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Past Tense Verbs Anchor Chart

Monday, January 19, 2015

The past tense verbs anchor chart that I'm sharing today is very simple... yet very important for ELLs.  In fact, I would estimate that I have created this anchor chart at least 20 times during my 12-year tenure as an ESL teacher.
Past Tense Verb Anchor Chart- including both regular and irregular verbs.



Yep, it's those problematic past tense verbs.  I split my anchor chart into three sections:  regular past tense verbs (add -ed), irregular past tense verbs that change forms, and irregular past tense verbs that stay the same.  Before class, my anchor chart looks like this:

I have my students help me write the past tense verb beside each present tense verb.  

By the way, I have found that many students can benefit from this anchor chart- not just ELLs. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have heard my seven-year-old English-only-speaking daughter utter "brang" in the past year. I'd be rich! Even my ten-year-old daughter said "quitted" recently! And who can blame them? "Sing" becomes "sang", but "bring" does not become "brang"??? What a confusing language we speak!


If you're looking for additional irregular past tense verb activities, feel free to take a look at my TpT store. The image below shows my bundle, but all of these products can be purchased individually, as well.

This bundle includes many engaging activities for teaching students about irregular past tense verbs!


Thanks for stopping by!

~Deb 

2 comments:

  1. Yes!! And to make it even more confusing, that tricky "ed" ending can have 3 different sounds! I have one little one that I'm trying to work SO hard with trying to say the correct "ed" ending. Another one that is so prevalent this year in my room- "bringed." We'll be creating this one soon! Thanks so much!

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  2. Would you believe we could still use this in middle school? I put some of the blame on texting and one thinking they have to sound "cool". Good times.

    -Lisa
    <a href="http://mrsspanglerinthemiddle.blogspot.com>Mrs. Spangler in the Middle</a>

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