To revise our understanding of

verb tenses.
To investigate spelling rules that
are used in verb changes.
Verbs. What is a verb?
 A verb is a word which describes the
action in a sentence (the doing word)
Examples
I play football.
They skip quickly.
We eat spaghetti.
Bob is seven today.
Can you spot the words which are
verbs?

sun pink
happy

jump pig

One way to check

sit if a word is a verb
cup is to see if it can be
changed
Changing verbs. Verb Tenses
 Verb tenses describe WHEN the action is
happening.

 PRESENT (it’s happening NOW.)

 PAST (it’s ALREADY happened.)
 FUTURE (it’s ABOUT to happen.)
Present tense to past tense
 The following sentences are written in the present tense.
Try changing them to the past tense by putting
Yesterday at the beginning of each.
 I walk to school. Which word in each
sentence changes?
 They jump the rope.

 Bob looks at the bug.

 I play football.

How have the verbs changed?

How did you do?
 Yesterday I walked to school.
 Yesterday they jumped quickly.

 Yesterday Bob looked at the bug.

 Yesterday I played football.

Is there a spelling pattern connecting the

changes to these verbs?
Most verbs just need ed

walk walked
jump jumped
look looked
play played
Spot the pattern
Put these sentences into the past.
Think how the verbs would alter this time.

 She hops over the cracks.

 The cow skips over the moon.
 I bat the ball in the garden.
 You tap on the window.
How did you do?
 She hopped over the cracks.
 The cow skipped over the moon.

 I batted the ball in the garden.

 You tapped on the window.

How have these words altered?

What have these words in
common?

hop hopped
skip skipped
bat batted
tap tapped
Similar words. Different rules

tap/ tape
hop/ hope
 I always tape my favourite TV shows.

 We hope we win the race.

hope hoped
tape taped
Ending in y
 I try to make all my letters join.
 When I hurt myself I cry.
 For breakfast I fry some eggs.
 I carry the register to the office.
The y changes to…
 I try to make all my letters join.
 When I hurt myself I cry.
 For breakfast I fry some eggs.
 I carry the register to the office.

try tried
cry cried
fry fried
carry carried
To investigate spelling rules that are used in
verb tense changes.

 Match the rule to each set of words.

(or Challenge can you write your own
rules?)
 Think of more examples that use
these rules.
 Write your own rules for verbs ending
in e, in x.
Plenary. What are the rules?
marry married cook cooked hug hugged
try tried play played stop stopped
spy spied jump jumped grab grabbed

Change y to i then Most words= Double the final

add ed Add ed consonant and add
ed

save saved fix fixed

bake baked mix mixed
tape taped box boxed
To understand and spell
irregular verbs.
To develop our understanding of
standard English
A quick recap and challenge
 Write the past tense versions of these verbs.

wait waited
pack packed
stop stopped
pot potted
try tried
marry married
keep kept
give gave
Odd bods. Look at the next sentences. Can
you place these in the past? Be careful!

 Jack and Jill go up the hill.

 Thomas finds the mouse.
 Lucy does her homework after school.
 Bo Peep sits on her sheep.
How did you do?
 Jack and Jill went up the hill.
 Thomas found the mouse.
 Lucy did her homework after school.
 Bo Peep sat on her sheep.

Irregular verbs can be tricky to learn. You

might hear people at school using the
add ‘ed’ rule to irregular verbs.
My day
Last weekend I goed to my friend’s house. First, I
runned up to the door and ringed the bell… no
answer. I writed a note and readed it back to
myself. Just then, I seed my friend, so we rided
our bikes. Later we goed to the shops and
buyed some sweets. Mike, my friend, eated half
of his then putted the rest in his bag. I’m not like
him – I eated all mine in one go!

It is important that we learn irregular verbs so that we use

STANDARD ENGLISH.
Though irregular verbs do not follow the + ed pattern
of regular verbs, there are some patterns to discover
with irregular verbs. Can you spot any here?

blow blew
meet met
feed fed
grow grew
throw threw

What has happened to the words ending in ow?

What has happened to the words with double e?

To investigate the spelling of
irregular verbs.
 Spread the cards across your table.
 Match up past and present examples of
irregular verbs.
 Try to group verbs with similar spelling
changes.
What did you find?
Proofreading.
Read through these sentences. Can you
spot a problem?

 Last year I eat school dinners and go to

after school club.

 We will go in to the hall yesterday for our

fitness session with Mrs Perkins.