Past Simple Irregular Verbs Thomas Edison Inventor Biography

by English with Imagination

Price: 250 points or $2.5 USD

Subjects: ela,eslGrammar,englishSecondLanguage,elaLanguageGrammar,conventionsOfStandardEnglish,elaLanguage

Grades: 2,3,4,5,6

Description: Your students will have fun reviewing past simple irregular verbs while they learn about Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb. In this engaging picture reveal game, twenty sentences are presented one by one. The sentences are accompanied by audio recordings to support emergent and struggling readers. Each sentence contains an irregular verb in the past simple form, which students must type correctly to complete a piece of the puzzle. The following verbs are included: be, be born, become, begin, build, buy, come, find, get, have, keep, lose, make, sell, sleep, spend, think. A list of infinitive and past simple forms is given on the first slide to review and clarify verb forms and spellings. The text is a brief biography of Thomas Edison, the famous Ohio inventor who overcame partial deafness to become a successful businessman and inventor of the phonograph and the electric lightbulb. His story of ingenuity and persistence would tie in well with National Inventors Month in May. This resource closely aligns with the following second and third grade common core standards for English language arts: 2.1.D: Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs. 3.1.D: Form and use regular and irregular verbs. 3.1.E: Form and use the simple verb tenses. This resource would also be appropriate for English language learners in upper elementary, middle school, or high school who are learning to use past simple irregular verbs correctly.