went, gone see
see, saw, seen
Players do, did, done
2–4 saw
give, gave, given
write, wrote, written
You will need
• 48 index cards eat, ate, eaten
• Pencils or pens take, took, taken seen
• Verb list shown on this page grow, grew, grown

Before you play

• Players make two cards for each word on the verb list.

How to play
1. Player 1 shuffles the cards and deals seven cards to each player.
The dealer places the rest of the cards facedown in a draw pile.
2. Player 2 asks another player for a card that goes with a card
Player 2 already has. For example, if Player 2 has take, he or she
could ask for took or taken.
3. If the other player has the card, he or she must give it to Player 2.
Then Player 2 takes another turn.
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4. If the other player does not have the card, he or she says “Go
Fish!” Player 2 draws a card from the pile. Then the next player
takes a turn.
5. Players should lay out each verb set as soon as they have the cards
with all three verb forms. The game is over when there are no
more cards in the draw pile.

Scoring
At the end of the game, players count their word sets. The player
with the most sets is the winner.

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