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.

Concepts

irregular verbs, verbs, the irregular past tense, past tense verbs, past participles, the past perfect tense, verb conjugation

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Implement these activities as a language arts learning center in elementary classrooms
• Differentiate the activity by creating additional sets of irregular verb cards of varying levels of difficulty
• Laminate the flashcards so they can be used with classes year after year

Classroom Considerations

• Creating multiple sets of these materials can be time consuming, so you may want to seek the assistance of a classroom aide, parent volunteer, or student helper 

Pros

• Game includes flashcards that show the conjugations for a dozen different irregular verbs
• Clear instructions and objectives are provided for each word game

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.2.1.a L.2.1.d L.3.1.a L.3.1.d