#Teachpast tense how to
Although this is grammatically correct, we want them to understand how to change the verb to mark the tense. For example they would say “I was eating my snack” or “I was jumping on the trampoline”. Some children change the sentence rather than using the irregular (or regular) forms of the verb.Praise them for trying but remind them that these verbs don’t need the ed. So they have correctly used the form blew but added an ed. For example they might say “I blewed the bubbles”. When children are first learning about the irregular form they often muddle the regular and irregular.You can quickly ask them what they were doing at break time – I threw the ball etc.Īs with teaching the regular form, there are some common errors to look out for when teaching the irregular past tense. I used objects such as a glove for wore, bubbles for blew, a fork for ate, a cup for drank etc.Īlso think about helping the child to generalise these new words. Then the child can pull out an object, think of the verb it links to and then put it into the past tense. I used a bag and put a selection of objects in it. Remember to go back and check all of the taught verbs every now and then.Ī fun game to play uses everyday objects that you can link to irregular verbs. Select 10 or 15 verbs and teach these until the child can remember them and then move onto the next selection. Remember to praise the child when they get it correct. Before you start the game, remind the child that these verbs are different and don’t take -ed. Play a game, but before each turn you have to pick a verb picture and try and put it in the past tense. ew (blow – blew), no change (cut – cut), I normally teach them all together and instead target a selection of the most commonly used verbs. Although there are different structures e.g. Often, if you say the correct version they will have heard that word.
I generally find that children just have to learn the irregular forms. Then we have to introduce the idea that sometimes the verb doesn’t take -ed! If you need more ideas for this section read this post. Then we also want them to understand the regular -ed form. They also need some understanding of what a verb is and which bit it is in the sentence. The first job is to ensure that the child understands the past tense, and that it means something is finished. We didn’t ‘blowed’ out the candles on the birthday cake yesterday we didn’t ‘sleeped’ and this morning I didn’t ‘drinked’ my coffee!Īccording to Steven Pinker, the famous Psychologist and Linguist, 70 % of the commonly used verbs are in fact irregular. This makes them an important area to teach for all children and especially those with a language delay or difficulty. Once the child has mastered this, the next fun step is all the irregular verbs! As with nearly all grammatical rules in English there are always exceptions. Before Christmas, Helen wrote a post about teaching children to use the regular past tense.
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